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Exam Format

Exams are timed. At the end of the exam, you will find out your score and whether youpassed or failed.You will not be allowed to take any notes or other written materials withyou into the exam room.You will be provided with a pencil and paper, however, for makingnotes during the exam or doing calculations.In addition to the traditional multiple choice questions and the select and drag, simula-tion and case study questions introduced in the Windows 2000 exams, Microsoft has devel-oped a number of innovative question types for the Windows Server 2003 exams.You mightsee some or all of the following types of questions:

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Hot area questions,in which you are asked to select an element or elements in agraphic to indicate the correct answer.You click an element to select or deselect it.

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Active screen questions,in which you change elements in a dialog box (for example,by dragging the appropriate text element into a text box or selecting an optionbutton or checkbox in a dialog box).

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Drag and drop questions, in which you arrange various elements in a target area.You can download a demo sampler of test question types from the Microsoft web site athttp://https://traloihay.net.

Test Taking Tips

Different people work best using different methods. However, there are some commonmethods of preparation and approach to the exam that are helpful to many test-takers. In thissection, we provide some tips that other exam candidates have found useful in preparing forand actually taking the exam.

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Exam preparation begins before exam day. Ensure that you know the concepts andterms well and feel confident about each of the exam objectives. Many test-takersfind it helpful to make flash cards or review notes to study on the way to thetesting center. A sheet listing acronyms and abbreviations can be helpful, as thenumber of acronyms (and the similarity of different acronyms) when studying ITtopics can be overwhelming.The process of writing the material down, rather thanjust reading it, will help to reinforce your knowledge.

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Many test-takers find it especially helpful to take practice exams that are availableon the Internet and with books such as this one.Taking the practice exams notonly gets you used to the computerized exam-taking experience, but also can beused as a learning tool.The best practice tests include detailed explanations of whythe correct answer is correct and why the incorrect answers are wrong.

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When preparing and studying, you should try to identify the main points of eachobjective section. Set aside enough time to focus on the material and lodge it intoyour memory. On the day of the exam, you be at the point where you don’t havehttps://traloihay.net