This was a very interesting exam. I was very nervous about this one as I know a lot about ADO, but I was just starting to understand the data entity framework, which the exam had a lot of questions about. What was interesting, is the exam did throw in the odd question or two about connecting to Oracle databases and of course using the Oracle provider was an easy choice.
I think what helped me is that I know a lot about establishing connections, whether it is in Office or web applications. This assisted me greatly in understanding what the question was asking of me. Be sure to be comfortable with transaction management, as I got a few on this at the connection level and query level. Also know how errors are collection by class type or general exception level.
Anyway, on to Windows Form Development exam, which is 70-505.
There is a lot of new stuff in this exam, but also a lot of the old stuff from earlier .NET versions. So, it should be okay. I will build a few sample applications to make sure I am completely comfortable, plus go through the study guide book. I have put a reference over in my suggested reading books section.
Happy exam taking!
