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| Murali 2002-11-11, 3:23 pm |
| I have taken 71-300 beta yesterday. And most of my
questions are of that type 'select all that apply'. I am
just curious to know how Microsoft will evaluate those
answers. What if I selected only 3 correct answers if
there are 4 or 5 correct answers for that type of
questions. Also for example if there are 4 right answers
for 1 question, I selected 3 right answers and 1 wrong
answer. How will MS evaluate those answers?. Anybody has
any thoughts/ideas on that.
Murali,
MCAD.NET, MCSD, MCDBA2K, MCSA
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| Glenn D. Crosse 2002-11-11, 3:23 pm |
| In the MCSE design tests they gave partial credit for the scenario you
present.
I am guessing that it is the same for the 71-300.
I would love to hear the definitive answer to your question.
Glenn
"Murali" <rdamurali@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I have taken 71-300 beta yesterday. And most of my
> questions are of that type 'select all that apply'. I am
> just curious to know how Microsoft will evaluate those
> answers. What if I selected only 3 correct answers if
> there are 4 or 5 correct answers for that type of
> questions. Also for example if there are 4 right answers
> for 1 question, I selected 3 right answers and 1 wrong
> answer. How will MS evaluate those answers?. Anybody has
> any thoughts/ideas on that.
>
> Murali,
> MCAD.NET, MCSD, MCDBA2K, MCSA
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| Alice Ciccu \(MS\) 2002-11-12, 12:23 pm |
| "Murali" <rdamurali@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:9edc01c289c1$54a8b070$39e
f2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA08...
> I have taken 71-300 beta yesterday. And most of my
> questions are of that type 'select all that apply'. I am
> just curious to know how Microsoft will evaluate those
> answers. What if I selected only 3 correct answers if
> there are 4 or 5 correct answers for that type of
> questions. Also for example if there are 4 right answers
> for 1 question, I selected 3 right answers and 1 wrong
> answer. How will MS evaluate those answers?. Anybody has
> any thoughts/ideas on that.
>
> Murali,
> MCAD.NET, MCSD, MCDBA2K, MCSA
Murali,
On case study-based exams partial credit may be possible on all question
types, including multiple choice questions, except when only one answer is
required. This means that on some multiple choice questions where there are
two or more correct answers, it's possible to get one point for selecting
one right answer. Other times you might need to select the entire set of
correct answers to get one point.
The content of the question drives the decision as to whether partial credit
will be allowed or not. I hope this clarifies things. Although you did not
ask, I will confirm that on some questions there may be more than one
possible correct solution and we allow credit for either one.
--
Alice Ciccu
Microsoft Training and Certification
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights
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| Glenn D. Crosse 2002-11-12, 12:23 pm |
| I noticed on the MCSE case study exams that if you got one wrong, points
were subtracted for questions that gave partial credit for each correct
answer.
Glenn
"Alice Ciccu (MS)" <alice@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> "Murali" <rdamurali@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:9edc01c289c1$54a8b070$39e
f2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA08...
> > I have taken 71-300 beta yesterday. And most of my
> > questions are of that type 'select all that apply'. I am
> > just curious to know how Microsoft will evaluate those
> > answers. What if I selected only 3 correct answers if
> > there are 4 or 5 correct answers for that type of
> > questions. Also for example if there are 4 right answers
> > for 1 question, I selected 3 right answers and 1 wrong
> > answer. How will MS evaluate those answers?. Anybody has
> > any thoughts/ideas on that.
> >
> > Murali,
> > MCAD.NET, MCSD, MCDBA2K, MCSA
>
> Murali,
>
> On case study-based exams partial credit may be possible on all question
> types, including multiple choice questions, except when only one answer is
> required. This means that on some multiple choice questions where there
are
> two or more correct answers, it's possible to get one point for selecting
> one right answer. Other times you might need to select the entire set of
> correct answers to get one point.
>
> The content of the question drives the decision as to whether partial
credit
> will be allowed or not. I hope this clarifies things. Although you did
not
> ask, I will confirm that on some questions there may be more than one
> possible correct solution and we allow credit for either one.
>
> --
> Alice Ciccu
> Microsoft Training and Certification
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights
>
>
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| Alice Ciccu \(MS\) 2002-11-13, 11:23 am |
| "Glenn D. Crosse" <glenncrosse@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:enFWVLniCHA.1652@tkmsftngp09...
> I noticed on the MCSE case study exams that if you got one wrong, points
> were subtracted for questions that gave partial credit for each correct
> answer.
> Glenn
Glenn,
I'm not sure how to respond to your comment. In no case do we allow
incorrect answers on one question to affect points awarded on other
questions. If a question allows partial credit, each correct answer
component is pre-assigned a point value. If you select any of those correct
answers you would receive the points assigned to them. There are a few
instances when doing one thing is very bad and would negate your whole
solution. When that is the case, it might be true that the in order to get
any points, partial or otherwise, you need to do the correct things and not
the one really bad thing. So even if your answer comprises the entire
correct solution, but you also included the one really bad thing you could
end up with zero points for that question.
I don't believe any MCSE exam allows for points to be subtracted, it just
allows for points not to be awarded.
Does this help or is it now more confusing.
--
Alice Ciccu
Microsoft Training and Certification
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
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| Glenn D. Crosse 2002-11-13, 3:23 pm |
| I posted inaccurately and you posted what I really meant to post.
The negative points apply to that question only and do not affect other
questions.
Thanks,
Glenn
"Alice Ciccu (MS)" <alice@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> "Glenn D. Crosse" <glenncrosse@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:enFWVLniCHA.1652@tkmsftngp09...
> > I noticed on the MCSE case study exams that if you got one wrong, points
> > were subtracted for questions that gave partial credit for each correct
> > answer.
> > Glenn
>
> Glenn,
>
> I'm not sure how to respond to your comment. In no case do we allow
> incorrect answers on one question to affect points awarded on other
> questions. If a question allows partial credit, each correct answer
> component is pre-assigned a point value. If you select any of those
correct
> answers you would receive the points assigned to them. There are a few
> instances when doing one thing is very bad and would negate your whole
> solution. When that is the case, it might be true that the in order to
get
> any points, partial or otherwise, you need to do the correct things and
not
> the one really bad thing. So even if your answer comprises the entire
> correct solution, but you also included the one really bad thing you could
> end up with zero points for that question.
>
> I don't believe any MCSE exam allows for points to be subtracted, it just
> allows for points not to be awarded.
>
> Does this help or is it now more confusing.
>
> --
> Alice Ciccu
> Microsoft Training and Certification
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>
>
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