So there you are in the testing hotseat. You are finally taking the dreaded exam you need to achieve the MCITP. You have spent weeks preparing for this test at nights – reading material and practicing with virtual machines. You have studied so much in fact, that you can recite numerous powershell commands off the type of your head.
You have spent at least 75 minutes on the test and you are still only about 80% of the way through. The door to the testing room opens and another tester comes in. You recognize the person from a class you had taken several weeks ago (on this very same subject as a matter of fact) – and you know he is taking the same test as you are. The other tester starts the test and you get back to your test. Less than 15 minutes later, the other tester gets up and walks out – finished with the test! How can this be you thought – you aren’t even done and this person came in, started and completed the test in the space it took you to answer 10 questions or so. You finish shortly after the other tester finished and passed. You are still puzzled as to how the other tester was able to not only finish the test in 15 min (that took you almost 2 hours to complete) but almost passed it with a perfect score. You are determined to find out how this person did so well and you ask him as you are both leaving the testing center – his answer? He says he used a “study” guide that just “happened” to have questions there were the exact ones on the test.
Does this sound familiar? This does happen – “study” guides and braindumps are readily available for purchase or download on the internet. The fact that they are so prevalent means that there is a market out there for them by people taking certification tests. We can argue the moral points of the use of braindumps for a long time, but the fact of the matter is that someone is somehow getting the actual tests and providing them to test takers for a fee. So are the tests that difficult that those seeking certification feel compelled to use them or because the braindumps are available people are using them? Either way, it devalues the worth of a certification is someone can just memorize the answers, walk in, take test and pass – all without ever knowing anything about the product. This lessens the value of a certification as it may be perceived as not a great a value because of braindumps.
So, you might be able to pass a test using a braindump – it may hurt you in the long run.
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