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70-697 – Configuring Windows Devices at CBT Nuggets!

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Get your Hands On the new Windows 10 technologies grilled in the 70-697 Configuring Windows Devices Exam via the latest course from CBT Nuggets!70-697

My approach to this Microsoft Windows 10 70-697: Configuring Windows Devices course is simple. Create as many Hands On Labs as possible for as many Nuggets as possible, and to ensure a laser focused exam approach. Check out my review of the exam here at the blog in case you missed it.

For the Nugget coverage, I made sure to cover every topic listed in the Microsoft exam outline found here. I moved some topics around to make the placement make more sense. I also eliminated redundant topic coverage. Within each Nugget I elaborate on topics for one of two reasons. Because the exam focused on the topic or because it is critically important for production environments. OK, OK, many times there is a carryover – thank goodness. The exam topic crosses over with the exam topic letter for letter.

As is our style at CBT Nuggets, the Nuggets themselves are topic-based and specific. For example:

  • BitLocker
  • Encrypting File System (EFS)
  • Share and NTFS File and Folder Permissions
  • HomeGroups
  • Libraries

The Hands On Labs that accompany these topics allow you to spin up (within minutes), your own Windows 10 Pro system. You can follow along with me in this environment as we practice with the technologies. You require nothing but a tab in your Web browser to experience the Hands On Lab.

Nuggets are to the point and concise. For example, the EFS Nugget is 11 minutes in length. Why? Because it is possible to cover what an administrator or end user needs to know in 11 minutes!

Every Nugget now features quiz questions, carefully spaced out to validate your minutes watched of the course!

I hope this post was informative for you, and I would like to thank you for reading!

70-697 – Configuring Windows Devices

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70-697

Overview

This exam (70-697) tracks to my latest course at CBT Nuggets. I am remaking the existing 70-697 there by James Conrad to be more laser focused on this exam, and perhaps even more importantly, to feature Hands On Labs so that students can practice almost every skill they must demonstrate in the exam.

So now that the shameless self promotion is out of the way – let’s get to the exam.

The 70-697 Exam

You can expect about 52 questions on this 70-697 exam with a passing score of about 700. You have 120 minutes for the exam. Time pressure is NOT an issue. I say this even as a very fast test taker.

The exam breaks down accurately into the following sections. Notice the percentage breakdown on the number of questions you will face! It is equal for each category and the exam certainly did indeed reflect this!

  • Manage apps (10–15%)
  • Configure storage (10–15%)
  • Intune (10–15%)
  • Manage data access and protection (10–15%)
  • Manage identity (10–15%)
  • Manage updates and recovery (10–15%)
  • Configure networking (10–15%)
  • Manage remote access (10–15%)
  • Plan desktop and device deployment (10–15%)

 

Question Types

What types of questions can you expect? Here they are:

  • Simple multiple choice – yes, these include choose two, choose three type questions; I do not remember one instance of the more difficult “Choose all that Apply”
  • Scenario-based multiple choice – you are presented with a scenario of text and tables and things, and then you get a bunch of multiple choice based questions on that information; the scenario does not change – just the multiple choice questions change; this is great, saving you a ton of reading since the scenario is exactly the same
  • Drag and drop steps in the correct order – you can expect bogus steps in the list of steps that you are to order; for example, you might need to select the three steps needed and order them correctly out of 7 possible steps
  • Select the correct command or parameter from a drop-down – here you choose the correct PowerShell or command line option
  • Select the correct command or parameter using drag and drop – note that this is basically the same as the above; how awesome we never need to enter in command syntax from just our brain matter – we are always selecting from options presented in some fashion
  • Select the correct section of the GUI (hotspot) – here you click on a properties window or some other GUI element of Windows in order to make your selection; and example might be to select the correct tab for a particular Printer configuration

Final Thoughts

This 70-697 exam is pretty easy. Especially when compared to the Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 counterparts. Please, of course, study. But again, compared to previous Windows desktop exams, it is definitely on the easier scale. Knowing key facts can carry you through many questions. And you have a relative few questions to deal with. I really enjoyed how this exam hammered important facts, and not trivia. I only noticed one question in fact out of my test bank of 52 total where I thought to myself “that is just stupid – who would have that memorized!” Interestingly, several of the questions could be answered just by having your A+ and Network+ certification knowledge down pat. Enjoy your studies everyone!

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