Information on exams and study time

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Hi everyone, Happy New Year to you all.

This is my first post, I am studying for the MCDST exam, I have 14 years work experience in customer service and feel desktop support would be the quickest way into the IT industry for me. I would like to take the first exam at the end of January do you think that 3 weeks is enough time to learn the 70-271 exam in? I work full time I am ok with some of it but I feel the most time will be taken up getting the active directory, local groups and policies part through my head, I have got a transcender and it seems most of the exam questions evolve around the group policies etc..

What are the exams like, do you get paper to write questions down so you can look at it and work it out? are you allowed to take anything into the exam room with you like refreshments etc...

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you in advance.

 

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you get a dry wipe marker and board (well I did). Exams are mutiple choice.

MS don't publish how many questions and the scoring for any exams as it could allow people to cheat but the general feeling is that 70-80% is the pass mark depending on the exam(s).

 

Thanks for your replies, yes time is a bit of an issue. I don't get home from work until about 9pm and never really feel like doing much then but I am determined to really make an effort now and put a couple of hours a night in and more on the weekend. As I said it's just the persmissions and group policies mainly as I have been getting 65% on the transcender and it's those questions I am dropping my points on. Just thought if I can write it out and look at it as a picture or flowchart type of thing it's easier to answer. I have a National diploma in computer studies (198 and went on to do a HND in 1989 but the partying in Uni got the better of me and I failed the course, really wish I had left the partying until after Uni now . Just want to get into the IT industry and get a better paid job and start doing something I enjoy and something which has plenty of scope for advancement.