Pretty tough IT quiz...

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I posted this in the hot deals section as well seeing as if you pass the quiz, you get a free $15 Amazon gift card...but out of the 7 people I know that've taken it, not one has passed yet. We've all scored between 1020 and 1180. Mine was 1040. It takes 1200 to pass of a possible 1600. It's primarily on networking type questions, but some were quite tough.

http://www.globalknowledge.com/itexpert/

It's 20 questions...and there were like 3 or 4 I had to look at a few times and still had no idea what it was saying.
 
first time i took it, i got an 860.
the second time i took it, i got a 1360. :(
there are only 30 questions in their database apparently.
i got the same 10 questions from the first test in the second test.

yeah it isnt worded very well on a couple of the questions, but over all decent test.

edit: i just checked my e-mail and got 2 e-mails for each test. the second one said the gift certificate would be in the mail. i didn't realize this. i just wanted to take the test again to see if i could get better. but cool anyway :D
 
"You missed 7 questions. Your score: 1040."

Meh, that quiz had some nasty questions, super generic and pretty crapy! Maybe next time I'll hit 1.2k ;)
 
1040. There were some BS questions in that thing.

"What tab of the Properties window is used to view the current Trusts?"

Ok, if you told me what application that question applies to, it might help.
 
Boscoh said:
1040. There were some BS questions in that thing.

"What tab of the Properties window is used to view the current Trusts?"

Ok, if you told me what application that question applies to, it might help.
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isnt that in the windows nt/2000/2003 server replication setup?
 
Me and my friend both took the quiz, and both scored 960 on our first try. We both also work on the campus network as student lan admins, Im going to give it to my boss tommorw and see what she thinks. Personally, i agree about the few BS questions. My housemate took it over 8 times before he scored 1280
 
Boscoh said:
"What tab of the Properties window is used to view the current Trusts?"
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Yeah, that one got me too. WTF

Here was my score:
Your Score - 1120
(14 out of 20 answered correctly)

That was tough. The wording of the questions was a little rough.
 
Thank you for taking our IT Expert Challenge. You missed 6 questions. Your score: 1120.
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Not bad, but one more question and I would have gotten my gift cert. :mad:
 
Boscoh said:
1040. There were some BS questions in that thing.

"What tab of the Properties window is used to view the current Trusts?"

Ok, if you told me what application that question applies to, it might help.
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If these are the kinds of questions it askes, then it's a pretty worthless test, although hard.

It's not important to know where what is from memory, it's important to understand what you are looking for and why. I hated history tests for the same reason.

Anyway, I might as well go take the test..although it requires signing up, which I detest.
 
Boscoh said:
1040. There were some BS questions in that thing.

"What tab of the Properties window is used to view the current Trusts?"

Ok, if you told me what application that question applies to, it might help.
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k, that's a bullshit question. Who gives two shits if I can remember the name of a tab under trusts in win2k.

This is the same reason I hated history tests. It's asking the completely wrong question for what they want to know.

Anyway, I wouldn't place a whole lot of faith in this exam folks. For wanting to test IT skills, they couldn't design the site to work in Konqueror.
 
XOR != OR said:
If these are the kinds of questions it askes, then it's a pretty worthless test, although hard.

It's not important to know where what is from memory, it's important to understand what you are looking for and why.
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Actually, it can be quite helpful to know where stuff is from memory. Espeically when your provided unpropted phone support (where you dont have canned responses). Theres a certant bit of pride that comes from knowing how to talk your average college student though finding a mac and setting up networking in 95/98/Me/2k/XP/MAC 8,9,10.X :D

Granted, if you dont give me your operating system, (or atleast enough clues to figure out what it is) talking you though anything will be a challenge
 
NOTE: EXPECT A PHONE CALL IF YOU PUT A VALID NUMBER FOR THIS QUIZ
Even though i selected the do not call me option i just got called >.<.
 
960 here my first time through it.....same thoughts as the rest pretty much. better wording and a little less generic, otherwise a fun way to kill 5 minutes.
 
I hope they call me....so I can tell them how much their test sucked and how I wont spend money with them since that's the quality of material I can expect.
 
this was rediculous

first time
Thank you for taking our IT Expert Challenge. You missed 10 questions. Your score: 800.

second time
Thank you for taking our IT Expert Challenge. You missed 11 questions. Your score: 720.

third time
Thank you for taking our IT Expert Challenge. You missed 10 questions. Your score: 800.
 
Boscoh said:
I hope they call me....so I can tell them how much their test sucked and how I wont spend money with them since that's the quality of material I can expect.
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quoted for great justice!
 
I think the reason that test was as misleading as it is was so they can cash in on the clueless IT people and IT managers of the world who will take that test and think "oh my god, I'm stupid. Must pay uber-$$$ for some training!!!!!!"

Think about it....anyone who knows their shit in IT is going to laugh at that test. It's the people that will take that test and not realize how much insufficient information is given, and how misleading the wording in the questions and answers are that the test creators are looking for.
 
Boscoh said:
I think the reason that test was as misleading as it is was so they can cash in on the clueless IT people and IT managers of the world who will take that test and think "oh my god, I'm stupid. Must pay uber-$$$ for some training!!!!!!"

Think about it....anyone who knows their shit in IT is going to laugh at that test. It's the people that will take that test and not realize how much insufficient information is given, and how misleading the wording in the questions and answers are that the test creators are looking for.
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very very true.
 
knowing all of the answers to some quiz isn't important...

One of the most important skills for some in IT is knowing how to resove problems and issues with logical evaluation skills and sound methods.

For example: When your boss says open the "Trusts Tab"
Do you spend all morning opening every application looking for something with a "Trusts Tab". Or do you say; Hey, IT manager boss with your fancy pants CCIE, what the hell are you talking about? :p
 
Thank you for taking our IT Expert Challenge. You missed 4 questions. Your score: 1280.

Some questions are ambigious to say the least.
 
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