Examining the exam structure

The exam itself has a simple structure that is divided into three parts.

Before the exam

Before starting the exam, you will go through a series of informational screens, including information on how much time you have, in all, to complete the exam and information on the Non-disclosure Agreement (NDA) that you must agree to before being allowed to take the exam. This agreement prohibits you from discussing the content of the exam or the questions. Reviewing the agreement is not included in the time you have to complete the exam.

Questions

A Microsoft exam will have somewhere between 35 and 80 questions. The norm is 40 to 50, but part of the NDA is the exact number of questions for this particular exam, so this book will not disclose it.

A question screen of the exam will have the following general appearance:

Questions are single- or multiple-choice questions.

You will always be able to keep track of the time you have left, and which question you are on, out of the...