Reply to: IT technicians getting younger these days

[DimPrawn]

Well, he is probably more capable than Dim Prawn.

And probably has a more professional manner.

And has less toilet accidents.

[KentPhilip]

So now it is confirmed - Microsoft exams are so easy that even a five-year-old can pass them

[Sysman]

It was "Supporting Windows 8.1"

Ah the Play School connection.

"A House… with a door

Windows… one, two, three, four,

Ready to play?

What's the day?

Today we go through the round window."

[Sysman]

I managed to fail a microsoft exam

I walked out of one when the exam software keeled over and it was going to take half an hour to recover it.

Does that count?

[KentPhilip]

I'm surprised nobody has asked - which poster is it on here?
Presumably someone who registered on here less that 5 year's ago (unless he operated from the womb). So that rules out Brillopad

[original PM]

Passing exams is one thing applying that knowledge to a real world situation is a whole new bag o chips

[NickFitz]

I feel sorry for the poor chap. He's clearly very bright and talented, yet due to poor advice he received on how best to direct his abilities when he was only four-and-a-half years old and too young to judge, he'll be tainted by this association with Microsoft products until he's six or even seven years old

[Scruff]

WGaF?

[lilelvis2000]

Ayan Qureshi becomes world's youngest qualified computer specialist | Daily Mail Online

The DM gives us a bit more detail.

It was "Supporting Windows 8.1"

I'm really amazed that the DM headline wasn't something like "future islamist passes Microsoft computer exam, takes job from Brit".

[minestrone]

No, he would have gone into the exam room on his own. I guess the dad coached him.

"When the boy arrived to take the Microsoft exam, the invigilators were concerned that he was too young to be a candidate.

His father reassured them that Ayan would be all right on his own."

Well, he is probably more capable than Dim Prawn.

And probably has a more professional manner.

[mudskipper]

Ayan Qureshi becomes world's youngest qualified computer specialist | Daily Mail Online

The DM gives us a bit more detail.

It was "Supporting Windows 8.1"

[mudskipper]

"The hardest challenge was explaining the language of the test to a five-year-old" said his dad.

So his dad was reading him the questions. OK then.

No, he would have gone into the exam room on his own. I guess the dad coached him.

"When the boy arrived to take the Microsoft exam, the invigilators were concerned that he was too young to be a candidate.

His father reassured them that Ayan would be all right on his own."

[mudskipper]

What exactly is involved in passing this exam.

I note that he set up a network in his own house?

Don't know which exam it is.

Here's a typical exam Microsoft certifications - Practice tests

The standard way of passing these is to find the questions on a braindump site and learn the answers to all the possible questions. But even if he did go with that approach, it's still pretty good going for a wee boy.

[minestrone]

"The hardest challenge was explaining the language of the test to a five-year-old" said his dad.

So his dad was reading him the questions. OK then.

[minestrone]

What exactly is involved in passing this exam.

I note that he set up a network in his own house?