Get Ready for the ADO.NET 3.5 MCTS Exam
This exam is due to be in beta very shortly. Sorry no exact dates just yet so don't ask. :-)
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But, are you ready for it? How do you know? Be certain. Have a look at what will be covered on this exam below. NOTE: this is an excerpt from the prep guide that will be published on the web site in the next couple of days. We thought you might want to get an earlier look at it though.
NOTE: Prep guide is now available for this exam, https://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-561.mspx
Credit toward certification
When you pass Exam 70-561: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ADO.NET Application Development, you earn credit toward the following certification:
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Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: .NET Framework 3.5, ADO.NET Applications
Skills measured by Exam 70-561
Connecting to Data Sources (12 percent)
Manage connection strings
May include but is not limited to: using the ConnectionStringBuilder; leveraging the ConfigurationManager; protecting the connection string; using Security Support Provider Interface ( SSPI) or SQL Server authentication; correctly addressing the SQL Server instance; managing “User Instance” and AttachDBfilename
Manage connection objects
May include but is not limited to: managing connection state, managing connection pool; implementing persistent data connections; implementing Multiple Active Result Sets (MARS); encrypting and decrypting data
Work with data providers
May include but is not limited to: Limitations, behaviors, performance, installation issues, deployment issues; ODBC, Microsoft OLE DB, SqlClient, managed providers, third-party providers, native providers
Connect to a data source by using a generic data access interface
May include but is not limited to: System.Data.Common namespace classes
Handle and diagnose database connection exceptions
May include but is not limited to: Implementing try/catch handlers
Selecting and Querying Data (22 percent)
Build command objects
May include but is not limited to: building Parameters collections; using input and output parameters and return values; selecting an appropriate CommandType action; selecting an appropriate Execute method; using the CommandBuilder class; choosing appropriate CommandBehavior
Query data from data sources
May include but is not limited to: writing queries to solve assigned problems; implementing data paging; sorting, filtering, and aggregating data
Retrieve data source data by using the DataReader
May include but is not limited to: retrieving data from SELECT statements; retrieving data from stored procedures; working with multiple result sets
Manage data by using the DataAdapter or the TableAdapter
May include but is not limited to: retrieving data from SELECT statements; etrieving data from stored procedures; working with multiple result sets; working with JOIN products; creating updatable DataAdapters and TableAdapters; modifying TableAdapter Fill methods
Execute an asynchronous query
May include but is not limited to: handling asynchronous events
Handle special data types
May include but is not limited to: Binary Large Objects (BLOBs); Filestream, Spatial, Table Value Parameters
Query data sources by using LINQ
May include but is not limited to: Extended method; CLR delegate; Lambda expressions; Classes of the System.LINQ.Expressions namespace
Manage exceptions when selecting data
May include but is not limited to: Identifying and resolving syntax errors; Security exceptions
Modifying Data (24 percent)
Manage transactions
May include but is not limited to: Selecting an appropriate transaction isolation level; Participating in local transactions; Participating in distributed transactions; Using declarative transactions
Manage data integrity
May include but is not limited to: Cascading updates or cascading deletes;Auto number management; Server-generated value management
Client-side data validation; Business rules, constraints
Update data
May include but is not limited to: Update data by using stored procedures; DataSets to Data Source; Managing concurrency
Manage exceptions when modifying data
May include but is not limited to: Resolve exceptions from data integrity, constraint, or referential integrity violations; Data locking conflicts; Data collision issues
Transform data by using LINQ
May include but is not limited to: Aggregation operators; JOIN operator, QUERY operator, LIKE etc.
Synchronizing Data (15 percent)
Monitor event notifications
May include but is not limited to: Implement notifications by using SqlDependency or SqlNotificationRequest
Cache data
May include but is not limited to: SqlCacheDependency, Local Data Cache
Manage update conflicts between online data and offline data
Partition data for synchronization
Implement Synchronization Services
May include but is not limited to: SyncAgent, SyncTable, ClientSyncProvider, ServerSyncProvider, SyncAdapter
Working with Disconnected Data (16 percent)
Manage occasionally connected data
Programmatically create data objects
May include but is not limited to: DataTable; DataSet
Work with untyped DataSets and DataTables
May include but is not limited to: Populating a DataSet, DataTable
Expose a DataTableReader from a DataTable or from a DataSet
Work with strongly typed DataSets and DataTables
Object Relational Mapping by Using the Entity Framework (11 percent)
Define and implement an Entity Data Model
May include but is not limited to: Mapping schemas and storage metadata; EDM Generator
Query data by using Object Services
May include but is not limited to: Querying data as objects and shaping results; Working with objects; Managing the Object Context; Customizing objects
Map data by using the Entity SQL Language
May include but is not limited to: Manually define mapping files; Execute an Entity SQL Query by using EntityCommand
Access entity data by using the EntityClient Provider
May include but is not limited to: Managing EntityConnection; Creating EntityCommand; Executing a query by using EntityDataReader; Managing EntityTransaction
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