Hi there,
Yesterday I passed 70-315 with a 800 score... I got a lot of usefull
information from this newsgroup so I figured it would be nice to do
something in return
First of all, I'm a Dutch guy so I got the advantage of 30 minutes
extra not-native-english-speaker-time (which I didn't use btw)
First a bit of background information:
- This was my first MCAD test
- I'm a modestly experienced developer, that is, about a year and a
half of hands on experience with .NET
- I took about 2 months to prepare. Lets say an average of 1 hour per
day
- I used the Kalani book as a preparation guide
- I took various (free) practice tests on the internet
- I didn't use braindumps
The first thing i noticed when i was taking the exam, is that none of
the practice tests I took accurately represents the style and
complexity of the questions you are presented with on the real exam. I
think you can't really 100% prepare yourself with all the slight
variations they can come up with.
I think the questions come in 3 groups
Simple and straightforward (20%). These questions do resemble the
simple questions in the practice exams.
Complex(60%). Lots of reading involved here. It's simple to rule out 1
or 2 off the anwsers. But then you have 2 or 3 possibilities left
which look very similar at first glance.
Off-topic(20%). A small group of questions seemed a little of topic. I
think these are meant to test your overall insight. You can't really
prepare for these.
I hope this information was useful
Regards,
Rene