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VCAP5-DCD

Greetings.

Does anyone know when VCAP5-DCD beta exam will be released?

OR has it already been released and I've missed the boat?

Thanks.

Shane

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ngchunchit
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I really don't understand why the beta team needs to take so long to send the official transcript to us.

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AndreTheGiant
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To defend them, maybe are also involved in the DCA.

Basically the result is more important, and they have send it before the exam goes live.

But also the detailed score and the transcript, now, could be great Smiley Happy

Andrew | http://about.me/amauro | http://vinfrastructure.it/ | @Andrea_Mauro
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dconvery
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I am in the US. I got my results last week. Maybe it is just taking a little longer for non-US addresses?

Dave Convery, VCDX-DCV #20 ** http://www.tech-tap.com ** http://twitter.com/dconvery ** "Careful. We don't want to learn from this." -Bill Watterson, "Calvin and Hobbes"
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ngchunchit
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receive an email from the exam beta team today. "Thank you for your patience. Score reports have been sent to the postal address on record with Pearson VUE. Yours should be arriving shortly, if not already."

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dconvery
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I recieved an email as well. The BEST part of the email was this:

"In appreciation of your participation in the beta exam, please find a voucher to cover 100% of the cost of your next attempt.  If you have already scheduled or re-taken the exam, you can contact Pearson VUE to request the voucher be applied to your registration.  Your credit card will be refunded."

So we get a second chance.

Dave Convery, VCDX-DCV #20 ** http://www.tech-tap.com ** http://twitter.com/dconvery ** "Careful. We don't want to learn from this." -Bill Watterson, "Calvin and Hobbes"
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slaclair
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Well Dave, you're not alone.  Hell, even Jason Nash said he only got a 338 so they've made this one more difficult I guess. 

VCAP5-DCD/DCA/CIA, VCA4-DT
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simonhamiltonwi
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I managed to improve my score, but only from 369 to 371.  I guess I'm consistent.

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dconvery
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I never had a chance to study, so I only got a 296. More depressing once I got the score since it was only 4 points from a pass.

Dave Convery, VCDX-DCV #20 ** http://www.tech-tap.com ** http://twitter.com/dconvery ** "Careful. We don't want to learn from this." -Bill Watterson, "Calvin and Hobbes"
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slaclair
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Retook and passed the DCD this morning, didn't knock it out of the park by any means.  The few things I did different was that I didn't take it on a workday, woke up early and juiced a bunch of fruits and greens for a clear brain and I also made sure to use the whole 225 minutes rather than blow through it in 2 hours (this probably made the largest impact).  I was able to squeak out 50 points higher than my beta attempt which was fortunately enough to make the cut.

VCAP5-DCD/DCA/CIA, VCA4-DT
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