I really do sympathise with you Anthony as I know how gutted I was when I didn't pass (@DBAReactions on Twitter had a great post that expressed it quite well for me actually - http://goo.gl/pxX1c) 🙂

I since re-booked my exam for the 15th of this month to give me a deadline to work towards and have been pouring over my course material from the course I did with QA Training in Bristol back in March 2012 (Designing, Optimizing, and Maintaining a Database Administrative Solution - course number 50400A) as the majority of the questions are based on that material - have you been on that course as it's recommended by Microsoft (then again so was the measureup practice tests!!!)?

I've also been playing with my testing servers setting up log shipping/replication/mirroring etc to give me the practical experience rather than just replying on the theoretical side of things (we only use transactional replication where I work and that's only so we have a standby copy of the DB which has been in place since the crossbow was a secret weapon - really should be changed to log shipping IMHO as that would better suit the situation!). I've also been sitting in on webinars from Brent Ozar and his 'team' which have been quite informative.

I'm on my last week of study to get me ready for the 15th so I'll let you know if using the material has paid off or not....... 🙂