Mcdst 70-271

unnameduser

Preparing for the above exam at the moment. All is well. but it is bothering me that I have found at least 5 mistakes on the "Measure Up" CD that came with the Microsoft book.

Can I assume that the actual Microsoft Exam will not have mistakes in it?

Ginger

For the 271 exam there will be very few if any because the exam is so old at this stage...

What mistakes did you find

unnameduser

As far as i remember, one question says that MUI is available for home edition, another says it is not.
Another question says that a group policy could be affecting a user, however the user is using XP home edition which does not have group policies.
Another question about partitions implies that partitiions have to be deleted in order according to allphabetical order!! IE, Delete the d, e , f partitions, recreate the D, E partitions. Any other order of deleting the partitions is incorrect!

Static M.e.

Can I assume that the actual Microsoft Exam will not have mistakes in it?

I've yet to see one.

The "Measure Up" Cd's are more or less just a rehash of what they ask you in the book, I dont use them as actual Test Prep material/questions.

XP home edition which does not have group policies

I never knew that, it should have clicked I suppose, but didn't for some reason. If anyone else is missing a screw like me, pulled this from the MS Site.

Because they cannot be joined to a domain, you cannot manage computers running Windows XP Home Edition by using login scripts.

The following corporate management features are not included with Windows XP Home Edition:

Folder Redirection
Group Policy settings
Local Policy settings
System Policy settings (Poledit.exe)
Roaming User Profiles
Offline Files and Folders
Software Installation and Maintenance
Remote Installation Services (RIS)

Static M.e.

Just thinking I went slightly off topic.

To your original question.

I wouldn't worry about it at all. 70-271 has been out long enough to make sure all 99.9% of all the questions \ answers are accurate.

Good Luck with the exam.

unnameduser

Static M.e. wrote:

The "Measure Up" Cd's are more or less just a rehash of what they ask you in the book, I dont use them as actual Test Prep material/questions.

Thanks for the reply.

Can you recommend some test prep material / questions?

unnameduser

On that note, can anyone recommend where i could get (preferably but not necessarily free) preparation material and questions. From searching there seems to be so many companies offering it, but from what i see on the demos, most of the stuff is muck.

Static M.e.

Transcender do some good stuff, I always found the questions a lot harder than the actual exam.


I haven't actually taken the 271 exam so it might be best to hear from someone who sat the exam recently.

unnameduser

yeah i have read about their stuff. bit pricey though!!!

Thanks

Ginger

Transcender and measureup are bout the only decent test material out there

unnameduser

transcender it is so!

Ginger

By the way the measureUp cds are rubbish, I would check out their online stuff, it tends to much better and much more current