In Every Chapter

The Study Guide series contains a number of chapter elements that were designed to help you identify important items, to reinforce key points, and to offer expert tips for taking the exam. Each chapter contains the following:

• Certification Objectives Each chapter begins with a listing of the exam objectives that will be covered in the chapter.

• Exam Watch These are tips designed to help you focus your studies on areas that will be important for the exam.

• Practice Exercises Hands-on experience is a key factor to success on exam day, and these practice exercises are designed to help you reinforce your skills. It’s important that you work through these exercises rather than simply reading them, so that you increase your exposure to and familiarity with the .NET Framework.

• On the Job Designed to let you benefit from our experience, this element provides insights into the practical application of the theories presented in the text.

• Scenarios & Solutions This element introduces you to common real-life situations that you may encounter on the job and provides you with a quick solution.

  Scenario & Solution

  To store a small amount of noncritical user data in an ASP.NET application,…	Use browser cookies.
  To store data that rarely changes in memory so that all sessions in an ASP.NET application can have quicker access to it,…	Use a Cache object.
  To handle more than just a few concurrent users in your ASP.NET application,…	Do not use the Session object.
  To store data that rarely changes in memory so that all applications running on the server in ASP.NET can have quicker access to it,…	Use the Application object.

• The Certification Summary This is a general review of the material that was presented in the chapter. These summaries provide a quick-review option prior to taking the exam.

• The Two-Minute Drill At the end of every chapter, you will find a listing of the key objective points from the chapter. These are great as a final review study tool.

• The Self Test Our self-assessment section presents questions similar to those you’ll find on the actual exam; it is designed to help you identify those areas in which you may need additional study. Complete answers with explanations are located at the end of each chapter.