70-536 pass mark and Transcender vs. SelfTest

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Hi all,

Two questions:

First - What's the pass mark for 70-536? And does the pass mark remain constant or does it vary on occasion? Probably a daft question, but it will be my first Microsoft exam.

Second - I'm planning to use Transcender or SelfTest to prepare for my exam.. but I'm not sure which one.

I gather they're owned by the same company, Kaplan IT, and when I downloaded the demos of each, they looked pretty similar, if not the same.

But there's a price difference - SelfTest are charging $99, whereas Transcender is $149. SelfTest has a 'pass second time guarantee' and Transcender has a 'pass first time' guarantee. And the Transcender pack has a few more questions.

My hunch is that the tests are actually pretty much the same, but does anybody have any experience as to whether that's correct?

Thanks in advance,

Andy

 

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You'll hear a lot of old crap about Transcenders and how they are 'official braindumps'. Take it from someone who has taken more M$ exams than you can shake a shitty stick at - Transcenders are NOT braindumps.

Thats got that out of the way!

However, Transcenders are pretty controversial in a lot of places because they DO provide questions that are, on occasion, remarkably similar to 'real' exam questions. I have seen a few questions arise on transcenders which were almost the same as ones I saw a couple of weeks later on the 'real' test. One in particular on my SQL Design exam was eerily similar - and I can see where people might get the idea that it was a dump question. However, I don't consider their products to be a braindump - they simply provide you with questions that are close to what you will see on the exam - NONE of the questions I have seen from Transcenders (and I can't stress this enough, NONE of them) have been 'actual' test questions.

I have never used SelfCert, so couldn't possibly comment on them.

Finally, I've not taken 70-536, but a guy in development at work has - he failed first time with 67% and passed second time with 74% - so I reckon the passmark is somewhere around 70%.

 

MS view on the 536;

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-536.asp

I have used both, and think it is worth paying extra for the <Transender>.

Good luck.

Si

 

LOL This site is very pro Transcender and I have yet to read of any of our members slating them for being braindumps.

Out of the eight M$ exams I sat, I probably saw two questions which were similar, but then I can see it would be hard to have completely unique questions when you are restricted by the topics of the exam.

Transcenders are your friend, if you can afford them