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The Windows Vista exam expects you to be a Microsoft product expert This means that you have to know the ins and outs of Windows Vista, but you must also know how to use and configure Windows Vista s networking and application features In order to test your knowledge, you are likely to see the following kinds of questions:

Conceptual questions are designed to test your knowledge You ll be asked a question and you must provide the technically correct answer In order to test your real-world knowledge of Windows Vista, you may see questions that give you portions of the Vista interface or questions that give you a network diagram You must then examine the interface and correctly answer the question Almost all questions on the exam are scenario based This means you will be put into a situation where a problem is at hand, and then you will be asked to solve the problem Even when the question is a basic conceptual question, you ll find that the exam often gives a long (and often unnecessarily detailed) scenario concerning that question

Like all good test takers, you want to know what the test will be like, especially if you have never taken a Microsoft exam before If you have taken a Microsoft exam, you can expect the same kinds of questions and formats as you have seen in the past

Let s first consider the question types that you are likely to see on the exam The concepts in the following sections apply to the Windows Vista exam, but you will also see these same formats on other exams as well

Almost all questions on the exam are structured in a multiple choice format This means that you will see a question and several possible answers You must click the

correct answer in order to get the question right Some questions require two or more answers, while others say Choose all that apply However, the great majority of the exam questions give you a question for which there is one correct answer For example: Susan is a user on your network Susan s laptop computer was recently upgraded to Windows Vista Susan travels frequently with her laptop, giving sales presentations at various client sites Susan needs to make certain that she is able to use Windows Vista s hibernation feature However, Susan reports that hibernation is unavailable You check Susan s computer and discover that the Advanced Power Configuration Interface (ACPI) is not supported in the current computer s BIOS You install a new BIOS on the computer What must you do now A Enable Hibernation B Reinstall Windows Vista C Run the File and Settings Transfer Wizard D Enable the L2TP protocol As you can see, you are presented with a scenario problem and asked to choose the correct answer By the way, the correct answer here is A Since the BIOS is updated, she can enable hibernation

Some questions will contain a screen capture of the interface or a network diagram When you read the question on the screen, you will need to click the Exhibit button to see the picture You must then inspect the picture and make a decision about the correct answer The question is still a multiple choice question, but the exhibit simply helps you answer the question correctly For example: A user in your company travels frequently with his laptop computer When the user is away from the office, he primarily uses battery power During meetings, the user often accesses the laptop, and then the laptop may be idle for an hour or more You need to configure the laptop to conserve as much power as possible