Wow, this was a tough one, but managed to squeak out a 750 for the pass.
I think what made this exam more difficult for me is there was no Self-Paced Training Kit available, so I had to relay on books and third party test questions along with my own experience.
The books I used were:
Programming Microsoft ASP.NET 3.5 by Dino Esposito
Introducing Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX also by Dino Esposito
The first book was great for overall theory, but lacked some needed coverage on topics like mobile computing and performance management.
The second book was very beneficial for understanding how to implement ASP.NET AJAX and was crucial for passing that part of the exam.
I used this resource blog to supplement the books:
Exam 70-562 / 71-562 Study Sheet - Windows Live
I also used practice questions from 3 different vendors as follows MeasureUp, T*estKing and Transcender.
MeasureUp provided about 150 solid questions with detailed explanations to the correct answer and links to MSDN articles to further learning.
T*estKing was a waste of money … they were the most expensive and provided 75 questions that were almost identical to what MeasureUp provided. It appears to me T*estKing got a copy of the 150 questions MeasureUp provided, changed some of the wording on 75 of them and repackaged it for sale on their site. I will never use them again as the product I received was crap imo.
Transcender provided about 150 solid questions and the questions were all different from what MeasureUp provided. They also included 300 flash card questions that I found useful to run through when you only had a limited of time. I found the transcender explanations to the correct answers were better explained and like MesasureUp there was direct links to MSDN articles for more research.
Overall I liked the Transcender UI system better, but found a couple of the answers to the questions wrong. IMO Transcender tended to better prepare you for the sections on “Configuring and Deploying Web Applications” and “Consuming and Creating Service Controls”, while MeasureUp was better for preparing you for “Working with Data and Services” and “Working with ASP.NET AJAX and Client-Side Scripting”.
I also found this free site that had 45 questions that were all good:
Free Practice Exam 70-562 TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET Application Development
On a side note on MeasureUp I was able to purchase an exam voucher that cost me $80 CDN, so the entire question package and voucher it was $167 CDN. If I purchase the exam directly from Prometric they charge me $125 USD, which works out to $167 CDN. So for Canadians out there it is a pretty good deal.
Overall I was somewhat surprised by the results as the section I blew was in the “Troubleshooting and Debugging Web Applications”, which I scored high on during the practice tests and is something I use all the time ... guess you never know what they will throw at you.
I hope this helps anyone looking into exam 70-562.
I am going to put the 70-564 test on hold until a self paced trading kit comes out and focus more on SharePoint and perhaps write those exams first. I also need to write the second exam on the Canadian Securites Exchange course, which time is running out on that one.
Dave.
