Comments on: Latest news on 70-431 simulation questions

By: suresh

suresh — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:03:10 +0000

hi i suresh,i need full dumps for 70-431 .where cani download.i downoaded some but, i am not sure is this for exam questions.plz let me know here 2 get it…thnk u

By: David Henley

David Henley — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:19:00 +0000

I just passed the 70-431 on the first try!!!

Without giving away test details, I will briefly comment on what assisted me in passing:

1. Pass4Sure (had very similar questions to exam)
2. Thomas Moore’s Exam Cram
3. Microsoft Press Book
4. 2 years of using MS SQL Server 2005

The simulation wasn’t too bad as I got a 760. If you don’t know your way around the product, I don’t see how you’ll pass.

By: robfarley

robfarley — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:35:22 +0000

It won’t be discontinued any time soon… I haven’t heard anything about them disappearing, and they tend to give a lot of warning.

Rob

By: D

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:01:04 +0000

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.

By: robfarley

robfarley — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:56:42 +0000

Linda,

Sorry to hear that. My recommendation is to look around the dialog boxes that are available to you, looking for something that sounds like the option that you would have set using your scripts.

And then leave the question and don’t come back. It’s never worth second-guessing yourself.

Also, try asking Microsoft when they will be switching to Virtual Lab exams for SQL Server. I’ve posted about 70-113 on this blog before, and I really want SQL to move this way too.

Rob

By: Linda Leslie

Linda Leslie — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:10:58 +0000

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.

By: robfarley

robfarley — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:07:36 +0000

Roy,

I’m not sure about practice tests. I do know that if you’re a regular user of SQL 2005 (and know a bit about what’s ‘under the hood’, then you should be just fine).

Rob

By: Roy

Roy — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:32:45 +0000

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

Roy

By: John Sterrett

John Sterrett — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:33:40 +0000

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.

By: robfarley

robfarley — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:57:01 +0000

Shweta,

Sorry for editing your comment – you had written a bit too much about one of the questions.

To answer you though (carefully) – if you need to move to another part of Management Studio (or whatever you have been presented with), you should be able to just close the dialog you’re in, and move to somewhere else. If you can’t, then you should be able to answer the question sufficiently without doing that.

The simulations aren’t perfect. The new emulations exams (like 640) should help with this a lot.

Rob