Marketo Certified Expert Exam - did it recently change?

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November 1, 2016
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I just took my certified expert exam and was surprised when instead of 150 questions there were 98. And many questions were not included in the practice exam(s) I took over the weekend. Where my practice exams left me with a score of 94%+ I failed the exam I just took.

Has the exam changed recently?

I would hope that a practice exam(s) would be available to include some of the new question types that appeared on the exam I just took that were not on the practice exam(s).

Please advise. Thank you

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Best answer by Josh_Hill13

The exam has not changed. If you read the specs, it does say there are 98 or so questions (there have always been about 100 questions).

The practice exam tends to have easier questions using a bank of 150 questions to train you on. Yes, I think the Practice does not have the visual exam questions that I believe you refer to on the real exam. Remember that

actual test conditions are different and you can't use docs.marketo.com or your notes
you may be more nervous
they aren't going to ask the Practice exam questions on the real test. Similar, not the same.
All questions are supported by docs.marketo.com.
Try to recall visually where some buttons are.

Sorry you did not pass this time. You should be able to re-take at least once in the next two weeks.

I do know they are planning an upgrade for 2017.

A

Anonymous

This is frustrating to hear. I'm getting ready to take the exam. The "training" in University is a waste of time--it's very, very basic. I was told that the practice exam is the best way to prep...but now that seems to not be the case.

Lauren_Beth

New Participant

Amy - I would say to try to get close to 100% on the practice exam to hedge your bets and you'll do fine. I would also recommend reading the product documentation thoroughly (found above under products and support) to cover the rest. Everything you need to know is in there. Good luck!

J

Jamie_BarclayAuthor

New Participant

I scored 94% - 97% on the practice exams and an overall 71% on the exam - so there are some significant areas that are not covered in the practice exam. Ideally Marketo would republish the practice exam(s) so they at least cover all of the areas in the actual exam. It as though the practice exam(s) were not updated when the exam changed :-(

Lauren_Beth

New Participant

Hi Jamie - yes the current l test misses many of the points covered in the practice exam. The practice test seems to be the exact same that I took last year, while the test this year had several new sections completely unaddressed in the practice test. Thankfully I passed but I emailed Marketo to say that the practice test missed many points from the live version and they were setting up takers for failure. Their response was that the live exam was supposed to be more challenging. Marketo's own certification documentation encourages you to take the exam if you pass the practice test at just over 80% I believe - which sends the wrong message if the test is much harder than you would expect it to be. I believe they are updating the entire certification process in 2017 which hopefully improves upon the current version.

J

Jamie_BarclayAuthor

New Participant

Thanks Lauren. I really appreciate hearing that it's not just me.

Jessica_Kao3

New Participant

Hmm That's interesting. The exame must have changed from when I took it at Summit from now because the exam at Summit was almost identical to the ones in the practice exam. It's taking them a while to have the practice exam information catch up with the current test.

Josh_Hill13Accepted solution

New Participant

The exam has not changed. If you read the specs, it does say there are 98 or so questions (there have always been about 100 questions).

The practice exam tends to have easier questions using a bank of 150 questions to train you on. Yes, I think the Practice does not have the visual exam questions that I believe you refer to on the real exam. Remember that

actual test conditions are different and you can't use docs.marketo.com or your notes
you may be more nervous
they aren't going to ask the Practice exam questions on the real test. Similar, not the same.
All questions are supported by docs.marketo.com.
Try to recall visually where some buttons are.

Sorry you did not pass this time. You should be able to re-take at least once in the next two weeks.

I do know they are planning an upgrade for 2017.