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Topic: Test Scoring
How does Microsoft score a test question that has multiple answers and you
answer part of the question correctly, do they give you partial credit or do
you have to have to answer all of it correctly to get credit.
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ray3d84
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Re: [Mcsa] Test Scoring
I believe unless it has changed you lose that point and get asked a similar
question to test you again.
On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 05:37:19 -0800, ray3d84 wrote
> How does Microsoft score a test question that has multiple answers
> and you answer part of the question correctly, do they give you
> partial credit or do you have to have to answer all of it correctly
> to get credit.
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Re: Test Scoring
And on the eigth day <ray3d84@discussions.microsoft.com> did cause the
electrons to come together and form the follwing words:
> How does Microsoft score a test question that has multiple answers and
> you answer part of the question correctly, do they give you partial
> credit or do you have to have to answer all of it correctly to get
> credit.
The test scoring structure is confidential. Anyone who tells you otherwise
is just speculating.
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Re: Test Scoring
Question type: "Select all that apply" AKA "fail to check the correct box
and we'll mess your score"
"ray3d84" <ray3d84@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> How does Microsoft score a test question that has multiple answers and you
> answer part of the question correctly, do they give you partial credit or
> do
> you have to have to answer all of it correctly to get credit.
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> ray3d84
Re: [Mcsa] Test Scoring
You mean like A and B were reversed ?
"TheITGirl" <sleechDELETE@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "John R" <jsr^^^813@zoom^^^internet.net> wrote in message
> news:unfJvvgIIHA.4808@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> The exact purpose and function of the beta questions is again not know
>> and has never (to my knowledge) been released to the public. Some people
>> speculate that beta questions often are used to check if you are using a
>> particular brain dump. Others have speculated that they are used to
>> cross check other questions in the same exam. Still others have
>> speculated that they are candidates to be used on future exams. This is
>> all speculation at this point.
>>
> You know, John, I think you might be right about some beta questions being
> used to check if brain dumps are being used. I had a strange experience
> on the 70-270 exam today.
>
> Obviously, I can't go into too much detail due to the NDA, but I can say
> that two of the questions on today's exam appeared twice. The questions
> were repeated, word for word, but in the "copy" questions one of the
> answers was different. Makes me wonder if MS insiders have got hold of
> some braindumps with errors in (I've always suspected they'd be full of
> errors), and want to see if candidates choose the incorrect answer they
> remember from the braindump, instead of working out the answer for
> themselves.
>
> But why include two almost identical copies of a question in one exam?
> Still, ours is not to reason why ...
>
> IT Girl MCDST
>
>