Test Has Been Passed Share

December 15, 2009

Test was taken, and passed. I have been taking practice tests from a program called Transcender. I took a warm up test this morning and passed with 98%, so I felt very ready. When I took the real test I found there was a good amount of difference from the practice tests. The practice tests did introduce me to the right concepts and got me the right direction, but I had to do a lot of thinking on my feet. About half way through the test I thought I was doing badly and even resigned myself to thinking, "Well, this will be a practice test and I'll pass it next time."

The test happened in two sections: non-performance and performance. The non-performance questions were just database maintenance theory, and tool identification in a given scenario. The performance section of the test was a specific task was assigned and they turned you loose in SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio) and you had to solve the problems.

I got 788 on the non-performance section and 820 on the performance. I'm not sure what the highest score is and I guess Microsoft is mysterious about it. All they tell you is that 700 is passing. As my friend recently said, what do they call the guy that graduates from med school at the bottom of his class? Doctor. I can't be called a doctor, but I can be called a Certified SQL Specialist.

There are more tests to take, and since I have identified SQL as my target career I will be taking them soon I am sure. But for now, its a major relief to have passed that test on the first attempt.

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