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speaker for today thanks for joining us
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Heidi thanks Anna and welcome everyone
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today we're going to talk about the tips
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and tricks for exam day focused on dp600
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but we're going to cover all the
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different tips I've learned over the
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years so just a reminder you are in the
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middle of this series right now so you
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would have seen the benefits of getting
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certified now we're going to talk about
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the crucial thing of how to prepare for
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exam day and the 24 hours leading up to
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it and then the last session of the
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series you're going to prepare for
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actually passing dp600 exam don't forget
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to save that link you'll see it on the
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screen now it's that aka.ms get
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certified dp600
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so a little bit about me my name is
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Heidi Hasting I am a Microsoft MVP which
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means most valuable professional and MCT
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Microsoft certified trainer I've been
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doing data and analytics for over 10
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years now but that doesn't mean that was
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my first it career I was actually a
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software developer before that and you
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might have seen me on other line live
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learn series or as a speaker and
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attendee and volunteer at Tech events
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all over the world and my current
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certification count is 16 now don't be
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intimidated by that I used to hate doing
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exams I would stress out it was so
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complicated for me and I didn't want to
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do it in the last probably 3 years I've
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gone from only having one to now having
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16 so if I can do it you can do it but
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don't worry if exams aren't your thing
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that's perfectly okay it wasn't mine
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originally and now it's my
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jam so let's talk about what I did on
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the day I passed
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dp600 so dp600 was quite a challenge I
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wasn't actively working in the fabric
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space I was working with data analytics
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I was working with Microsoft products so
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it wasn't a far stretch but I wasn't
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day-to-day in and out of fabric so on
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the actual day of exam I make sure that
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my mind is perfectly clear and focused
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on just the exam I mean I love watching
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TV shows and things but leading up to
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the exam I had to make sure nope we're
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not going to watch TV shows we're going
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to make sure that we study crem for this
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exam so that all the recent stuff in my
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memory is all focused on the exam
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content so I'd wake up make sure you
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know I have my morning coffee if you're
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a coffee drinker morning tea if you like
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me I drink tea you know make sure that
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I've had enough water make sure that my
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environment is you know set up for me
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and air conditioning set up or the heat
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is on depending on where you are you got
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to make sure that the environment is set
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for you you got to decide whether you
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want to go to a testing center or
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whether you want to sit the exam as
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online proed so I choose to do mine
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online proed because I find the most
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restful thing for me is at home so I set
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up a little portable table in my louer
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room sit on the couch dial into the exam
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and just focus on the exam for that day
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and make sure no one else is in the
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house of course because that can disrupt
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your exam if you've got other people in
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the house because it's important when
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you are taking an exam that if you're
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doing an online proor you're the only
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one within not only the field of vision
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of the Proctor um watching through your
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webcam but also there's no audio of
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other people you know wandering around
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the room you're
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in but I make sure I do bit of a study
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cram leading up to the exam as well so
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it's important to do those quick little
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last minute refreshes but make sure it's
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not something that's going to stress you
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out if going through the content over
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and over you just find your mind's
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glazing over and it's just the content's
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not sinking in take a break take a
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breather doesn't mean that you can't
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look after yourself it's important to be
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you know looking after your health and
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well-being and not just focusing on oh
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my god I've got to get all this content
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in so that I can sit the exam so it's
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okay uh not to study right up until the
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last minute and make sure that you've
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got your device make sure you got your
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laptop ready make sure you got a webcam
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ready make sure you got a second webcam
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just in case and make sure you've got a
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hot spot available on your phone as
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backup for your internet because if
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you're like me in Australia the
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internet's not so crash
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hot the other thing is if you're going
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to go to a testing center if you're
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going to go to a testing center in
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person that can de-stress you a lot
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because it's the responsibility of the
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testing center to make sure that you
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have a computer that all the environment
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factors are taken care of and that you
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just rock up tell them which exam you're
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doing make sure you have an appointment
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and in you go and sit the exam so you
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can take away all those things but you
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do have to make sure that the how you're
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going to get there you've allowed enough
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time for public transport or to drive
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that there's parking available the
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traffic all those sorts of things you
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got to take
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in so let's talk about what the exam is
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like I've now sat through 16 exams so
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this one's well and truly in my mind but
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for those of you who've never sat an
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exam the first thing to know is the
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duration Microsoft gives you a large
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amount of time so in this case 2 and 1
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half hours to go through all the
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questions now whilst I can say that's
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plenty of time everyone's different so
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you may take you know 20 minutes you may
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take 2 and a half hours it's okay to
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take however long you need as long as
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you fall within that 2 and 1/ half hour
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total and within the exam platform you
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can actually see that time as you're
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going through the exam so you don't have
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to worry about trying to keep track of
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what the time is for for as you go
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through the time time period you have
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that available on the platform but if
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seeing a countdown clock can stress you
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out the platform allows you to toggle
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that clock off as well so you can do it
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either way you want to check in 30
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minutes prior so that means if you're
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doing it at a testing center make sure
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you're there 30 minutes before your
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appointment so that they can have
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everything ready and all you have to do
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is just wait for a little bit and then
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start the exam if you're doing it at
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home that 30 minutes is crucial to be
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able to make sure your laptop is set up
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that your your room meets all the
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criteria that as you join the queue the
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Proctor can see you and your webcam is
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all working that your internet
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connectivity is okay you know you got to
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consider things like if the power
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suddenly goes out what am I going to do
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so make sure your laptop's well and trly
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charge or if you've got a desktop make
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sure there's only one monitor attached I
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know as people doing these sorts of
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exams we probably have a few monitors
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but for the exam you've got to have just
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the one and the maximum time you can do
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it is 2 hours so take all those things
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into account but don't let it stress you
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out if you start to think that clock's
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racing in your mind just take a few deep
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breaths and go it's okay I'm prepared
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for this and worst case scenario I fail
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and that's okay because then you're
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going to get tips on how to how to do
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the exam better next time so even
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failure is still learning it's okay in
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terms of the questions you've got 40 to
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60 Questions and that can vary by exam
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and then the important thing with
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Microsoft exams it's the best answer
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answer so when you're reading through a
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question look for the little nuances in
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the question that might rule out
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different answers and the other thing is
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you might think from your personal
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experience and from your learning if
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you're reading the question and you
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think there's more than one answer have
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a look at what would be interpreted as
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the best answer it might be something
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like say you've got four different
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options and then you have to consider
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well what is the most cost optimal or
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what is the most security conscious look
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at the little leadin in the question it
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might indicate which of those ones is
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considered the best even though multiple
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might be perceived as correct got to
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look for that best one and the best is
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kind of subjective so try and think
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about the little Nuance in the question
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then think about General Microsoft
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things so you've got the concept of
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cloud adoption framework well
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architected framework so is the option
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the best in terms of cost optimize then
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that would be the one to go for there's
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a concept of a build list with a build
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list it's a case of saying the question
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may ask you what are the steps required
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to set up a Lakehouse and so the build
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steps is going to be a series of
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different activities to get you to that
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outcome it could be enable the tenant
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make sure that you have a workspace and
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then have a workspace that's associated
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with a fabric capacity and then create
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the Lous within that workpace and
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there'll be a few dad answers in there
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too so you got to watch out for those
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but in that build list you're going to
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prepare all the steps in order to
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achieve an outcome drag and drop is
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where we have a a sentence that includes
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blanks with those blanks you'll have a
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list of possible values and you've got
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to try and drag and drop the correct
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value into the blank
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space with multiple choice that's where
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you're going through a question and it
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may ask you what are the two um
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properties to set to achieve this
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outcome and that's where you know you've
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got to pick two sometimes it'll say pick
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all options that apply up to a maximum
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of three those sorts of things so that's
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where you get multiple choice so the
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question types vary throughout each exam
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to a total of 40 60 Questions and a
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quick tip here is if if you're going
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through the exam and you find yourself
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not sure on an answer it's okay Mark it
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for review and come back later because
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you never know as you're reading the
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other questions it might jog your memory
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on an answer to one that you weren't
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sure
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about then we've got the case study the
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case study one of my favorites it seems
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really daunting when you first open it
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up you've got this massive background it
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tells you all about the customer all
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about the problem all about what their
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future state is and it's a lot of
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content and then there's a series of
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questions targeted towards that content
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I personally approach it a little bit
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differently to a lot of people a lot of
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people read the case study in full and
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then they go to do the questions I go in
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the reverse I read the question and then
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I identify the targeted sections Within
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the case study to read Because
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Microsoft's really good in giving us
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little categories so that within the
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backgrounded information it might say
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you know future requirements security
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considerations overview of the company
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so I can read the question and then
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Target the specific areas I need to read
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to focus to answer on that question
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because for me too much information is a
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bit of an overload but for other people
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reading the question uh at the end is
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more suitable so sometimes people will
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prefer to read the entire case study so
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they have the full frame of information
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in their mind and then they target the
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questions and go through and answer them
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the important thing to know here with a
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case study is once you start the case
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study you can't go out of the case study
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and once you finish the case study and
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Market is finished you can't go back and
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review it so take your time going
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through it but again don't stress you
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got 40 to 60 Questions give yourself a
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little bit of time on each question so
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that as you go through the questions if
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you find this one you're not sure about
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give yourself couple of minutes to to
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think about it more to go through and
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see if you know the answer or see if you
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can J your memory and if you can't just
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mark it for review and come back later
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because if you sit on one question for
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20 30 40 minutes you might run out of
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time so make sure that you're conscious
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of how many questions you're getting
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through and the amount of time you want
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to spend on them so that you know
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whether or not you're going okay in
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terms of the overall time okay
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the
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score seems very confusing to score an
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exam out of a th when you've only got 40
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to 60 Questions that's because each
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question has a different rating so while
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the score range is 0 to a th000 as you
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go through each question that question
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comes from a particular area within the
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different sections of the exam and each
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area has a different waiting so it might
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be doing the um powerbi modeling
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semantic modeling may contain 25 5 to
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30% of the exam that means you're going
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to get more questions in that area and
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they're going to be weighted higher
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because it's a deeper level of content
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they want you to understand to pass the
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actual exam you need to get 700 or
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greater and as you're clicking through
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the exam you're not going to know which
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question is worth what and you're also
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not going to know whether your total is
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over 700 unfortunately you only find out
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to the end but the great thing is you
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find it out
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instantaneously the scoring is scaled
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but you get no points deducted for
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answering incorrectly so don't worry if
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you just like I'm not sure I'm just
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going to guess this one guessing still
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one option because you're not going to
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get any any points taken away from you
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for answering
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incorrectly and that when you get to the
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exam end of the exam there's actually
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the option to review the questions you
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marked for review so you can go back
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through and see the questions that
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you've marked for review and go through
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them so you'll know when you get to the
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end you go okay I Mark 20 for aiew how
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much time do I have left let me go back
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and review those
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questions and in recent times really
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excited that Microsoft allowed Microsoft
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learn content to be available while
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you're doing the exam so as you're going
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through the exam if you're not sure you
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have the option to split screen and load
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the learn modules now it's important
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here you won't get access to your
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favorite search engine or co-pilot or
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practice tests so you only get the learn
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modules with the learn modules you get
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access to the search so you can go in
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and search for a specific module but
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don't rely on this solely to pass the
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exam because it's not going to help you
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trying to search for every single
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question in the learn modules to try and
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answer it but with the question so you
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can see here in the example I've got the
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question on the left and I've got the
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learn module on the right so I can go
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through the learn module identify a
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learn docs area that helps me for this
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question read through that and then try
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answering the question again or I simply
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mark it for review comeback later or I
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don't use learn it's optional feature
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they didn't always have this it's sort
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of the last sort of 6 to 12 months it
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was introduced but it's pretty cool to
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have that little assistant there CU
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sometimes you know where you can find it
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in the docs and now you have the docs
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and learn articles available to
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you so just be sure you won't have
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access to C- ballot Just same but make
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sure you watch what keep an eye out for
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the time just in case
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all right what to expect on the actual
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day so as you lead into the day you're
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going to do a check-in that checkin in
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person is making sure you're at the
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testing center register with the uh
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organization you're testing with make
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sure that you're there in enough time
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that they have all the information ready
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for you and off you go if you're doing
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it at home or in an office or a shared
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uh space that you have access to you're
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going to do a check-in that requires you
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to not only install software on a laptop
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so if you're using a work computer a
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personal computer or anything else make
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sure that before the exam you've gone
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ahead and installed the software
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required for the check-in sometimes that
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check tech check can take about 6
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minutes or more so give yourself plenty
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of time in that 30 minute window to go
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through the tech checks make sure your
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Internet connection's good make sure
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your webcam is good make sure you've
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gone through all the proed precursor
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checks so they'll want to make sure the
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room that you're in there's nothing
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around your laptop that it's all clear
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that you've got no phones you know no
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smart watches no extra cables that
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they're not sure about make sure you've
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got all those once you complete the
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check-in and you're in the queue they'll
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let you know once your queue position is
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up and then they'll start the exam now
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don't panic if the screen goes all white
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and the exam doesn't load give it a
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little bit of time it's got to send the
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exam through to your device and then
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open it up I had that experience
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recently where I had no no exam came
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through but you always have access to
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talk to the proctor so you can go in
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Click the Proctor and ask to talk to
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them and they can talk you through any
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of the issues you're
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facing then you're going to review the
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exam question and then with exam
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instruction and with those instructions
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it's going to talk you through what the
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exam's going to be about once you've
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reviewed the instructions you say yep
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I'm good to start the exam so this is
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where you want to take those three deep
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breaths clear the M make sure you're all
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at the ready and a couple of tips if
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you're doing proed if you like like me I
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like to read out and my mouth moves as
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I'm reading the questions make sure you
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try and reframe to doing that because it
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makes it look like you're talking to
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someone in the room and so the Proctor
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will tell you off pretty
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quickly you start the exam you're in the
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exam and off you go off and racing
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through all the questions if you have
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any issues if there's a technical
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difficulty something happens every so
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often the you get this little taskar
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that shows your webcam the Proctor and a
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whiteboard if you're doing it remote and
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uh online if there's any issues press
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the chat press the Proctor ask to talk
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to them or message them on chat so that
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you can get it resolved because
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sometimes you can have a little bit of a
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buggy experience but Don't Panic it's
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okay there are people there to help once
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you've gone through all the exam and
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you're like okay I don't want to go
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through it again I'm happy with what
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I've answered you submit the exam and
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instantaneously in both scenarios you
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will get the results on your screen
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almost instant right pretty cool now
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this is the moment where you're like
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because you're like did I pass did I
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fail either way you gave it a go and
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that's the important thing is that you
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gave it a go and you looked at what
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worked for you now if you pass great you
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get the the result straight away that
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you pass congratulations important to
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celebrate and then you'll also get
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details of how you went for each section
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which sections you were strong in which
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sections you might need a bit more bit
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more effort in if you failed also okay
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because you get details on what your
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strengths and weak as well so that you
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can do additional study for the next
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time and you can reset the exam there
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are some guidelines around when you can
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do it like 24 hours later for the first
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time I think it's 14 days after each
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subsequent attempt up to time a period
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of five attempts per year if I recall
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calendar year so important celebrate
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celebrate celebrate you put in the hard
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yards you did the you did the work you
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took the exam you gave it a go if you
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didn't pass the exam it's okay again
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gave it a go make sure that you take
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time to read through what you did well
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and what you didn't they're not going to
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outline every single question but they
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will give you section information and
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then you can consider whether or not you
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want to reset the
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exam now before we get into what comes
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next we are live so I want to make sure
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we cover off some of your questions so
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you're probably wondering what's the
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best way you can practice navigating
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around learn well you have options for
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the practice exams so as you're going
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through the practice exams consider
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setting up a second browser next to you
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that's already defaulted to the learn
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module
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homepage as you're going through the
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practice exam if you find there are ones
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that are not sure about try navigating
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only using the learn module search to
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try and find the docs that relate to
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that practice assessment and then if you
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do remember what search you used so
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remember whether you're searching for
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like headings or whether you're
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searching for particular text in the
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learn module that you're familiar with
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and also make sure when you're reading
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the question read it a couple of times
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because sometimes the words that you
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skip over as you're reading it because
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we're human we're pretty good at reading
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things these days so make sure that
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you've looked at all those little Nuance
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words in there in case one of them trips
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you up on a particular option had that
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happen to me
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before what are some other things we
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might want to
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do what if you need a technology for the
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exam let's say you need a screen reader
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consider looking at that before you
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start the exam you've got the option to
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not only do practice exams but also to
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do an exam simulation so there's a
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little lab that you can spin up that
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means you're installing the same
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software that you would use before you
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do the check-in for the exam so you can
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make sure your device is all at the
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ready you can make sure the tooling that
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you use is suitable and accessible
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within the exam if you need assistance
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from an additional person during the
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exam ex you can make sure that that's
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organized before you start the exam so
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make sure when you're registering to
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sign up for the exam if you do need any
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forms of assistance that you go through
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and make sure those are organized for
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you and if you have specific technology
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that you use make sure if that's
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technology that Microsoft has already
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endorsed available to you or you may
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have to look at an Al alternative screen
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reader that they do support so that you
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can know that you can sit the exam or
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talk to your local testing center to
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make sure that their devices are set up
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with everything you need for the exam
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there is the option to put the exam on
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pause so if you need to take a quick
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bathroom break you can pause the exam
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while you're going through but the thing
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to note there is if you pause the exam
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to make sure that everything's still on
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the upper arm you won't be able to
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revisit questions you already answered
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so be mindful of that make sure you take
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a bathroom break before you start make
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sure that you've had you know a glass of
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water before you start so that you're
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ready to go for the actual
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exam what's going to come next
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definitely join the rest of this series
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or watch it back CU like I said we're
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delivering it live today but it may be
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you watching a recording start preparing
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for the exam dp600 is not necessarily an
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easy exam but no exam's easy everyone
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has different levels of easy so make
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sure you're prepared and each person's
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preparation is different you may find
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you go through all the learn modules
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related to the content and then you go
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through the study guides that are
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available and then you go through and do
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individual um study that's suitable for
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you you might even try out the features
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in your own lab sort of environment or
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demo area but make sure your preparation
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is what works for you consult other
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people everyone's different someone may
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have a different idea I like to do
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practice exams I like to do them
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simulated in the exam scenario with a
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time period and a fixed number of
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questions so that I can put myself in
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that moment so it's kind of like muscle
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memory once I get get in there I'm less
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focused on how the exam operates and
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more focused on just the exam content
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questions and the last one is one of my
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absolute favorites earn a free exam
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voucher they are limited though you know
00:24:12
so try and get in before they run out
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but make sure you get those free
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vouchers my personal blocker for taking
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exams was the cost because in my mind I
00:24:20
was going oh my goodness if I don't pass
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this exam I've spent Australian $128
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that's a lot of money you know that's
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like couple hours of my work time that
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I've now burned on on an exam so I love
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getting the vouchers because it takes
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away that stress of for me it takes away
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that blocker so as you're doing your
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exam day prep look at what blocks you
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from sitting an exam and exams are not
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for everyone and that's okay if it's not
00:24:46
your jam it's not your jam but if it is
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or if your blocker is related to cost
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look for vouchers if your blocker is
00:24:54
because you want to make sure that
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you've gone through every single learn
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module before you sit the exam make sure
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you give yourself enough time to do that
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I also look at it and go if I'm going to
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sit the exam in 3 months time that's
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great but I set up a backup so that in 3
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months time I decide on the Saturday I'm
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going to sit the exam in the event that
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anything is going to go wrong you know
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power drops out family emergency
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whatever the case may be I make sure the
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following Saturday I've also got as
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Reserve so that I can come back and sit
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the exam a week later if something goes
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wrong so give yourself options think
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about it when you're building fabric
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analytic Solutions you probably look at
00:25:33
how you going to do backups how you
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going to do restores what do you do if
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something goes wrong the exam is no
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different to that think about when are
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you going to sit the exam what factors
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you need to consider have you got you
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know an appointment to go to right after
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the exam make sure that's not going to
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stress you out make sure your
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environment is what works for you if
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going to a testing center is going to
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help go to a testing center if being at
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home helps be at home if a shared
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workspace that has meeting room is
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available and that works for you use
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those anything you need to do but make
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sure you touch with b and check out this
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series so that we can help you prepare
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and just remember there's this entire
00:26:10
Global Community out there who wants you
00:26:11
to succeed so have a look for those
00:26:13
study groups have a look for the exam
00:26:15
cram sessions jump on YouTube look at
00:26:18
learn make sure that you're making
00:26:21
available to yourself everything to get
00:26:23
you prepared and reach out if you need
00:26:24
some help because we're all here for you
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to be successful
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and thank you all so much for attending
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this session I'll double check in case
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we've got questions because I know
00:26:34
you're sitting there in the chat
00:26:35
wondering what about this what about
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that so just in case Chuck those
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questions in the chat if you have any
00:26:41
questions but otherwise I think you're
00:26:44
all prepared for exam
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day o and before I forget there's going
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to be a short survey at the end so
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please stick around to answer that
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survey and help us make these sessions
00:26:55
great for what you need
