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| Coronagirl71 2001-12-13, 7:19 pm |
| I failed today with a 440. very hard exam. I dont mean to be negative, but I used EXAM CRAM, read through the Microsoft Official Curriculum and did a couple practice tests. I didnt use transcenders. Is this my downfall? I need more suggestions. I getting Transcenders as we speak, and I will use that, but anything else????
I took the exam, there were about 25 questions that I just plainly didnt know. I was surprised... I thought I studied.
Thanks for all your support, I will try again.
Becky | |
| tomcat1 2001-12-13, 8:03 pm |
| Sorry to hear that coronagirl, I haven't taken the 70-210 yet or even began to study for it, but I try to read everything I can about it. So far I have seen this. Study the Microsoft training kit. Troytec study guides. And do the transenders. And try to get your hands on windows 2000 OS. I know that it really helped me to be able to play around with the OS for my A+. also check out the tread here under mcse 70-210 called (Poll:210) by potatohead. Good luck. | |
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| sebrojas 2001-12-13, 8:48 pm |
| Sorry to hear that. I'm taking mine on monday. Transcender / troytec seems to be answer everyone gives me when i ask what to concentrate on. | |
| jdoran 2001-12-13, 9:24 pm |
| Definitely use a transcender simply because they do a great job of explaining why an answer is what it is. They also do a good job of showing what Microsoft is looking for in their answers. Some of the questions you see on Microsoft exams have more than one correct answer. The transcenders show you what the 'best' answer is according to Microsoft. | |
| Deja-vue 2001-12-13, 10:00 pm |
| Becky
Have to agree with wbafrank,i learned 70-210 and 70-215 together,taking both Tests together tomorrow.There is actually some Questions in 70-210 that you can't possibly know without learning the 70-215 (Server).
What also helps me is that i have in my Garage 7 Computers,from win 98 to 2000 Prof.,a File+Printserver,a Domaincontroller and several XP-Prof. - Workstations.
I am not saying you need all that but i can "play" all those Szenarios on my Domain that the're talking about in the Tests.
Two old Pentium 200's will get you a lot of experience in the Win2000 Network-enviroment,and it doesn't have to cost a lot.
Good Luck next Time,Becky!
Stay in Touch,i will let you know tomorrow,how i did. (gasp) | |
| captain 2001-12-14, 5:00 am |
| It takes a lot of courage to tell everyone that you failed, especially people that you don't even truly know. I am very sorry that you didn't pass....this time. BUT, you will pass and when you finally do, you will look back at this moment and appreciate it.
I just scheduled to take the test on the 22nd and after reading everyone's comments about this test and the study material I am nervous. I am using the MCSE Training Kit and Exam Cram and feel pretty comfortable about taking the test, but after hearing your experience, I hope that I haven't studied the wrong material. I have been administering our company network on NT 4 for the past 2 years, but regardless of what anyone says, there is a big diff between NT 4 and 2000. On the surface, they "look" similar, but behind the scenes it is another beast.
Becky, again, I am sorry to hear that you failed, but failing is not the end of the world. In fact, failing can be very beneficial. Good luck to you in the future! | |
| Coronagirl71 2001-12-14, 7:17 am |
| The reason I posted my failure is because everyone else out there is posting their "pass"- and you know as well as I that there are quite a number of "fails".
Since Aug of this year I have been taking college courses to prepare me for this exam, I finished them Nov 19th and studied and crammed since then. My grades in these classes were an A and a B. So, Im thinking I know this stuff and I just need to study. One thing I found out at the exam yesterday was to study SERVER also. Dont just study PRO. I remember in class we studied some SERVER info as well as 70-210.
I downloaded TRANSCENDERS last night, and went through a practice exam and didnt do very well. When I looked at the Transcenders exam I noticed "OH MY GOD- IT LOOKS IDENTICAL TO MICROSOFT'S EXAM..... IDENTICAL format and almost Identical questions. Interesting huh? Needless to say, Im going to be practicing it everyday until my next exam. One thing I didnt do in this adventure is do practice tests... I did a few, but not that much...Im going to retake before the end of the year. I hope this helps. I know I feel alot more positive about all of it.
Have a good day and study study.....
Becky | |
| april13 2001-12-14, 9:14 am |
| Sorry to hear about your test.
You'll do it next time.
I see you are getting a lot of help from the good people from the forum. I am glad.
I am new on MCSE I started to study 70-210. Can I get the Transcender web site?
Thanks & good luck next.
LS | |
| PotatoHead 2001-12-14, 10:16 am |
| quote:
I am new on MCSE I started to study 70-210. Can I get the Transcender web site?
www.transcender.com | |
| vbrown 2001-12-14, 10:19 am |
| Coronagirl71--
Don't sweat this for a minute--now you know what to expect the next time you tackle the 210.
Transcender is supposed to be the premier testing software; it certainly can't hurt to use it. www.transcender.com
Best of luck to you! | |
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| Becky,
I know how you feel when you think you've done all the studying you need and then you fail. I failed the first two NT4 exams a few years back, and it's because I took the courses and didn't use any other study material, and when it came to the exam I didn't know anything relating to the questions!
I used ExamCram this time, and thought it helped with 30% - 40% of the exam, but what really helped was practice tests and hands on experience. Before I went in for my exam the other day, I noticed a lot of people saying how important hands on is and I thought 'Well, I use W2K Pro at home and work, but I don't use ICS, Group Policy, or anything!' so I didn't think my experience counted, but it does. You need to know where things are, and especially how many ways you can do things whether it's using the GUI or command prompt.
The day before my exam I took a demo of a Transcender exam, and the questions were almost the same! Especially the one about placing a DHCP Bootp relay agent on one of the subnets. I think if it wasn't for taking the Transcender demo the night before, I would of failed.
I didn't see the question about the relay agent in ExamCram, Syngress or TroyTech, but I did see it in Transcender. When I take 70-215 next year, it'll be Transcender that I use the most because it's so close to the real thing.
Also, whenever I read up on a topic, I go on to the server or workstation and do it as well as remember it. I played with group policy a lot, just so I remembered where things are!
I wish you all the best when you re-take the exam, just don't be put off by it! You'll pass it! I just advise anyone to use as many books, practice tests and hands on, as they can... it can never be too much!
Ray. | |
| april13 2001-12-14, 7:35 pm |
| Does it really cost that much money?($148)
or maybe I just looking the wrong section of the Transcender site.
There is any way I can buy it from someone who already have it?
any advice I appreciate.
-LS |
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I actually used the MS MCSE Training kit book and MS Readiness Review book/CD-ROM (contains sample questions).