Re: Just passed 70-320 - and here is my feedback

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 06:05:56 -0700

Thanks for the info! The 70-229 one is pretty
straightforward if you've got SQL Server experience. I
was surprised that it didn't cover all the areas I
thought it would (or could).

It mainly concentrated on the new SQL Server 2000
additions - partitioned views and linked servers, indexed
views, user-defined functions - along with some questions
on replication, logical design and a lot on performance
tuning and security/ownership chains.

The downside with the 70-229 exam is that there are only
44 questions, which means that (a) you've got less margin
for error as each question counts for a bigger
percentage, and (b) the questions are quite long,
especially when you've got Exhibits and scripts to read
through.

The Que book by Thomas Moore was brilliant, though.
Highly recommended.

>-----Original Message-----
>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/r
ef
>>
>> =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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