Microsoft's Testing Formats

Currently, Microsoft uses four different testing formats:

  • Case study

  • Fixed length

  • Adaptive

  • Short form

As mentioned earlier, the case study approach is used with many of the newer Microsoft exams. These exams consist of a set of case studies that you must first analyze to answer questions related to the case studies. Such exams include one or more case studies (tabbed topic areas), each of which is followed by 4 to 10 questions. The question types for exams will be: multiple choice; build, list, and reorder; create a tree; drag and connect; and select and place. Depending on the test topic, some exams are totally case-based, whereas others are not.

Other Microsoft exams employ advanced testing capabilities that might not ...

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