700 out 1000 does not equal 70% so what does

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Some people assume that 700 out of 1000 is roughtly 70% most of you alreadly probley know this is wrong it is just a scalling system perentage wise 0-1000 = 0%and 1000-1000 = 100%

Does anyone acualy know the percentage i think it is very unfiar the microsft dont tell you how many questions you need to get correct,, If you sit a demo trancender and got 77% did you pass? who knows does anyone?

 

It's totally irrelevant
because different questions carry different weight

I could get one question right that was worth 5 points
and another one wrong that was worth 50

And depending on which questions are drawn from the pool alters what each question is worth again

it is not 'unfair' that they don't tell you how many you need to get right
this is not a video game
if you get 5 easy questions right and all the hard ones wrong, should you pass?
if you get all the hard ones right and miss a few easy ones, should you fail?

A lot of complex thought goes into these exams and their scoring, and it's just not as simple as a pass/fail mentality

 

Why is it unfair? It's Microsoft's ball so you have to play by their rules.
Personally, I don't worry about it. I'm not looking to scrape through the exams, I'm looking to do well, so 77% would still send me scuttling back to my text books.

 

It's not unfair. As Sparky rightly said, "If you know your stuff, you will pass".

In addition to what Sparky and Phoenix mentioned, there can also be unscored questions which will neither count for nor against you.

So how many questions do you need to get right in order to pass? As many as it takes.