Types of Exam Questions


In an effort to both refine the testing process and protect the quality of its certifications, Microsoft has focused its Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003 exams on real experience and hands-on proficiency. The test places a greater emphasis on your past working environments and responsibilities and less emphasis on how well you can memorize. In fact, Microsoft says an MCTS candidate should have at least one year of hands-on experience.

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The 70-444 exam covers a set of precise objectives. We have written this book about these objectives and requirements for the Microsoft exam. When you take the exam, you’ll see approximately 55 questions that fall within certain topics (typically mapped to the official objective domain), although the number of questions might be subject to change. At the end of an exam, you’ll get your exam score, pointing out your level of knowledge on each topic and your exam score total with a pass or a fail.

Exam questions may be in a variety of formats. Depending on which exam you take, you’ll see multiple-choice questions, select-and-place questions, prioritize-a-list, and case-study questions:

  • Multiple-choice questions   Multiple-choice questions come in two main forms. One is a straightforward question followed by several possible answers, of which one or more is correct. The other type of multiple-choice question is more complex and based on a specific scenario. The scenario might focus on several areas or objectives.

  • Select-and-place questions   Select-and-place exam questions involve graphical elements that you must manipulate to successfully answer the question. A typical diagram will show computers and other components next to boxes that contain the text Place here. The labels for the boxes represent various computer roles on a network, such as a print server and a file server. Based on information given for each computer, you’re asked to select each label and place it in the correct box. You need to place all the labels correctly. No credit is given for the question if you correctly label only some of the boxes.

  • Prioritize-a-list questions   In the prioritize-a-list questions, you might be asked to put a series of steps in order by dragging items from boxes on the left to boxes on the right and placing them in the correct sequence. Another type requires that you drag an item from the left and place it under an item in a column on the right.

  • Case-study questions   In most of its design exams, Microsoft has opted to present a series of case studies, some of which are quite lengthy and then follow them with questions about how certain design criteria will be used. Questions following the case studies might employ any of the previous formats and methodologies.

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For more information about the exam question types, go to www.microsoft.com/learning.

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Microsoft regularly adds questions to and removes questions from the exams. This is called item seeding. It’s part of the effort to make it more difficult for individuals to merely memorize exam questions that previous test takers gave them.



MCITP Administrator. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Optimization and Maintenance Study Guide (70-444)
MCITP Administrator: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Optimization and Maintenance (Exam 70-444) Study Guide
ISBN: 0470127457
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 146

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