ENEB - exams

[bjcheung77]

So, for those who purchased the exam option, do you have to chances at the exam? And the 'better' grade is then the final grade you get if you decide to go for a second exam? I don't remember now, *sigh* I'll have to check the emails again...

[Voldigoad]

So, for those who purchased the exam option, do you have to chances at the exam?   And the 'better' grade is then the final grade you get if you decide to go for a second exam?  I don't remember now, *sigh* I'll have to check the emails again...

In general, you have two exam attempts. I passed with 9.x in the first attempt, however, even then, there's a "re-attempt" button (probably for the second attempt). I thought second attempt only applies in case you fail, but it seems, I too, could re-take the exam. I am not going to try that out though since I'm super happy with the first attempt

[Wowbagger]

So, for those who purchased the exam option, do you have to chances at the exam?   And the 'better' grade is then the final grade you get if you decide to go for a second exam?  I don't remember now, *sigh* I'll have to check the emails again...

Yes, that's correct. You can do it twice and the highest grade is your official score.

[datby98]

If you opted for the exam type, then in your course list the Master program you chose will have two entries (e.g. 2x a course named "Master of Business Administration"). One of them will include all the materials and original final project templates etc.
The other entry will lead you to the exam which you will be able to commence at any time during your exam period (for me that period was September 2023 - December 2023): https://ibb.co/kHn4rjR

Thanks for sharing. Even though I got the notification email saying the exam option is available now, I still could not locate the course entry you mentioned. I have emailed them for a double check.

[Consultant]

I've been studying with ENEB for about 3 months. But, for purposes of full disclosure, I should say that my ENEB degree is a subject that I've been studying for several years (undergad and via courses run by my employer) and I have relevant professional experience for the last 10 years as well. So, for me, it was often very obvious what the answers would be when doing the exam. Therefore, my high marks on a first attempt shouldn't be a surprise. I did go through some of the quizzes too, for about 7 modules, and the exam questions are in a similar format so that is very good practice for the final exam.

I will say that for someone who has never studied the subject they could never pass that exam just by guessing. You do have to either go through all the modules and/or have relevant professional experience to pass the exam. It's not easy by any means.

Thank you for the feedback, and yes, you are correct that Industry experience or subject matter will count towards the study process.

[bjcheung77]

People who are doing the exam option have business, leadership, management, strategy experience/knowledge. I don't think anyone will be going into the exams without knowing a few subjects well enough. Even with the open book option, it's going to be those who have the expertise or skills set will be able to pass, the exams may be easier for those that have much more experience/knowledge or even for those who already have an associates or higher degree. Just don't go into it without going through 'most' of the course materials, you can skim through them and make your own simplified notes.

[mermex]

For those who have passed the exam, what does the transcript look like? I would guess that all courses would have the same grade. I'm which case, it would look very suspicious, when pursuing any evaluations.

[nykorn]

Took a few days, but ENEB fixed my exams not appearing. I do NOT have one single exam for all 3 Master's!

MBA + Project Management = 1 combined exam
Hotel & Tourism = 1 separate exam

I'll take the tests ASAP and get back to you guys on how they were.

Unlike most of you guys in this forum, I do NOT have any work experience in the business field. I did study some of the topics in trade school a few years ago but a lot of them don't overlap and I barely passed some of them (business accounting...) at the time. On top of that I did not study any of them in English so the terms and laws and stuff are all different.

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For those who have passed the exam, what does the transcript look like?  I would guess that all courses would have the same grade.  I'm which case, it would look very suspicious, when pursuing any evaluations.

I may be wrong but I seem to recall it is a pass/fail transcript. This is totally fine, I graduated from a brick and mortar university in Europe which ran on the pass/fail system and no one has ever commented on it (most people never look at the transcript anyways), it did not stop me from getting a visa to Japan or entrance into Master's studies elsewhere etc. The only problem it could potentially offer is that WES USA can't give a GPA for pass/fail classes, but that has never gotten in my way as I have never applied for studies elsewhere that required a certain GPA. ENEB has told me there is no difference in the transcript if you did the homework vs if you took the test, but we'll see. I'll post my diploma whenever I get it months from now.

[nykorn]

Just took the hotel exam. Passed with 82% and 50 minutes to spare. When you finish, they show you which questions you got wrong but not what the correct answers were. You NEED to use the book to answer some questions, it would be impossible otherwise (some of those "What number of x are there?" questions like in the mock exams). I didn't actually notice any questions that had been in the mock exams but I'm sure there were some.

Every test question and answer had messed up text, I mean like words were not even complete (It would say something like "WhA. is the inforA. we neeA. to..." for "What is the information we need to...") and there was only one question I noticed which could not be answered due to the answers having a different order (like "A) B) A and B are correct, C) D)". I will be Emailing them to tell them to correct the text. Unlike someone else who commented in these forums, I had no duplicate questions.

There is a timer at the very bottom of the screen if you scroll all the way down. I forgot to start the timer before I began so was really stressing out about time until I made it to the end. "Flagging" a question is not like reporting an inaccuracy, it is like a bookmark feature so you can easily find and go back to a question you were unsure about.

When you finish you get a message saying your score, that you passed, that the grades will be recorded into your file within around 7-14 business days, and that the diplomas will begin to be issued after that.

As you have 2 chances to take the exam, and your diploma is not actually issued until the end of the exam period I believe (April 31st for me), I assume you could study and retake the exam near the end of the exam period to get a better score. However a B is fine for me and frankly is in line with all other grades I've ever gotten at any school.

After combing through my incorrect answers, I had 3 where the test did not accept the correct answer, 1 where the jumbled text answers made it impossible to answer, 1 where the question was so vague I could neither know the answer nor find the answer in the textbook, 1-2 where I couldn't find the answer anywhere in the textbook despite the question being clear, 2-3 where I just misread either the question or the text in the textbook.

If they correct my test score to accommodate for those messed up questions, I will technically get bumped up from a B- to a B+, but as I said I think the transcript might just be pass/fail anyways... we'll see.

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Just took the MBA + Project Management combined exam. Got 80%.

As other have stated, THAT exam did have duplicate questions as well as several questions (6, including duplicates!) which did not take the correct answer. I have written to ENEB about it. Of the remaining wrong answers, 1 was one of the same ones from the Hotel & Tourism that I couldn't find the answer to anywhere, 1 was me just plain misreading the answer where two answers had almost the same wording, and 1 was that I just spaced out and clicked the wrong answer.

Additionally, 6 or so of the questions were the same between the Hotel & Tourism exam and the MBA + Project Management exam. This isn't crazy, as they do have several chapters in common.

If they fix my score to include the answers which were unfairly marked incorrect, I will raise from a B to an A.

[nykorn]

By timer I meant my phone timer. The ENEB timer starts automatically, of course.

By textbook I mean the ENEB pdfs. I personally merged them into one big file for ease of use.