Re: Just passed 70-320 - and here is my feedback
From: bb (bb.a_at_t.osix.net)
Date: 04/29/04
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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 13:39:32 +0100
well ...
i previously took the c# web apps one, and failed miserably with 611
i did quite a lot of c# development about a year ago, then went back to
a vb /asp project, then tried to do the c# web app exam by just reading
the books and not doing any practical devleopment work .. and it showed!!
i run the mcad training programme for this organisation, we are putting
about 3 rounds of 3 developers through the programme. so its painful
when i failed ;-)
im probably going to go for the sqlserver next before doing the retake
of the webapps. as ive quite a few years sqlserver development under my
belt.
as for the high score, yes i surprised myself - ive not done a lot of
remoting code in actual projects, however i have done a few soap related
projects.
my method for passing this exam was
1) 3 days of dedicated cram immediately before the exam
2) using those chapter tests and recording my scores and using that as
indicators on needing to re-read
3) writing down my own summaries of each chapter (some cut and paste,
and some note taking)
4) when doing the exam go through all the questions only answering ones
you definately know the answer to (i answered 37 on the first pass
through - took approx an hour)
5) dont use the mark for review option
6) on the second pass through pick off all ones which you can best guess
( this left about 5 questions)
7) final pass through wild guesses - after this pass i had 8 minutes left
8) dont under any circumstances return to the questions and start
changing answers - just click finish (even if you have time left)
worked for me this time ( i didnt use this method last time, and felt
that i changed answers, and didnt have a proper strategy first time through)
db
Yorkie wrote:
> I've got the full MS Self-paced Training Kit, but after
> buying the SQL Server 2000 book by MS Press for 70-229, I
> wasn't too impressed. I ended up buying the Que book by
> Thomas Moore which helped me pass that exam, so I've now
> gone and bought the Kalani books. Very easy to read and
> nothing like wading through mud like the MS books!
>
> You got a very good score on the exam! Have you got any
> more lined up, or have you got your MCAD now ?
>
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>57 questions in 120 minutes + an extra 15 minutes for a
>
> survey at the
>
>>end which i didnt participate in, as i was too excited
>
> to get my score.
>
>>all questions were multi choice
>>
>>only 2 of the 57 were the multiselect multiple choice
>
> questions, i.e.
>
>>select two of the following.
>>
>>out of interest, which book (if any) are you using?
>>
>>and i forgot to mention in my previous message, things
>
> that never came
>
>>up (im not saying dont revise these, but in my
>
> experience they were not
>
>>covered)..
>>
>>xpath
>>xmlschema/xsd
>>sqlxml
>>xml document validation
>>asynchronous calls to remoting or webservices
>>xml wire formatting
>>soapsuds
>>calling unmanaged code
>>
>>
>>
>>Yorkie wrote:
>>
>>>Congratulations! And thanks for the info, as it's
>
> going
>
>>>to be my next exam.
>>>
>>>Can I ask how many questions you got and the amount of
>>>time you were allowed ? Is it the standard 55-60
>>>questions and 2 hours ?
>>>
>>>Also, where all the questions multi-choice or were
>
> there
>
>>>any drag-and-drop order sequences ?
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>
>>>Yorkie
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>I just passed 70-320 with score of 905, for anyone
>
> about
>
>>>to take, here
>>>
>>>
>>>>are some pointers which may be of help...
>>>>
>>>>*Study Areas*
>>>>(small indicates less than 3 questions on the topic
>>>
>>>area, medium
>>>
>>>
>>>>indicates areas you really need to know well to pass
>
> the
>
>>>exam)
>>>
>>>
>>>>small - relationships between datasets expressed in xml
>>>>small - debugging processes and serviced components
>>>>small - deploying serviced components
>>>>small - securing serviced component function calls
>>>>small - windows services
>>>>medium - mbr / mbv remoting objects
>>>>medium - soap headers, advanced web services, tcp/http
>>>
>>>channels
>>>
>>>
>>>>medium - hosting remoting objects in iis
>>>>medium - declarative attributes for serviced components
>>>>
>>>>*Books*
>>>>I used both MSPress and Amit Kalani. Kalani was
>>>
>>>definately the best, the
>>>
>>>
>>>>chapter level tests were extremely helpful, url for
>
> book
>
>>>is here >
>>>
>>>
>>>>http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0789728249/ref
>
> =s
>
>>>r_aps_books_1_1/026-2596496-5435642
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hope this is of some help, without giving away too
>
> much.
>
>>>>regards
>>>>
>>>>bb
>>>>.
>>>>
>>
>>.
>>
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