70-552

(70-552) Upgrade MCAD to MCPD Windows

SYNOPSIS â€¢ MCPD Windows Developer ^vs
Candidates for this exam work on teams in medium or large development environments that use Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Developer or Visual Studio 2005. Candidates should have at least two years of experience developing Microsoft Windows-based applications by using the Microsoft .NET Framework. Candidates should have a working knowledge of Visual Studio 2005.

Candidates should have at least three to four years of on-the-job experience dedicated to Windows-based application development and should have worked in the following phases of the application life cycle: technical envisioning and planning, design and development, stabilizing and releasing.

Microsoft requires a minimum passing score of 700 on all exams. The maximum score on the exams will vary depending on the complexity of the skills being measured. There are 50 questions and the exam last 90 minutes. The cost of this exam is $125 USD. You can take the exam at any Prometric or Pearson VUE.

This certification exam measures your ability to develop and implement rich client applications, targeting the Windows Forms platform using .NET Framework 2.0. Skills measured by this exam include:

Developing applciations that use system types and collections
Embedding configuration, diagnostic, management, and installation features into a .NET Framework application
Implementing serialization and input/output functionality in a .NET Framework application
Improving the security of .NET Framework applications by using the .NET Framework 2.0 security features
Implementing interoperability, reflection, and mailing functionality in a .NET Framework application
Creating a UI for a Windows Forms Application by Using Standard Controls
Integrating Data in a Windows Forms Application
Enhancing Usability
Implementing Asynchronous Programming Techniques to Improvie the User Experience
Configuring and Deploying Applications
Envisioning and Designing an Application
Designing and Developing a User Interface
Designing and Developing a Component
Designing and Developing an Appliction Framework
Testing and Stabilizing an Application
Deploying and Supporting an Application

For more information:
http://www.microsoft.com/Learning/exams/70-552.asp