Tips--Have Taken The 70-291 Exam
Tips From Members Who Have Taken The 70-291 Exam
These are tips provided by members who have shared their expeirence on their exams. A big hand for the members who provided this information.
(dragon 9000)
the one thing I know for sure is DNS is Huge Part of the test! WSUS was mid to small part and DHCP seem to be a mid size part
they are the longest Questions I have ever seen in a test evan for Microsoft
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(palmettosc)
Sims:
*EDITED FOR NDA*
Questions:
1/2 of the questions were dns or routing & remote access
X wsus qustions.
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(guse)
Most other questions containing the word "subnet" are actually DNS resolution or DHCP Relay Agent/Bootp questions. Know VLSM
3 Sims:
*EDITED FOR NDA*
Questions:
X questions on WSUS
X questions on DNS and name resolution
X questions on RRAS
X questions on network security
and a TON of infrastructure questions
I was amazed by my draw. I mean, for the first half of the exam I don't think I saw a single WSUS question... however, on the second half of the exam it seemed like every third question covered it. Out of 46 questions, I wouldn't be surprised if my ACTUAL draw wasn't around X WSUS questions.
I got only a few questions involving subnetting and IP addressing (I got 100% for that section), while I got quite a few on name resolution problem solving. This was a good draw for me, as it focused on the part of DNS I actually work with and know quite well.
I did the worst on the RRAS section... but I was pretty iffy on that one going into the test.
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(micro420)
Strange thing was that I was going paranoid about IP addressing and WSUS since I don't really understand subnetting too well. Fortunately the questions on the test about IP subnetting were very simple in terms of fitting X amount of computers in Y amount of subnets. Also I did not have any hands on experience with WSUS, but I'm surprised I was able to reason my way through and nail the questions and simulation.
Overall I scored 3/4ths and higher on every field except the Implement, Manage, and Maintain Name Resolution section (a.k.a DNS!!!).
This time, I had a completely set of different questions. I saw maybe only 3 or 4 same questions from the last test. Now I know what people meant when they said to know WSUS! To be honest, I never even touched or studied WSUS since my MS press book had a few pages of it. Luckily I must have nailed the WSUS questions since the answer seemed obvious to me.
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(pete071)
cruised through the 3 simulations which were more or less identical to cbrzana's exam report i.e. *EDITED FOR NDA*. a few words on WSUS... get some hands-on practical before taking this exam. There wasn't a sim but there was a drag&drop question and about 6 other general questions.
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(ipchain)
The only thing I can recommend for this exam is for you to know DNS, DNS, and more DNS. I got about X questions or so regarding DNS. Also WSUS was greatly covered on the exam ( X Questions ) so make sure you know it well. As for DCHP and RRAS, they were covered but not to the extend I was expecting. I wish I would have gotten more questions on DHCP & RRAS as I'm pretty good with DCHP and RRAS.
The sims were straight forward and really easy to accomplish. They were tasks you'd need to do on a daily basics as a System Administrator so don't worry about the sims.
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I would like encourage all members who have taken their exams to please share their experience on their tests in this thread. Please do not state specific questions as this is a violation, but to state only areas that were covered and might be good things to brush up on. There are thousands of questions and each exam may be different, so do not base your studies solely on this information, but know the material yourself.
