Exams aren't scored using percentages. You need 700/1000 however that does not equate to 70%.
This is what Microsoft say about scoring:
All MCTS and MCITP exams are scaled such that the passing score is 700. The actual cut score (the number of items you need to answer correctly) is determined by a group of subject-matter experts. A common misperception is that you must answer 70 percent
of the items correctly in order to pass the exam; however, the actual percentage varies from exam to exam and may be more or less than 70 percent, depending on the input provided by the subject-matter experts who helped us set the cut score. After you complete
your exam, the number of items that you got correct is compared with the cut score to determine whether the result is pass or fail. The exam delivery provider's software generates the scaled score and bars shown on your score report based on scoring information
provided by Microsoft.
Based on this, you could get a lot of question wrong in one section of an exam (and all the rest of the questions right) and still fail.
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