What is                                                                      

        ADAPTIVE

         TESTING!!!!

Guys though out the World,

I've studied how Microsoft mark the exam....and how you get the questions.....So understand what I'll say carefully!

At the beginning

You will have a survey..on this survey you will have the test...they ask you about your experience,and what operating systems do you have in your company (UNIX,NetWare,NT),What LAN types like Dial-up or direct cable or Ethernet....

Depending on this, they will calculate code and give you  the exam....be careful...

In my exam, I've discovered this at the beginning.....and I hate RAS Questions(as the whole world do)..so they ask me if my Corp uses dial-up....I've checked this then cleared the selection...So the result that I didn't get any RAS question....

if you want to be sure after pressing exit in the survey watch the message box that appears,it appears very quickly and disappear,it contains a TEST CODE,because with each exam there is a number of tests..they will chose for you the exact exam depending on your servey.

Another thing,at the beginning of the test they give you 552 (for Network essentials pass mark) and as you answer correctly..you will have a mark 552+question mark, BUT IF YOU MISS A QUESTION THEY WILL SUBTRACT THE QUESTION'S MARK FROM YOUR SCORE...can you imagine this!!

Through Exam

The first Question has the highest mark,the next is less, the next is less...and so on!!...so you will find that the first questions new,and the last is old,in brain dumps you can see them!!..so to pass, concentrate on the first questions!!!

Why 25 but 35!!!

At the beginning of the exam they give you 0% correctness or 100% incorrectness..as you answer the questions the value of correctness changes and starts raising TILL SOME POINT:

-If the correctness of your answering exceeds Unknown threshold ( Microsoft knows it) before you reach the 25th Question..you will have 25 Qs.

-If the correctness of your answering does not exceed Unknown threshold ( Microsoft knows it) before you reach the 25th Question..they will increase your test by one tell you reach that threshold or you have the 35 questions all,without reaching that threshold!!

Of course the relationship between the correctness and the questions is not linear its Quadratic or more..so no one can predict that he has done well or not....BUT BELIEVE ME IF YOU ANSWERED THE FIRST 3 QUESTIONS OKAY...YOU WILL HAVE DEFINITELY 25 Qs...

The Result

Microsoft has done those things to reduce the 900 marks and above ...as big as possible and the success manner is the same as before no to make exam easier.

I PROMISE YOU THAT NO ONE WILL GET HIGHER THAN 900!!!!!

That's all Guys.....if you need more info study the sample test in Microsoft site about Adaptive testing...I've spent the whole night studying it and writing equations and trying to figure out the relationships...

Don't be afraid and keep on good work!!!...and for the guys who don't submit their papers on this site.....GO TO HELL!!!

                                                                                                                         MAKE YOUR MODEM ALWAYS ON,

                                                                                                                                               MR.Silicon