Ok I am a bit annoyed now. I studyed for 2 months solid before my last exam. I worked 8 hours, sometimes 10 hours in work and then spent 2 hours studying after work for 5 nights. I built my own Database from scratch so I could see how it worked. I set up virtual servers with multiple instances and simulated various backup, recovery and tuning scenarios teaching myself how to use the various tools in SQL server. I have worked hard and I am still working hard. So I feel harshly judged.

If I studied a bunch of dumps a week before the exam and then passed with 1000/1000 yes I would be a cheat. The fact was I found the exam challenging and I only scraped a pass on the sims dead on 700/1000.

Take what you want from that. We all have our own ways of studying