Rob Farley

Good to see that all the hard work on the simulations actually works!!  Gone are the days that you could download a brain dump and pass the exam.

He seems like a lucky fellow... I had 20 simulations!!

Good post Rob.

I just did 70-431 and thought the simulations were just spot on.  Anything that works to improve the quality of the assessment gets my vote.  

hello I'll take 70-431 exam at the end of this month..but I want simulations..can u give me??? thanks my mail is winter.princess@gmail.com

I recently took courses 2779 and 2780 and I have a very good knowledge of MSAccess.  The training center where I took the courses has mentioned nothing to me about simulations or what this test entails etc.  They told me to play around with the product at their lab.  Spending time playing with a product in a lab doesn't seem like much of a prep for this test.  Especially after reading the blogs on this site.  I feel like I have been misled a little into thinking that I can pass this test with study alone.  I also don't have the luxury of working with the product since I don't have access to it at home and I'm unemployed.  I'm going to give it a shot but I'm not very optimistic.  Any thoughts?

Regards,

Pete

Well I took 431 earlier this week, and I must say after reading numerous blogs and write-ups I was expecting a way-nasty exam.

My take though was;

1. The 35 multiple choice questions were straightforward. Mine were almost entirely about principles, not syntax, so I didn't have to remember precise rote statements - just understand the concept. Even if you don't though, I found that always 1 or 2 answers were obviously wrong, and 1 or 2 looked dubious so simple elimination would probably work.

2. The 12 simulations I had were quite simple. I confess I had no idea what I needed to do about 1 of them, but the other 11 were simple enough tasks such as ***parts of this comment deleted***, etc. I did a LOT of random clicking on the first simulation to get a feel for the way it works, and that doesn't seem to have penalised me in my score (11/12 on the graph, assuming they're equally weighted)

So in summary, if you've used the product and understand the principles tested, the simulations are not hard.

i need simulation question,i had exam last week and i failed,where can i found these question?

i had no idea about simulation question.

I have studied the SQL SERVER 2005 Implementation and Maintanance well and have solved all the exercises. I have taken couple of exams as well. Will this help me pass the exam? I am trying to come up with simulations in my head. For instance dropping snaphots, creating schedules, using sql profiler.Do you think this will be enough? I have worked with SQL Server 2000 3 years ago but had to quite my job because of my little kids. Now I want to go back to work and want this certification so that I have a better stand.

I have prepared my self for 70-431 from test king and Actual test and I have also do the exercises from Pass4sure simulations. is this enough or any change is comming in this exam. Please advice...

Regards,

Ali Shah.

well, after going through numerous blogs and websites ...now i have a bit of understanding on how people felt about this exam.   Its ..truely very helping work.  I appreciate all the guys.  I am about to take the exam in 13days time...I am not a sql guy..first time I took this book a week ago..did lot of reading, simulation questions seems to be tricky.. as lot many of you said we need to use the product..i am going to do that for the rest of the 13days and nights..and give exam..lets see..I will post on the result of my exam

This question is for those who have taken 70-431 exam already. In simulation section, on 1 question I was presented with *********sorry - I've removed part of this question. Rob************** How did you guys manage to switch ************?

I just passed the exam in the past few weeks and I found the simulations to be very easy.  If you use the SQL 2005 tools you will be fine.

I just took the exam, failed. I prepared with uCertify, not help... can someone tell me which practice test matirial is better?

Roy

I just took the exam and have been a DBA for 7 years... I just don't use the gui much and have other tools I use since SSMS isn't always the best at getting the info I need... passed the Q&A (45 questions) but failed the simulation (12) questions.... not a happy camper.

Hi Rob, when will MS discontinue these exams for SQL SERVR 2005 (70-431, 70-441, 70-442)? - I am asking seeing that 2008 has already been out for a few months now and I want to do these 3 before the end of 2009. Thnks in advance.