While the blog has been silent over the last couple of months, I’ve been preparing for and taking more certification exams. That amidst never-ending yard and house work in this unusually dry, hot summer.
A couple of weeks back, I took the 70-536 exam and walked away with a score of 895. Disappointing (yes, all things are relative) because I got 100% on the sections that should have been the hardest for me and missed questions on “easier” sections. However, a lot always depends on how they phrase the questions and how much you read into them. This was no better than any of the past MS exams in that regard.
I’m now certified as an MCTS: .NET Framework 2.0 Distributed Applications. Could they make these titles any longer? My end goal is MCPD, which requires three more exams (argh).
The majority of the 45-question, 2-hr max test was code questions where you have four or five code samples from which to choose. There were also “choose and order” questions where you have 6-7 actions and you have to pick just the ones you need and put them in the right order.
None of the exam prep books were available when I prepared for this test, and the scope of this exam is so large that I resorted to simply reading the MSDN class library documentation. I went through each class in the exam prep list, looked it up and read the docs. Yes, it was every bit as painful as it sounds. I used the MeasureUp practice test after I had read through everything.
The official MS Press prep book is finally available, with another non-Microsoft book supposedly coming soon. Here’s the exam prep guide.
