IT Certification FAQ

A: A lot would depend on you experience, how much time you are prepared to devote to studying etc. If you have limited experience with the OS then you would need more prep/study time than someone who has been working/using/configuring it since it's release.

Depending on the exam and it's content I might spend one month or more of preparation. For 70-210 and 70-215 I was studying for both at much the same time but concentrating more on 70-210 as exam time got closer. On work days I was spending maybe 3-5 hours of studying/practicing. On weekends I'd spend several hours each day. I'm on four weeks leave at the moment and did 70-210 on the first day of leave, then spent about 12 hours for the next seven days studying/practicing for 70-215.

I'm now going to spend the last 2.5 weeks of my holidays studying/practicing for 70-216 and hopefully do it before I go back to work. Once I'm back at work I'll probably average one exam every 1-3 months (I'm going back to a major infrastructure refresh (PC's, thin clients, switches, Voice over IP) that more or less starts the day I get back...

Grant Schmarr
A+ I-Net+ Linux+ Network+ Security+ Server+ LPIC1 CIWP MCIWA MCIWD MCIWSM MCP

source: alt.certification.mcse

Latest from hardware forums: - Upgrading My Graphics Card And I Have Some Questions Please - Help with booting proplem please - Raid 0 set up - 12v jumping from 11.64 to 11.71 - x2 4800 vs Fx60 - 1 - reading dvd disks in a cd-rom drive - ARGOSY - HD363N - Network Storage - AGP 8x Graphics card in AGP 4x Motherboard compatibility que - M2N-MX power management under XP - product id troubles - Will this cable work with my sun servers? - 1 - Gateway 310X System Restore CD - Dual OS - partitioning question - Replacing a Dell case/CPU fan

Free certification materials:

Free MCSE exams - ExamSimulators.com (they also offer 100% Money Back If You Don't Pass Guarantee - sounds great!)

We recommend CBT Nuggets computer based training. Check out their Free Videos or CD first!