| | |  | Database Management Systems | Home » » » MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-562): Microsoft® .NET Framework 3.5 ASP.NET Application Development (Pro - Certification) | | | | | | | Description: | | Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCTS Exam 70-562—and on the job. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and reviews that fully cover each exam objective. Then, reinforce and apply what you’ve learned through real-world case scenarios and practice exercises. This official Microsoft study guide is designed to help you make the most of your study time.
Maximize your performance on the exam by learning to:
Program a new application; add and configure server controls Manage data input, user state, and security Implement data source controls and data-bound controls Use AJAX-enabled forms and scripts Create and consume XML Web services and WFC services Design for accessibility, globalization, and mobility Debug, deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot applications Assess your skills with the practice tests on CD. You can work through hundreds of questions using multiple testing modes to meet your specific learning needs. You get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers—including a customized learning path that describes how and where to focus your studies. Your kit includes: - 15% exam discount from Microsoft. Offer expires 12/31/13. Details inside.
- Official self-paced study guide.
- Practice tests with multiple, customizable testing options and a learning plan based on your results.
- 325 practice and review questions.
- Code samples in Microsoft Visual Basic and Visual C# on CD.
- 90-day trial of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition.
- Case scenarios, exercises, and best practices.
- Fully searchable eBook of this guide, plus sample chapters from related books.
A Note Regarding the CD or DVD The practice test materials are available as a download along with your ebook version of the kit, and will be located in your account. Please direct any questions or concerns to booktech@oreilly.com.
| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Mike Snell | | Hardcover:
| 1076 pages | | Publisher:
| Microsoft Press | | Publication Date:
| April 15, 2009 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 073562562X | | Product Length:
| 9.4 inches | | Product Width:
| 7.9 inches | | Product Height:
| 2.3 inches | | Product Weight:
| 4.2 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.4 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.2 inches | | Package Weight:
| 4.7 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 18 reviews |
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19 of 19 found the following review helpful:
Very Nice Reference BookAug 28, 2009
By Austin C#
"austinvb"
Well, I just took and passed the 70-562 exam. This book was my only written source for the exam. I also looked up things on MSDN once in a while. I found the book to be very well organized and informative, and will keep it as a handy reference on .NET Framework 3.5. I read the entire book and completed most of the exercises and answered all the questions at the end, though I didn't complete the suggested practices. If I had, I would have never finished the book.
As far as the test is concerned, if you use this book and nothing else, I can almost guarantee you will not pass the test. A lot of the questions on the test are mostly related to remembering which XML configuration tags to use for specific situations. The questions at the end of the chapters on this book are good but will not help you on the test. I honestly don't know why the authors do that, but I digress... My suggestion is that you supplement this book with Transcender or MeasureUp. I used Transcender and some of the questions on the test were similar to the questions on Transcender, but not many. I didn't use MeasureUp so I can't comment on how effective it is. I had previously taken and passed the 70-536 exam and Transcender was of great help, that amount of help did not apply to exam 70-562.
70-562 is way harder than 70-536. The former had 50 questions, whereas the latter only 40. They give you 3 and a half hours to complete the 70-562 test so that should give you some idea.
I wish you good luck because you are going to need it.
10 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 Could be better organizedJun 03, 2009
By MS Cert
I read the book for exam 70-528 first, which is for ASP.NET 2.0. It is nicely written and I am pretty happy about it. This new book for exam 70-562 rearranged some chapters and reformatted the text in addition to adding AJAX and LINQ. In the new book headings, the property names are all upper cases, which are really hard to read. For example, RowStateFilter property is displayed as ROWSTATEFILTER. Also, some examples in early chapters uses the GridView control, which is not covered until Chapter 8. I feel that the key points of each topic could have been better organized.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Good foundation for examDec 07, 2009
By Scooby Down Under
This book provides a good foundation to take the exam, but I would strongly recommend that you use this book (and its CD with practice exams) in conjunction with other practice tests (such as Measure Up).
There are a number of 'holes' in the book that come to light whilst going through practice exams, but these are easily filled via google/MSDN.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Not the best training resource for this examJan 15, 2011
By Dennis Piepel
Although this book covers the main topics for exam 70-562, it fails miserably in providing adequate, in-depth code examples of the kind needed to actually pass the exam.
The book could do with less wordiness and include more actual examples of code and showing examples of different methods to achieve the objectives of the book.
The test questions are nowhere near close to the actual test questions. The test questions from the book cover basic concepts, whereas the actual test questions are MUCH more code intensive; requiring you to understand not only the concepts but the intricate details of implementing those concepts.
You would be much better served by purchasing one of the exam prep packages sold by companies like Self-Test software combined with studing examples from MSDN if you really want help passing this exam.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 A good preparation for the examJan 12, 2010
By Michael J. Mcmahon Jr.
I found this book was another excellent exam preparation publication from Microsoft Press. This book provides not only more than enough material to pass the actual exam, but the 900+ pages make it a very suitable tool for self defense. ;-)
The number of topics covered are quite broad. Most notably, large portions of the book are dedicated to data sources (e.g. LINQ, XML, SQL, etc.) and their proper use. If you have already read up on ADO.NET, these chapters are a brief summary, but a satisfactory refresher. Web services are also covered reasonably well, mostly from a consuming-client perspective. The remainder of the book covers nearly all topics addressed in the exam objectives in adequate detail. I found that this book alone prepared me well for the test.
As far as error content, there were surprisingly few occurrences. The most notable issue I had was a typo indicating seconds instead of milliseconds. When reading the book, remember that most ASP.NET configuration settings are measured in seconds; AJAX and other client settings are measured in milliseconds.
Overall, I very much enjoyed the book. The accompanying practice tests were, as usual, a little different from the book content, but only slightly. The result of this difference is a little extra reading from the MSDN library, which improves your knowledge for the exam quite nicely. If you don't know why an answer is marked as correct, read-up on it.
I highly recommend this book for anybody who would like to pass the 70-562 exam.
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