Developing and Implementing Windows-Based Applications with Visual C#.Net and Visual Studio.Net: MCAD Exam 70-316 [With CDROM]

There is no question about it -- the 70-316 is a tough exam. I studied for 2 months, about 10 hours per week, and passed the exam with a score of 900 out of 1000. I used both this Exam Cram book and the "MCAD/MCSD Training Guide (70-316)" by Amit Kalani. In short, I found that this book was the most efficient study guide and allowed me to learn the most material in the shortest amount of time. My recommendation for anyone studying for the 70-316 would be to gain a solid foundation through the "MCAD/MCSD Training Guide" but then once you feel comfortable with the basic features of Visual Studio and .NET, ditch the "MCAD/MCSD Training Guide" and switch over to this book. You will learn a lot faster by using this book as a general outline and making up your own examples in Visual Studio and doing your own research on the topics presented in each chapter. If you simply try to memorize everything then studying for the exam will be boring, frustrating, and difficult. I definitely had fun once I started using this book and working through my own examples. It also helped to work backwards from the practice tests, by going back to Visual Studio and actually writing code to help understand any difficult or confusing questions. The practice tests in this book generally provide a good indication of what the real test will be like, although I found they contained fewer questions of medium difficulty than the real exam. The practice tests contained more questions that were either trivially easy or extremely difficult. On the real exam, most of the questions were of medium+ difficulty. Unlike the practice tests in this book, the real exam had very few easy questions and only a few questions that I would rank as "very difficult." There were only a few questions in this book (maybe 1-2) that contained mistakes, but this wasn't a big problem, especially if you go back and work through the questions in Visual Studio. I did not use any of the Prep-logic tests included on the CD, but from reading other reviews, I understand that they are of dubious quality. I also didn't particularly care for the way the book displays answers directly under each question. Even if you use a piece of paper to cover the answers while you read the questions it is sometimes possible to slip and "accidentally" see the answer. Overall my complaints are minor and the book still deserves the 5 stars I am giving it.

This book is just like other Kalani's books! By reading it a couple of times during 2 months, I passed the exam easily! Would like to recommend to those who are preparing for the 70-316 test!

The 70-316 tests Windows knowledge. The 70-316 Training Guide and Exam Cram provide a thorough understanding of using Visual Studio, C# and Microsoft .Net for programming Windows applications. Like all Exam Crams, this book is meant as a review. As such, it is more than adequate. Read the Training Guide first for a thorough undertanding of the Windows concepts. Then read this Exam Cram 70-316 as a review before the test.

This book was exceptionally helpful in preparing me for the exam. If you want to pass 70-316 and you were only going to have one resource, this is the book you should have. I also studied the MCAD book and the combo was more than adequate (862 on the exam).

This book helped me pass 70-316. The book is well written and the two sample exams are close to that of the actual exam. The CD included has a ton of information, including the other QUE book in electronic format and yet another sample exam.I used a few books and this was by far the most beneficial.