Just got back from taking the net essentials test.  Passed with a 644, 552 was required to pass.

This was the first time i ever took one of these so I am glad that one of them is over.

i only had 25 questions and it only took me about twenty minutes.

It is true, it is an adaptive test now. I didn't know this until the test started and it surprised and scared me but it wasn't really that bad as long as you know your stuff. The fear, surprise, and new style make it a little more difficult for me to remember all the questions but I will try. Thanks to everybody who previously posted stuff.

It really helped a lot and it was one of the reasons that i was able to pass my first MCSE exam. 

here's what i remember,

I had a question with four computers:

4 computers that are as follows

Win95 - 486, 16MB RAM

Win95 - Pentium 133, 32MB RAM

WinNT - Pentium 200, 128 MB RAM

WinNT - DUAL Processor, 64 MB RAM

You need to decide which will be:

1) Client computer

2) Print Server

3) Application Server

4) File Server

I was asked twice about NDIS and ODI and why they are valuable. 

I had a same scenerio on two different questions it wanted me to hook up a WAN with a central office and three regional offices. the regional offices were all 20 miles from the main office. They proposed using a thicknet backbone on the one question and a fiber-optic on the other. I can't remember the other specifications but to me it didn't matter because i felt that it did not meet the requiements for both because 20 miles is too far for thicknet and fiber-optic. I'm not sure if i am correct so double check but that's what i thought was right.

i had the question about what supports faster than 100 mbps ....i answered ATP

I had the textbook incorrect transceiver question.

I had the textbook incorrect frame type question.  

i had a question regarding communicating between unix and tcp/ip. I answered that the device needed was a gateway.

had the question about networking win95 machines, what protocol, and netbeui was not an option, so i picked NWLink.

that's all that i can remember. I wish i could remember a few of the remaining ones that i had.

Don't be too frightened by the new format. Just know your stuff and relax and you'll do fine.

one down, five to go..... time to go to the pub.

good luck to all

the eggman