Exchange 5.5 (70-081) Exam Comments
& General Study Info

This test is now adaptive... Visit this URL for more information:  http://www.microsoft.com/Train_Cert/download/adapt.doc
and, for a sample of it:
http://www.microsoft.com/train_cert/download/MScat.zip

 
 
Braindump for Exchange 5.5 (70-81)

Greetings.

I wrote the exchange 5.5 exam (adaptive) on 12th Jan and got a score of 458. Since the passing score was 490, therefore I failed.

All I need to say here is that the exam is not very difficult. Just download all the dumps from this site and get ALL the white papers from Ms website, and this exam is easy. I flunked because I didn't do any question on the topic of interoperation with MS mail right. As with all adaptive tests, if you don't know one topic, you fail. So be aware.

One important point:

Know the difference between directory synchronization and directory  replication. Replication happens between exchange sites, and  synchronization takes place between exchange and foreign mail systems.

This was the topic that I didn't know, and it really got me.

Good luck all.

Zawar.

 

Exhange Server 5.5  Test #70-81
Test Type: Adaptive  Passing Score: 490

 I took this test yesterday and I can honestly say that this adaptive test crap is A JOKE!!!!!! I can't believe they are this easy. At this rate MCSE's will be a dime a dozen!! I received 15 questions and it took me 15 minutes (I scored 600). To make the situation worst these questions were far to easy!!!

I don't know if my fellow MCSE's feel this way (that was my last test...It's over baby!!!) but I think that the test should stay the way they are. If anyone...and I mean ANYONE want's to pass this test just study Le Sid's Brain Dump and you will succeed. Please if anyone is concerned about our job field being over populated with ones that have no idea of what it's like in the "real world" fight Microsoft's choice to go adaptive. 

Hello, everybody. I just took and passed Exchange 5.5. It was the  easiest Microsoft so far. I was done in 20 minutes and I have never used Exchange before. I had a boot camp training and Transenders. I was much easier then I thought it would be. I had 15 questions and out the door. You need to need to know the material, but don't stress to hard about the exam. Good Luck 5 down 1 to go
ADAPTIVE! YES, this test actually seemed easy since it was adaptive.  Don't look to have a high score though, the passing is 490 and I received a 605, time done - 12 minutes. Already signed up for my last for MCSE+Internet IEAK in two weeks...

Visit Brian Talbot's page for excellent resource links- http://www.dc.net/wtalbert/Exchange55/exchange55.html

I only received 15 questions, all were very similar to all the questions already posted on this page.

I highly suggest getting the newest Trancender tests for this. The topics in the Trancender tests are right in line with the types of questions on the test. Read the white paper on backups, also locate any information you can on the Chat feature. I could not find very much and Trancender does have a few questions that helped.

Bonus, no scenario based questions at all!!!

Good luck!

John Dammann-MCSE
jdammann@yahoo.com

Took the test November 5th. I was worried about this one and studied hard.  BUT it was a joke! MS has really cheapened this one. It was ADAPTIVE even though I was told that it wouldn't be.  I only had to answer 15 questions and it took a total of under 20 minutes.

The maximum amount of questions was 25 and you have 1 1/2 hours to finish - no skipping or going back allowed. No new or unusual questions. I feel that I wasted at least a month of studying.

G

Just a quick Note that its gone adaptive (15-25 Questions 490 pass mark) Details to follow   
anon
70-081 modifications. need just under a 50% now . the test has been changed. now you only get 15-25 questions . you also could not go back and change any answers or even look at previous questions. if you do not answer all the questions, you fail. odd. the test was quite difficult. they asked a lot of tickey-tack questions . lots of conguration.   who sets up the replecation for an off line folder. and where. why is someone not able to get to a server through a firewall. one question on deletion recovery. good luck I failed......but not for long. 

larry 

Test # 70-081

Hi. Well, I did it. It took two tries, but I finally passed the Exchange 5.5 exam.  This was buy far the worst exam of all the ones that I have written. (Nobody writes this one for fun, I can assure you that!)   Now on to the dump.   The biggest suggestion that I can make to anyone is to really know how to integrate Exchange and MS Mail. Also, it would be a good idea to know as much as you can about public folders and Distribution Lists. (Like, after a migration of some Mail users, where do you place the DL???)  That's about all I can remember specifially. The Transcender exam was good (but not as much as other courses). Also, the Exam Cram was also a very good resource.

On to my next one in two weeks, IEAK 4. Then I will have my MSCE+I. Good luck to all who journey on.

Brent Dawson, MCP+I, MCSE, MCT
Calgary, Alberta 

Don't panic! This test is not that hard. I passed today with a 649 without ever using the product. Athough my score was low (I didn't get below a 925 on all previous tests!) I didn't really study that hard. I am a Certified Lotus Notes Professional and I related most of the Exchange 5.5  material to other groupware and e-mail apps. The test covers very little of the product itself. Don't bother memorizing menus in the Exchange Admin program. I had no questions on specific port numbers, but had alot on the general use of POP3, LDAP and IMAP4. I also had a lot of questions regarding Public folder replication and Newsfeed folders. Just read each question CAREFULLY and think about the process it takes for a message to get from point A to point B. Sorry I don't have any more specific info. (By the way, DO NOT BUY the Blue New Riders Book...the practice questions are way to simple compared to the real test!) Good Luck! 
Test # 70-081

Took the test 2 weeks ago..Test was not that hard ... If you just wanna pass you don't have to study that hard... Now if you want to score high then you better do your reading and practice... The advice I can give is to study Exchange Disaster Recovery... As for the ports and security you don't have to memorize the corresponding port numbers.. These are given to you on test.. this security question is presented as the scenario questions....

Good luck 

Just passed the 70-81 exam. This exam already changed to adaptive type.  I got 15 Q. Most of my Q on Backup/Restore, DS Site Configuration for Attribute, delete rentation with option on delete after the full backup,  licensing of POP3, web client & dialup. No Q on firewall port,  Migration, ccMail, Lotus note and no scenario Q for me also.

Exchange Server 5.5 (70-081)

I have to post SOMETHING of my experience with this exam since so VERY FEW people had posted info on this exam here.

I took the exam twice -- both times I did not have the adaptive version.  The first time, I almost passed -- missed it by just one question.  The second time, the exam was very hard, and I did terrible.  The third time, I had the adaptive exam, and I could not believe how EASY it was!!!!!  I only had 15 questions and I was done in 20 minutes -- I PASSED!!!!  And for the first time during an exam, I actually felt like I knew I would pass.  I also really knew the material but as you can see, coming close the first time and not so close the second time is a confidence killer.  I was dreading my third attempt.  I'm glad I passed and hope I get more of the adaptive exams!!!!  That was my third Microsoft certification -- so I am a professional exam-taker for sure.  With the adaptive exams you just get it over with much sooner!!!  Less suffering involved!!!

I am not a great test taker, but I don't give up easily -- I just study, study, study until I get it!!!

Good luck with your next exam -- and I hope you get the adaptive version!!!

Carol

everyone's freakin' out about the "new" adaptive format; not much to be scared about if you've taken Novell tests though....

Passed exchange server 5.5 on 11/6 in 15 questions. Used the same format:  sybex "test success" guide, transenders, braindumps.

The questions had different wordings, but same subjects:

how far can you restore from backups with/without circular logging-- remember that circular logging destroys transaction logs... 

lots of questions about migrating from msmail  to exchange, i.e. msmail users can't send email to users on msmail (use global address list)...  etc, etc,etc....

Basically, if you do well on the transenders and understand the answers and consepts, the adaptive test shouldn't be a problem.

Good luck!
Ronin

Test # 70-81

After using your site for all other exams I did not find too much information on Exchange 5.5. What I did was to go through and research questions from the Exchange 5 exam. 75% of the exam was the same as the Exchange 5 questions, however it seemed the questions that I got were ones that I could verify the correctness on from the Exchange 5 question list. This exam is very poorly written. One question I was asked, did not even include the correct answer in the choices. For this one I ended up choosing the "least" wrong answer, because I know for a fact that the correct one was not listed. I ended up passing with a 666 (or something close to that). The minimum was 629. My lowest score before this one was a 88% on IIS 4 other than that I have had all 900+. But who cares I saw the green line and that is all that matters. Since I have a terrible memory(and I did not get a chance to do this till a week after my test), I cannot list the exact questions here.  Research the questions as I think with my low mark my research was not as complete as it should have been. Good luck.

Test Name: Exchange Server 5.5  Test # 70-081

Took the test November 5th. I was worried about this one and studied hard.  BUT it was a joke! MS has really cheapened this one. It was ADAPTIVE even though I was told that it wouldn't be. I only had to answer 15 questions and it took a total of under 20 minutes. The maximum amount of questions was 25 and you have 1 1/2 hours to finish - no skipping or going back allowed.  No new or unusual questions. I feel that I wasted at least a month of studying.

G