70-315, 70-316 and 70-320
Finn J Johnsen
I heard (from a guy at another group) that 70-315, 70-316 and 70-320
(all core exams) will result in a MCAD. Inspite of what it says on
microsofts page
(http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcad/requirements.asp) about 1
elective exam required (plus the 2 core ones - ofcourse).
Is this correct?
Thanks,
Finn
Wei
>
GrannySmith
if it does?
How do you know for sure that 70-315, 70-316 and 70-320 = MCAD
thanks,
"Wei" <anon...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7bc701c4cd82$1d4f10e0$a301...@phx.gbl...
Vektor
> So why does the microsoft page say this combination does not qualify
> as MCAD if it does?
> How do you know for sure that 70-315, 70-316 and 70-320 = MCAD
You should read those requirements more carefully. In specific combination:
70-315 is for example core exam (the first section)
70-310 is core exam (the second section)
70-316 is used as elective exam even it is on the list as core exam also
(the third section)
--
Z.
zzz
It says under the elective exams section that you can do
it.
>
Finn J Johnsen
> The only thing I didn't mention was that in fact
> (70-316/70-320/70-315) got me an MCAD - I just didn't think
> it was necessary to mention it.
ah, I got the impression you suggested one extra exam to back up your
abilities to take 70-340. Or maybe it was some path to MCSD even. (which
I've not looked at, at all)
> You better start reading everything word for word, otherwise
> those exam questions are going to have you for lunch.
ouch ;)
> The page does tell you! Carefully read ALL of the
> information, i.e.:
>
> "If you use Exam 70-305 or 70-315 to satisfy the core exam
> requirement, you may use either Exam 70-306 or 70-316 as an
> elective.
>
> If you use Exam 70-306 or 70-316 to satisfy the core exam
> requirement, you may use either Exam 70-305 or 70-315 as an
> elective."
I guess my mind locked up on the topic of the requirement -page at
microsoft:
How to Earn Your MCAD
Core Exams (2 Exams Required)
[...]
Elective Exams (1 Exams Required)
[...]
>
> Can't be any clearer than that.
Maybe ;)
Well, thank you for clearing this stuff up for me. I've now got my recipe...
Finn
UAError
>hi
>
>> The only thing I didn't mention was that in fact
>> (70-316/70-320/70-315) got me an MCAD - I just didn't think
>> it was necessary to mention it.
>
>ah, I got the impression you suggested one extra exam to back up your
>abilities to take 70-340. Or maybe it was some path to MCSD even. (which
>I've not looked at, at all)
Well, in general it may still be a good idea to look ahead -
MCAD requires 3 exams, MCSD.NET requires 5 exams; so once
you're MCAD you are more that halfway there. Many
individuals use the
70-3(05|15|06|16) / 70-3(10|20) / 70-229 route for the MCAD
leaving them with two core exams for the MCSD.NET
if you take
70-3(06|16) / 70-3(10|20) / 70-3(05|15) you still have 2
exams left for the MCSD.NET but thats one core (70-300) and
one elective exam. You don't have to choose (70-229) as an
elective and while the first three exams are still fresh in
your mind expand on the .NET security you know about and get
the MSCD.NET elective over with by taking (70-3(30|40)).
(I'll append a repost regarding my comments on preparation
for 70-340 at the end).
Then you can take a breather and get some real experience
and also familiarize yourself with the purpose of Enterprise
Server products like BizTalk, Exchange, Host Intergration
Server, and Commerce Server.
I should note though that by taking 70-340 over 70-229 you
are going to make 70-300 a bit harder for yourself as it
assumes that you are familiar with SQL Server features to a
more detailed level than with the remaining Enterprise
Server products.
But when you are finally ready you only have one exam left
to obtain the MSCD.NET.
>
>> You better start reading everything word for word, otherwise
>> those exam questions are going to have you for lunch.
>
>ouch ;)
>
>> The page does tell you! Carefully read ALL of the
>> information, i.e.:
>>
>> "If you use Exam 70-305 or 70-315 to satisfy the core exam
>> requirement, you may use either Exam 70-306 or 70-316 as an
>> elective.
>>
>> If you use Exam 70-306 or 70-316 to satisfy the core exam
>> requirement, you may use either Exam 70-305 or 70-315 as an
>> elective."
>
>I guess my mind locked up on the topic of the requirement -page at
>microsoft:
>
>How to Earn Your MCAD
>Core Exams (2 Exams Required)
>[...]
>
>Elective Exams (1 Exams Required)
>[...]
>
>>
>> Can't be any clearer than that.
>
>Maybe ;)
>
>Well, thank you for clearing this stuff up for me. I've now got my recipe...
>
>Finn
Well You have been warned :)
Good Luck
Repost of [Re: MCAD thinking of taking on 70-340] from
microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcsd
>"Stud Sinister" <anon...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>I'm curious about test 70-340. Thus far I've passed the
>>three you need to get the MCAD and I'm thinking about
>>using 70-340 for the elective.
>>
>>It's a relatively new test, though. Anyone experienced
>>with it? I've actually read the first version
>>of "Writing Secure Code"...
>
UAError <nu...@null.null> wrote:
>
>Passed it first time after:
>
>- Countless trips to the MSDN including MSDN Mag and MSJ articles.
>
>
>Writing Secure Code, Second Edition
>by Michael Howard, David C. LeBlanc
>Publisher: Microsoft Press; 2 edition (December 4, 2002)
>ISBN: 0735617228
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735617228
>http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/5957.asp
>
>"Worked through" Chapters 1 -17 (resulting in 58 pages of Arial 9pt notes). Best of the bunch here for establishing the need and urgency of "Secure Coding", while also underlining how hostile today's environment really is.
>Didn't go any further as I figured that the .NET material would be way to thin.
>
>
>
>MCAD/MCSD Self-Paced Training Kit: Implementing Security for Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual C# .NET (Pro-Certification (Paperback))
>by Anthony Northrup
>Publisher: Microsoft Press; Package edition (September 8, 2004)
>ISBN: 0735621217
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735621217
>http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/7634.asp
>
>"Worked through" the whole thing (resulting in 87 pages of notes). Valuable as a guide to deciphering the 70-340 "Skills Being Measured".
>"Writing Secure Code" has a superior treatment of general security topics - but it also dedicates more volume to the topic. Good .NET extension to some topics from "Writing Secure Code" - though a bit "thin" in places. Can't be relied upon as the "one-and-only" reference for 70-340. It totally overlooks Serviced Components/Enterprise Services Security.
>
>The book includes a Readiness Review Suite. Got 77% on the first go (ran out of time (90 min) leaving 5 of 60 questions unanswered). While some of the questions were real howler's; it did point out my weak areas in enterprise services (COM+) security and security with reference to Forms Authentication in ASP.NET. This prompted me to move on to "Building Secure Microsoft ASP.NET Applications". Few days later had another go at it and got 83% (leaving 1 of 60 questions unanswered due to lack of time).
>
>
>
>Building Secure Microsoft ASP.NET Applications
>Publisher: Microsoft Press; 1 edition (January 22, 2003)
>ISBN: 0735618909
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735618909
>http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/6501.asp
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetsec/html/secnetlpMSDN.asp
>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=055FF772-97FE-41B8-A58C-BF9C6593F25E
>
>Proceeded to "read" chapters 8 through 12 in no particular order and reviewed a number of the How-Tos in the back.
>
>
>Finally proceeded to attempt the actual exam...
>
>
>Casual References:
>===================
>
>NET Framework Security
>by Brian A. LaMacchia, Sebastian Lange, Matthew Lyons, Rudi Martin, Kevin T. Price
>Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co; 1st edition (April 24, 2002)
>ASIN: 067232184X
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/067232184X
>http://www.awprofessional.com/title/067232184X
>
>Read the first 8 chapters (only ~100 pages; it has 32 chapters).
>
>This was the only reference that I could find that actually explains the nitty-gritty of SignedXML class (based on XMLDSIG; Chapter 32 Using Cryptography with the .NET Framework: Creating and Verifying XML Digital Signatures). I had to move on to more "profitable" matters before I could finally figure out how to verify DETACHED signed content that had been moved to a different URL. I couldn't believe that the Training-Kit only showed you how to generate the signature but not how to verify it (probably easy as long as the signed content isn't relocated - not very useful). I didn't find the SignedXML sample code that I found on the MSDN all that helpful.
>
>Used "Chapter 30: Using Cryptography with .NET Framework: The Basics" when I ran into some sample code in the Readiness Review that asked you outline the steps for decrypting a stream encrypted with some sample code using a symmetric algorithm. The sample code wrote the KEY (!!!; should have been the SALT/entropy value) and the initialization vector (IV) to the stream. To make matters worse the code wrote the key/IV into the CryptoStream (!!!; i.e. forget about decrypting that). That's when I decided that I better know how to do the salt/IV thing properly - the code in this chapter used an interesting tactic; rather than writing the salt/IV to the unencrypted output stream and then wrapping the output stream in a CryptoStream, the code wrapped the CryptoStream around the data input stream.
>
>
>
>Improving Web Application Security: Threats and Countermeasures
>Publisher: Microsoft Press; (September 24, 2003)
>ISBN: 0735618429
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/ASIN/0735618429
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetsec/html/ThreatCounter.asp
>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E9C4BFAA-AF88-4AA5-88D4-0DEA898C31B9&displaylang=en
>
>Read the first three chapters and probed randomly into various areas of interest or concern.
>
>
>
>COM and .NET Component Services (O'Reilly Windows)
>by Juval Löwy
>Publisher: O'Reilly; 1 edition (September 1, 2001)
>ISBN: 0596001037
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596001037
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/comdotnetsvs/index.html
>
>Used this for its more casual treatment of COM+ security and its configuration.
>
>
>
>Mastering Regular Expressions, Second Edition
>by Jeffrey E. F. Friedl
>Publisher: O'Reilly; 2 edition (July 15, 2002)
>ISBN: 0596002890
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596002890
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/regex2/index.html
>
>Better have this within arms reach when you are chanting "Constrain-Reject-Sanitize".
>
>
>
>The .NET Developer's Guide to Windows Security
>by Keith Brown
>Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; (September 27, 2004)
>ISBN: 0321228359
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321228359
>http://www.awprofessional.com/title/0321228359
>http://pluralsight.com/wiki/default.aspx/Keith.GuideBook.HomePage
>
>(Note: This title deals with "Windows Security" as it concerns the .NET developer, NOT ".NET Security". Look forward to "unsatisfied" reviews of readers that couldn't make that "subtle" distinction based on the title).
anon...@discussions.microsoft.com
>
You're not reading the 'requirements' correctly. You
must do 2 core + 1 elective. You can use another core as
an elective. Mike