Introduction

Welcome to Que Certification's 70-306 Exam Cram 2! Whether this is your first or your fifteenth Exam Cram 2 series book, you'll find information here that will help ensure your success as you pursue knowledge, experience, and certification. This introduction explains Microsoft's certification programs in general and talks about how the Exam Cram 2 series can help you prepare for Microsoft's Certified Application Developer and Certified Solution Developer exams. Chapters 1 through 15 are designed to remind you of everything you'll need to know in order to takeand passthe 70-306 Microsoft MCAD/MCSD certification exam. The appendixes include a description of the testing environment and a discussion of test-taking strategies. The two sample tests at the end of the book should give you a reasonably accurate assessment of your knowledgeand, yes, we've provided the answers and their explanations to the tests. Read the book and understand the material, and you'll stand a very good chance of passing the test.

Exam Cram 2 books help you understand and appreciate the subjects and materials you need to pass Microsoft certification exams. Exam Cram 2 books are aimed strictly at test preparation and review. They do not teach you everything you need to know about a topic. Instead, we present and dissect the questions and problems we've found that you're likely to encounter on a test. We've worked to bring together as much information as possible about Microsoft certification exams.

Nevertheless, to completely prepare yourself for any Microsoft test, we recommend that you begin by taking the Self-Assessment that is included in this book, immediately following this introduction. The Self-Assessment tool will help you evaluate your knowledge base against the requirements for a Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD) or Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) under both ideal and real circumstances.

Based on what you learn from the Self-Assessment, you might decide to begin your studies with some classroom training, some practice with Visual Basic .NET, or some background reading. On the other hand, you might decide to pick up and read one of the many study guides available from Microsoft or third-party vendors on certain topics, including the award-winning MCAD Training Guide series from Que Publishing. We also recommend that you supplement your study program with visits to www.examcram2.com to receive additional practice questions, get advice, and track the Windows 2000 MCAD and MCSD program.

We also strongly recommend that you install, configure, and play around with the software that you'll be tested on, because nothing beats hands-on experience and familiarity when it comes to understanding the questions you're likely to encounter on a certification test. Book learning is essential, but without a doubt, hands-on experience is the best teacher of all!

To help you work with the product, we've arranged to include all the source code from Que's MCAD 70-306 Training Guide on the CD in this book. You'll find a variety of examples there that drill into the exam topics in depth. The readme.txt files on the CD will guide you through the various examples. The CD also contains the PrepLogic Practice Tests, Preview Edition exam simulation software.