It's a tricky subject, but the Microsoft exams (and such format, more in general) are not meaningful (I've passed several). They're mostly based on memorizing

It's a tricky subject, but the Microsoft exams (and such format, more in general) are not meaningful (I've passed several). They're mostly based on memorizing dialogs, messages and arcane rules, with little space for (domain) reasoning. This can be argued of many types of exams of course, but this type of certifications are much more based on this type of "knowledge". In addition to that, preparation for this exams can be cheated by finding (widespread) packages/books which include the exact questions one will find. Any person which doesn't understand anything about computers but have a good memory, will pass it. Of course, it's notable that a child has such capacity, but given the nature of the test, it's nothing noteworthy.