Very disappointed.. Got a 275 which I guess is 5 or more questions short of passing. I have never prepared more for a certification exam. I read the Scott Lowe book cover-to-cover twice, the Brian Atkinson book twice, and the Bill Ferguson book. I took the required training, completed and used the home lab, took every mock exam I could get my hands on: BluePrint mock exam till I got 100%, the mock exams from the exam engine in the Atkinson book, and those from the Ferguson book (including the two extra ones you can get by upgrading to the Premium Edition). On the Ferguson exam engine, I got scores in the 330s, 340s, and 360s the first time I took each of his exams. I really thought I was prepared based on how I was doing on simulated tests and related resources.
I guess I was suprised how many 3-out-of-5-or-6 questions there were..
The exam indicated the topic areas I answered incorrectly against, and there were more than is worth listing (which makes sense when you get about 1/2 the answers wrong).
In any event, I recognize I can take the thing again after 7 days, but really don't know what I would do differently to get a passing grade. It was not a required certification for my employment, but what I major disappointment after all I put into it. Never have failed a cert exam before...
Not sure what to do yet..
Thanks for reading!
Tim