# I passed IEAK 5.0 today.....
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-ieak-5-0-today/50890
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 19, 2001, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-ieak-5-0-today/50890 "2001-01-19T17:33:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2001, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-ieak-5-0-today/50890/1 "2001-01-19T17:33:04Z")
That was my final exam for the NT 4.0 MCSE track so now I am an MCSE
I’m proud of myself!
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### Author:  [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2001, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-ieak-5-0-today/50890/2 "2001-01-19T17:41:20Z")
So now when you go on a job interview for a software engineering position, and they ask if you have a degree you can say:
“No, but I’m an MCSE.”
Sorry, nothing bad towards you MannyL. Just recounting a recent interview experience.
Congratulations!
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### Author:  [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2001, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-ieak-5-0-today/50890/3 "2001-01-19T17:49:47Z")
Congratulations, and welcome aboard. Now, are you ready to upgrade for the WIN2k MCSE? I haven’t yet, I think we’ve got another month left of validity…
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### Author:  [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2001, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-ieak-5-0-today/50890/4 "2001-01-19T18:05:12Z")
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> \*Originally posted by soulsling \*
> \*\*Congratulations, and welcome aboard. Now, are you ready to upgrade for the WIN2k MCSE? I haven’t yet, I think we’ve got another month left of validity… \*\*
Actually, I think that we have until the end of the calendar year to upgrade. And I have been told that the tests for 2000 are interactive.
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### Author:  [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2001, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-ieak-5-0-today/50890/5 "2001-01-19T18:07:39Z")
Nevertheless, congratulations MannyL and welcome to the Dark Side.
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### Author:  [@St.Attila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Attila)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2001, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-ieak-5-0-today/50890/6 "2001-01-19T18:54:52Z")
Congratulations, **MannyL**.
Has anyone done the Win2K upgrade yet? I hear it’s a bugger…
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### Author:  [@St.Attila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Attila)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2001, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-ieak-5-0-today/50890/7 "2001-01-19T18:59:00Z")
…and, yes, we have till the end of this year.
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### Author:  [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2001, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-ieak-5-0-today/50890/8 "2001-01-19T19:03:36Z")
Oh good. I hear it’s not that bad, and TCP/IP doesn’t have to be taken over again apparently.
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### Author:  [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2001, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-ieak-5-0-today/50890/9 "2001-01-19T21:41:00Z")
Yep I’ve heard the 2000 tests are adaptive but I can put that off until June since you have until 12/31/01 to recertify. All the electives I took are good for the 2000 path so I have to do the Accelerated test and I beleive two more tests unless I fail the accelerated test then it would be the four core and then two electives. I do have to admit I would have never passed IEAK without the Transcender exam.Best $125 I ever spent
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### Author:  [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2001, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-passed-ieak-5-0-today/50890/10 "2001-01-19T21:54:27Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by MannyL \*
> \*\*Yep I’ve heard the 2000 tests are adaptive
They may be adaptive, but they are also quite different from any tests on the NT 4.0 path. From what I understand the questions won’t be multiple choice, but rather there will be a 2000 console infront of you and you have to do the correct things in the correct order to answer the question. I wonder if the Transcenders are going to be as good for this as they were for the NT tests.