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A: I took (and passed) the exam two weeks
ago. Here are a few general tips.
1. Read the questions slowly and read all the answers completely before
making your choice. The questions are a little tricky, as are the answers,
so make sure you are completely clear on what is being asked and what
the possible solutions are. You have more than enough time on the exam
for each question so take your time.
2. Usually there are 1 or 2 answers amongst the choices that if you work
them out, either are impossible or irrelevant to the solution. They sound
plausible when you first read them, but if you work them out you realize
that they can't work. If you are ever stumped on a question, start eliminating
the impossible answers and then make an educated guess.
3. Know how to trouble shoot network questions. You should know all about
the different protocols, when they are used and when they are necessary.
There are many questions (at least on my exam) which involved troubleshooting
network connections.
4. Group Policy and permissions are important. You have scrap paper so
you can use this to draw diagrams if necessary.
5. Take as many practise exams on the web as you can find. They are very
helpful.
6. Be familiar with the different permissions that each default group
has.
7. Always choose the BEST possible answer. There will often be questions
that have more than possible solution so you will have to choose the best
one. Usually this means choose the answer that will be the simplest and
involve the fastest solution. This tip sounds a little obvious but trust
me, it's tricky on the exam.
8. Practise using the different techniques discussed in the book. Don't
just do the practise exercises, try to go beyond that. For example, I
thought I knew everything about encryption and then I tried to encrypt
some files from the Command prompt and realized I couldn't remember the
proper syntax. Just spending five minutes going through the Win2K help
file helped me learn things like the cypher utility better than reading
the entire chapter on encryption in the book. Point is, experience makes
a world of different. Take time to practise with all the different administrative
tools on Win2K Server and also practise doing things from the Command
prompt. Experience really, really helps.
I am not sure what you have been using to study but I used the MOC Win2K
server book (2nd Ed). I found this book was good for theory but not very
good at all for when it came to preparing for the exam. The theory is
very important however the book does not do a good job of transitioning
that theory into real world scenarios and trouble shooting. Nearly every
question on the exam presents a scenario and then you have to provide
a trouble shooting answer. I don't believe I even saw one question that
was along the lines of "What is the minimum amount of RAM for a WinNT
upgrade?". I found there are a number of good practise exams on the web
that helped give me a good idea of what to expect on the exam.
Big Time
source: alt.certification.mcse
added: February 2003
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