02-09-2016, 02:13 AM
In my case, the exam also took exactly one week to be graded. I saw the grade on my unofficial transcript a day after the grade was posted.
A few more notes worth mentioning:
I too had 95 multiple choice questions, worth 1 point each. In addition, the 5 short essay questions were worth 5 points each, making up almost 21% of the exam's total (25 out of 120 points).
I could see a letter grade on the course portal page, but unfortunately the transcript only lists a passing grade of 'S' - (Satisfactory), C or higher.
Sanantone's feedback is spot-on regarding the exam's content. The online material provided will probably not be sufficient and referring to the textbook to ensure the learning objectives are met is highly recommended.
Depending on one's background, reading the text's 8 chapters in their entirety may not be required. Furthermore, I noticed that some essay questions relied on some of the external links provided within each module's reading material.
I should disclose that I have been in the IT field for a fairly long time, and my experience was directly related to the exam's content, so I'm probably not a good judge regarding the exam's difficulty (I was able to pass the initial 'Pre-Test' by a reasonable margin). Nevertheless, I agree with sanantone's assessment of the exam's difficulty level.
The prep material is well organized and presented. Overall, I liked the format and wished these exams were available earlier.
There were a few prep quiz questions that were worded incorrectly, and provided more than one possible viable answer, when in fact the quiz was expecting only one. I only came across these on a few rare occasions, maybe two or three times, and it didn't really detract from the overall quality of the prep material.
A few more notes worth mentioning:
I too had 95 multiple choice questions, worth 1 point each. In addition, the 5 short essay questions were worth 5 points each, making up almost 21% of the exam's total (25 out of 120 points).
I could see a letter grade on the course portal page, but unfortunately the transcript only lists a passing grade of 'S' - (Satisfactory), C or higher.
Sanantone's feedback is spot-on regarding the exam's content. The online material provided will probably not be sufficient and referring to the textbook to ensure the learning objectives are met is highly recommended.
Depending on one's background, reading the text's 8 chapters in their entirety may not be required. Furthermore, I noticed that some essay questions relied on some of the external links provided within each module's reading material.
I should disclose that I have been in the IT field for a fairly long time, and my experience was directly related to the exam's content, so I'm probably not a good judge regarding the exam's difficulty (I was able to pass the initial 'Pre-Test' by a reasonable margin). Nevertheless, I agree with sanantone's assessment of the exam's difficulty level.
The prep material is well organized and presented. Overall, I liked the format and wished these exams were available earlier.
There were a few prep quiz questions that were worded incorrectly, and provided more than one possible viable answer, when in fact the quiz was expecting only one. I only came across these on a few rare occasions, maybe two or three times, and it didn't really detract from the overall quality of the prep material.
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