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MC MCSE Certification Newsletter :: 113th Edition :: December 1st, 2004
Over 24,442 Subscribers!

In This Issue:
:: What's New @ MC MCSE
:: Cisco CCNA Prep Center Publicly Available
:: CompTIA Network+ Beta Live
:: 3rd Annual Readers' Choice Awards
:: At the Boards
:: For Fun: Totally Useless Links

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What's New @ MC MCSE:

This will be our last newsletter for 2004 and we will be back after the new year. We want to wish all of you a very happy and safe holidays and we look forward to another great year at MC MCSE. And now for the new stuff...

Test Bug Fixes and Upgrades:
We have completed an extensive overhaul of the test engine in our Testing Center. This work includes bug fixes as well as the addition of a couple of new features. Below is the list of changes:

Bugs Fixed:
1) The well-known bug where the questions on the answer page do not match the ones that you had on your test has been fixed. Please note that you still need to have JavaScript and Cookies enabled for the exams to work properly.
2) A minor statistics error was fixed

Features Added:
1) User selectable time limits. You can now select the length of time that you wish your exam to be.
2) Timer improvement. The timer in the exams now displays in a conventional format rather than in seconds.
3) Additional answer option fields. We are now able to add more than 6 answer options which means that future exam questions can be made more difficult.
4) Administrative improvements. These are upgrades that were added to make my life easier when administering the exams.

After the new year, there will be another set of features added. Stay tuned!

New Test Questions:
  • 110 questions added to our LPIC-1 102 exam for a total of 210. This exam is finished.
  • 155 questions added to our MOS Excel 2002 Expert exam for a total of 205. This exam is finished.
  • 34 questions added to our MOS Excel 2002 exam for a total of 164. This exam is finished.


  • Coming Soon:
    I discovered an open source LPI 101 study guide that we are free to republish. We are working on fixing the formatting and it should be available very soon.

    There are still many more practice test questions coming in the next few weeks. Stay tuned.

    Jason Sprague
    Editor

    Cisco CCNA Prep Center Publicly Available

    Cisco has announced that their CCNA Prep Center is now available to all certification candidates. The Prep Center includes sample questions, simulations, e-learning modules, labs, tips, and other study resources.

    To gain access to the CCNA Prep Center, you need to login or complete the free registration located here.

    CompTIA Network+ Beta Live

    CompTIA announced that the Network+ Beta exam went live on November 29th, 2004. The beta version will be available until December 31st, 2004.

    VUE and Prometric are offering a free voucher for the exam to the first 1000 qualified individuals to sign up for the exam. To qualify, you must first complete a pre-exam survey. More information about this can be found here.

    3rd Annual Readers' Choice Awards

    Certcities.com has released the results their 3rd Annual Readers' Choice Awards. This survey allowed members to vote on their favorite certifications and study products. The results can be viewed here.

    At the Boards

    Our forums currently have over 38,361 members and 29,989 posts. Here are some of the most popular posts from the last 2 weeks.

    Topic Title Replies Views Start Date
    What's your favorite study food? 11 57 December 3, 2004
    Cell phone help 12 66 December 2, 2004
    Build PC or Buy Package 22 210 November 29, 2004
    MCDST Certifications 70-271 & 70-272 8 109 November 29, 2004
    Big Partition Disaster 12 99 November 29, 2004
    Good Deal??? 15 177 November 27, 2004
    helpdesk guys - need feedback from you 8 123 November 23, 2004
    Windows Messenger 5.1? 8 98 November 23, 2004
    Site link bridge..., whats the point? 7 116 November 20, 2004
    Missing Operating System 15 221 November 18, 2004


    For Fun: Totally Useless Links

    Sure, lots of newsletters will provide lists of useful links, but how many will show all of the worthless wastes of time on the internet? We will!!! If you would like to nominate a site, post it here.

    Car Jumping Stunt - Takes a little while to download
    Trippy Game - Nicely done, but really bizarre.
    Banana Phone - I'm a little dumber after seeing this.
    Etch A Sketch - Its a lot of fun... when you are 6.
    ? - Somebody was smoking crack when they made this!

    Happy Time Wasting!!!