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    I have signed up for the entire course package E-Learning 6292 online.  The labs, multiple choice questions and general explanation in each course are relatively straight forward and easy.  I have very little Desktop Support experience (6 months) and am worried that the actual exam (70-680) will be much harder.  I've reviewed the topics for the exam in the Training Catalog > Exam page and can see that I've covered all of the bullets for the intended learning objectives successfully and could do it on my own, but feel that I'm still not prepared to take the test.

    Is the exam significantly harder than the courses/labs?

    Help!

    • Split by Mr. Wharty Wednesday, May 30, 2012 11:11 PM New question
    Wednesday, May 30, 2012 6:19 PM

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    In my opinion the test covers a wider range of topics then just one particular class can cover. I would also recommend getting this book and looking through it and doing the questions and labs in this book if you can. The questions that come with this book are great for preparation because they give excellent description. If you can get 90%+ on the questions from the book you will have great success on the actual test. All of this is just my opinion from my past testing and training experiences.

    http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Book.aspx?ID=13911&locale=en-us

    • Proposed as answer by Mr. Wharty Monday, June 11, 2012 1:34 AM
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    Not saying that the book is better then the training. The book is more focused on getting you ready for the test then the class would be is all I am saying. The class is great. I have taught 6292 and 6294. They are both great classes and have a ton of information in them that will help you implement and maintain windows 7. So to me the difference is that the book is more focused on the test material and the class is more focused on showing you things you can take back to work the next week and implement. The test is assuming you have already implemented Windows 7 and have been working with it for a few months.

    I do not know what practice questions come with the online training. Is it the Measure Up questions? The Measuer Up questions are great for test prep.

    • Proposed as answer by Mr. Wharty Monday, June 11, 2012 1:34 AM
    • Marked as answer by Horizon_NetEditor Saturday, September 1, 2012 12:12 AM
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    In my opinion the test covers a wider range of topics then just one particular class can cover. I would also recommend getting this book and looking through it and doing the questions and labs in this book if you can. The questions that come with this book are great for preparation because they give excellent description. If you can get 90%+ on the questions from the book you will have great success on the actual test. All of this is just my opinion from my past testing and training experiences.

    http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Book.aspx?ID=13911&locale=en-us

    • Proposed as answer by Mr. Wharty Monday, June 11, 2012 1:34 AM
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    I purchased the online package that has roughly 20 hours of class instruction online, self-paced.  Labs, quizzes, practice questions.  I've got easily 95% passing score on all of them.  I'm not sure the one book will be of much more use, other than one more resource?  Is it likely a $70 book is more or less comprehensive than a $400 online Microsoft-authored course? 

    That's the real issue here:  Does Microsoft make their tests significantly more challenging than their own courses?  If I can "pass" the course with at least a 95% accuracy, I'm only hoping like crazy that I can pass the tests.

    Thursday, May 31, 2012 9:56 PM
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    That's the real issue here:  Does Microsoft make their tests significantly more challenging than their own courses?  If I can "pass" the course with at least a 95% accuracy, I'm only hoping like crazy that I can pass the tests.

    Some people state that the exam is more difficult, some state it isn't.  It all depends an the experience of the candidate (by experience I mean hands-on, not doing training, online classes, reading books, practice tests etc).

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    Jeff Wharton
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    Thursday, May 31, 2012 11:00 PM
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    Not saying that the book is better then the training. The book is more focused on getting you ready for the test then the class would be is all I am saying. The class is great. I have taught 6292 and 6294. They are both great classes and have a ton of information in them that will help you implement and maintain windows 7. So to me the difference is that the book is more focused on the test material and the class is more focused on showing you things you can take back to work the next week and implement. The test is assuming you have already implemented Windows 7 and have been working with it for a few months.

    I do not know what practice questions come with the online training. Is it the Measure Up questions? The Measuer Up questions are great for test prep.

    • Proposed as answer by Mr. Wharty Monday, June 11, 2012 1:34 AM
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    I do not know what practice questions come with the online training. Is it the Measure Up questions? The Measuer Up questions are great for test prep.

    The questions on E-learning are usually quite basic compared to what's in a certification exam and there's usually only around 3-10 per module.  The questions are developed by Microsoft or the person responsible for creating the e-Learning course (which could be a MCT, MS Employee or other outsourced training provider).  The questions are not developed by MeasureUp, SelfTest etc

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    Jeff Wharton
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    Twitter: @Mr_Wharty
    MC ID: Microsoft Transcript

    Friday, June 1, 2012 2:01 AM