Re: Passing Score for 70-215 Exam

From: Ben Dover . (null_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/29/04 

Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 00:27:28 GMT

On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 11:39:52 -0500, "nerd32768"
<brin{removethis}sons@spymac.com> wrote:

>"Richard Slusher" <Richard Slusher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>message news:AC01D948-333F-44D4-B235-BB81AA994875@microsoft.com...
>> > I know you want an answer, but please indulge me as I would also
>> > like an answer also: (scientific curiosity)
>> >
>> > Why does it matter?
>> >
>> > I only ask because, well, what would you do with this information?
>> > Would you only study hard enough to pass? Why not try to ace it and
>> > not burden yourself with this knowledge? I guess it's a security
>blanket,
>> > knowing where the bottom is. But you don't know how each question is
>> > scored, do you?, so the minimum score can't tell you how many questions
>> > you are allowed to miss!
>> >
>> > Not only that, the minimum and other test parameters may change over
>time.
>> >
>> > Free yourself form this useless knowledge and replace it with something
>> > useful.
>> >
>> > (this has been a public service announcement)
>> >
>> > :-)
>> >
>> > kpg
>>
>>
>>
>> No, I plan to try and ace the test. I'd just like to know what a passing
>score is.
>>
>> RES
>
>I'm not sure about what it is now, but on Friday the 18th(7 days ago), the
>passing score was 700
>

Since some of the questions may or may not be scored because they are
beta questions, the passing score is a useless number. It is useless
to the candidate even after he passes the exam. The only data I saw
on the test score report that had any use were the bar graphs that
showed you a relative performance in each subcatagory.

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