Microsoft 70-553 UPGRADE: MCSD Microsoft .NET Skills to MCPD Enterprise Application Developer: Part 1

About Exam

Exam number/code: 70-553
Exam name: UPGRADE: MCSD Microsoft .NET Skills to MCPD Enterprise Application Developer: Part 1
Exam no. of questions: 55 Questions
Duration: 90 minutes
Passing score: 700
Question types: Multiple choice questions (MCQ's), Multiple choice single answer, Multiple choice multiple answer, Drag and drop & Simulations (optional)

This certification exam measures your ability to develop and implement rich client applications for the Windows Forms platform by using the .NET Framework 2.0, as well as your ability to build interactive, data-driven Web-based applications with Web forms, ASP.NET, and the .NET Framework for both intranet and Internet uses. Before taking the exam, you should be proficient in the job skills listed as following:

• Developing applications 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
• Implementing globalization, drawing, and text manipulation functionality in a .NET Framework application
• Creating and Programming a Web Application
• Integrating Data in a Web Application by Using ADO.NET, XML, and Data-Bound Controls
• Creating Custom Web Controls
• Tracing, Configuring, and Deploying Applications
• Customizing and Personalizing a Web Application
• Implementing Authentication and Authorization
• Creating ASP.NET Mobile Web Applications
• 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 Improve the User Experience
• Configuring and Deploying Applications

Exam Objectives

• Developing applications that use system types and collections
• Manage data in a .NET Framework application by using .NET Framework 2.0 system types. (Refer System namespace)
• Value types
• Reference types
• Attributes
• Generic types
• Exception classes
• Boxing and UnBoxing
• TypeForwardedToAttributes class
• Manage a group of associated data in a .NET Framework application by using collections. (Refer System.Collections namespace)
• ArrayList class
• Collection interfaces
• Iterators
• Hashtable class
• CollectionBase class and ReadOnlyCollectionBase class
• DictionaryBase class and DictionaryEntry class
• Comparer class
• Queue class
• SortedList class
• BitArray class
• Stack class
• Improve type safety and application performance in a .NET Framework application by using generic collections. (Refer System.Collections.Generic namespace)
• Collection.Generic interfaces
• Generic Dictionary
• Generic Comparer class and Generic EqualityComparer class
• Generic KeyValuePair structure
• Generic List class, Generic List.Enumerator structure, and Generic SortedList class
• Generic Queue class and Generic Queue.Enumerator structure
• Generic SortedDictionary class
• Generic LinkedList
• Generic Stack class and Generic Stack.Enumerator structure
• mplement .NET Framework interfaces to cause components to comply with standard contracts. (Refer System namespace)
• IComparable interface
• IDisposable interface
• IConvertible interface
• ICloneable interface
• INullableValue interface
• IEquatable interface
• IFormattable interface
• Embedding configuration, diagnostic, management, and installation features into a .NET Framework application
• Embed configuration management functionality into a .NET Framework application. (Refer System.Configuration namespace)
• Configuration class and ConfigurationManager class
• ConfigurationSettings class, ConfigurationElement class, ConfigurationElementCollection class, and ConfigurationElementProperty class
• Implement IConfigurationSectionHandler interface
• ConfigurationSection class, ConfigurationSectionCollection class, ConfigurationSectionGroup class, and ConfigurationSectionGroupCollection class
• Implement ISettingsProviderService interface
• Implement IApplicationSettingsProvider interface
• ConfigurationValidationBase class
• Implement IConfigurationSystem interface
• Debug and trace a .NET Framework application by using the System.Diagnostics namespace.
• Debug class and Debugger class
• Trace class, CorrelationManager class, TraceListener class, TraceSource class, TraceSwitch class, XmlWriterTraceListener class, DelimitedListTraceListener class, and EventlogTraceListener cla