Re: [Mcsa] Test Scoring

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"John R" <jsr^^^813@zoom^^^internet.net> wrote in message
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The exact purpose and function of the beta questions is again not know and
has never (to my knowledge) been released to the public. Some people
speculate that beta questions often are used to check if you are using a
particular brain dump. Others have speculated that they are used to cross
check other questions in the same exam. Still others have speculated that
they are candidates to be used on future exams. This is all speculation
at this point.

You know, John, I think you might be right about some beta questions being
used to check if brain dumps are being used. I had a strange experience on
the 70-270 exam today.

Obviously, I can't go into too much detail due to the NDA, but I can say
that two of the questions on today's exam appeared twice. The questions
were repeated, word for word, but in the "copy" questions one of the answers
was different. Makes me wonder if MS insiders have got hold of some
braindumps with errors in (I've always suspected they'd be full of errors),
and want to see if candidates choose the incorrect answer they remember from
the braindump, instead of working out the answer for themselves.

But why include two almost identical copies of a question in one exam?
Still, ours is not to reason why ...

IT Girl MCDST


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    ... Some people speculate that beta questions often are used to check if you are using a particular brain dump. ... Others have speculated that they are used to cross check other questions in the same exam. ... Makes me wonder if MS insiders have got hold of some braindumps with errors in, and want to see if candidates choose the incorrect answer they remember from the braindump, instead of working out the answer for themselves. ...
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    ... are not changed during the exam. ... The exact purpose and function of the beta questions is again not know and ... speculate that beta questions often are used to check if you are using a ... That is just personal experience. ...
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