What exam have you found most difficult?

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I haven't found any particularly hard yet. But I found the A+ essentials really annoying due to the ambiguity of the questions and the writing style.

 

Unfortunately I have only taken the 220-601 A+ Essentials, I didn't think it was hard I agree with GBL here I thought it was quite annoying.

 

70-216 The Windows 2000 Beast.

As I haven't done 70-291 I can't possibly say jow it compares to 216, but it took me three attempts to pass it.

 

The 70-293, this is the beast (70-291) on steroids!

 

For me, has to be:

Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft® Exchange 2000 Server

I had been working with Exchange pretty extensively; I just went in and winged it. Whew, I was sweating bullets, but managed to pass. I did study, but I didn't give it the full study treatment like I do with most exams. That jump from 5.5 to 2000 was the most dramatic one yet, all the exchange exams since and before that one have been pretty manageable for me. Of course, all the exams since and before I studied like crazy for.

I bet there is a direct correlation to how hard you prepare as to how hard the exam is. Less preparation, harder exam. More preparation, easier exam.

J.

 

The hardest one I had was the very first A+ exam that I took due to not having ever taken an exam before. I guess it was more the fear of the unknown.

As for the exams themselves, I couldn't say that any of them are 'hard' per se. I did have to take the 290 twice but that's cause I rushed it the first time and didn't know my stuff.

 

So far my hardest is Net+ - I haven't taken it yet but I just can't get on with the course, light-year wide, inch deep - I hate it

Of the others I've done, none were really an issue.

 

the first time i sat 70-216 i was hit with a real bear of an exam, and at the time there was no feedback that gave any idea of the weak areas, just 'you failed'. i took it again a couple of months later, after going over every topic with a fine tooth comb. the exam was much easier, a completely different set of questions, shorter and more to the point. if i had sat the second exam two months earlier, im sure i would have nailed it. a lot of it is, luck of the draw.

apart from that i found the AD design exam to be tough, though i did pass it first time and ISA 2000, that was another *oh good grief* couple of hours.