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Exam 70-357 Developing Mobile Apps

Published: July 22, 2016
Languages: English
Audiences: Developers
Technology: Visual Studio Community
Credit toward certification: MCSD

Skills measured
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Develop a XAML page layout for an adaptive UI (10–15%)
Construct a page layout
Configure a RelativePanel layout; select the appropriate XAML layout panel based on the UI requirement; configure a grid with appropriate column and row properties; configure alignment, margins, and padding
Implement responsive and adaptive UI behaviors
Differentiate between responsive and adaptive UI behaviors, create responsive and adaptive UIs by using VisualStateManager and AdaptiveTriggers, implement settings syntax for element properties and attached properties
Create and use custom controls within an adaptive UI
Evaluate when to create a custom control; create a custom control; implement styles, themes, and resource dictionaries; apply styles to custom controls by using Generic.xaml
Optimize a page layout
Reduce complexity for performance gains, reduce unnecessary nesting

Implement page navigation and lifecycle events (10–15%)
Choose the appropriate navigation structure for an app
Evaluate when to implement the Hub, Master/Details, Tabs and Pivot, and Nav Pane navigation patterns; evaluate when to implement a custom navigation pattern
Implement Nav Pane navigation
Load page content by using Frame.Navigate, implement page navigation by using the Nav Pane pattern; implement a SplitView control for use as a navigation pane; support accessibility requirements within navigation by implementing key based navigation, UI automation, and narrator; handle Back button behavior for different Windows 10 device families
Manage app activation
Launch an app, activate an app on Startup, implement activation from a deep link, implement activation based on Search integration, implement activation from a secondary tile
Manage app suspension and resuming
Prepare an app for suspension, resume from suspension or termination, extend execution and monitor suspension errors

Implement data access and data binding (20–25%)
Access data by using Entity Framework (EF)
Access data by using EFCore with SQLite, implement a local SQLite database
Implement the {Binding} extension
Implement the {x:Bind} extension
Implement MVVM classes and class interactions
Implement event binding by applying command patterns, implement a Dispatcher to update the UI thread with async return data
Implement app-to-app communications
Integrate a Share contract to share content with another app, integrate drag-and-drop, launch an app for results, implement app extensions, implement App Services
Implement REST Web Services
Implement JSON and data serialization, access cloud data and Web APIs by using HttpClient
Implement file system access
Manage storage by using StorageFile, StorageFolder, and StorageItem; access a file location by using FilePickers; implement data roaming and roaming folders

Implement feature detection for adaptive coding (10–15%)
Implement API detection within adaptive code
Implement Type detection within adaptive code
Implement supported capabilities
Implement support for a microphone, implement support for a webcam, implement support for location, implement support for enterprise authentication

Manage user input and custom user interactions (10–15%)
Implement command bars, flyouts, and dialogs
Implement command bars and AppBarButton buttons, implement context menus and menu flyouts, implement content dialogs, display a tooltip by using ToolTipService, display a pop-up menu, implement control over app settings
Implement support for traditional and touch input devices
Support touch input, support mouse input, support keyboard and virtual keyboard input
Implement speech and voice commands
Support speech synthesis, support speech recognition, support Cortana integration, support Personal Assistant Launch capability, support voice commands
Implement alternative forms of input
Implement inking, implement camera input, implement location services and GPS input

Manage authentication and identity management (10–15%)
Implement authentication using Web Authentication Broker
Implement web service authentication, implement OAuth, implement Azure Active Directory authentication
Manage credentials securely with Credential Locker
Implement two-factor authentication
Implement two-factor authentication using Microsoft Passport, implement two-factor authentication using Windows Hello

Implement notifications, background tasks, and reusable components (20–25%)

Create and consume class libraries and Windows Runtime components
Develop Windows Runtime components, develop class libraries, integrate class libraries and Windows Runtime components
Implement tile and toast notifications
Implement adaptive and interactive toast notifications, implement local tile notifications
Create and register a background task
Create a background task project and reference the background task within a project, implement background task event triggers and conditions
Implement and manage a background task
Monitor background task progress and completion, manage task lifecycle, share data and events between an app and its background tasks, call a background task directly
Create and consume a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app service
Specify the AppService extension, implement app service as a background task, deploy the app service provider, call app services

 

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Exam 70-517 Recertification for MCSD: SharePoint Applications

Published: August 1, 2014
Languages: English, Japanese
Audiences: Developers
Technology: SharePoint
Credit toward certification: MCP, MCSD

Skills measured
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Design the application architecture
Plan the application layers
Plan data access; plan for separation of concerns; appropriate use of models, views, and controllers; choose between client-side and server side processing; design for scalability

Design the user experience
Apply the user interface design for a web application
Create and apply styles by using CSS, structure and lay out the user interface by using HTML, implement dynamic page content based on a design
Design and implement UI behavior
Implement client validation, use JavaScript and the DOM to control application behavior, extend objects by using prototypal inheritance, use AJAX to make partial page updates, implement the UI by using JQuery
Plan an adaptive UI layout
Plan for running applications in browsers on multiple devices (screen resolution, CSS, HTML), plan for mobile web applications

Troubleshoot and debug web applications
Prevent and troubleshoot runtime issues
Troubleshoot performance, security, and errors; implement tracing, logging (including using attributes for logging), and debugging (including IntelliTrace); enforce conditions by using code contracts; enable and configure health monitoring (including Performance Monitor)
Test a web application
Create and run unit tests (for example, use the Assert class), create mocks; create and run web tests, including using Browser Link; debug a web application in multiple browsers and mobile emulators

Design and implement security
Configure authentication
Authenticate users; enforce authentication settings; choose between Windows, Forms, and custom authentication; manage user session by using cookies; configure membership providers; create custom membership providers; configure ASP.NET Identity
Configure and apply authorization
Create roles, authorize roles by using configuration, authorize roles programmatically, create custom role providers, implement WCF service authorization

Plan and design SharePoint sites
Create content types
Subscribe to published content types, choose appropriate content type creation, use Schema Development, create content types using Object Model, create site columns, use content type inheritance
Manage content type behaviors
Manage event receivers, manage workflow associations, manage policies, manage document templates
Implement site provisioning
Create site definitions, create web templates, implement feature stapling, implement custom provisioning code

Access and manage data
Design solutions to handle large amounts of data
Create efficient CAML queries and views, choose appropriate APIs, create and use indexed columns, use Object Model Overrides, use Content Iterator, implement cross-site queries
Access data contained in SharePoint
Access data using server-side object model, access data using client-side object model (CSOM), access data using REST API, access data using out-of-the-box Web Services, access data using a custom Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service to facilitate integration with an existing application

Implement SharePoint solutions
Manage SharePoint Object Life Cycle
Implement Object Life Cycle management for SPWeb, implement Object Life Cycle management for SPSite, implement Object Life Cycle management for other objects, implement Object Life Cycle management with Windows PowerShell, implement Object Life Cycle management for SPContext
Upgrade solutions and features
Implement versioning of features and solutions, upgrade features and solutions, implement assembly versioning, build components for in-process request routing
Determine a solution structure
Select feature scope and visibility, define feature dependencies, define solution dependencies, organize SharePoint project items, structure app packages
Create a no-code solution
Configure no-code customizations for the SharePoint 2013 platform, create XSLT for web parts, create and upload JavaScript files, create Display Templates

Implement the user experience and information architecture
Implement branding
Incorporate designer outputs, use Design Manager functionality, apply custom themes, export the design, create Master Page, create a channel
Implement navigation
Create a custom navigation provider, create taxonomy-based navigation, create search-driven navigation, configure global/current navigation
Customize UI elements
Customize the ribbon, customize the edit control block (ECB), customize the status bar and notifications, customize the modal dialog window, customize the upgrade notification, select areas for focus on content

Create business processes
Create event receivers and timer jobs
Plan the use of event receivers or timer jobs, create remote event receivers, create a work item timer job

Design and implement search
Query search
Build search queries using FAST Query Language (FQL) and Keyword Query Language (KQL), execute search queries using client-side object model (CSOM), Web Services, and REST

Design for performance and troubleshooting
Design solutions to handle a high-traffic site
Combine images, implement caching, minimize number of queries, optimize JavaScript loading, use Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), create a scalable aggregator
Monitor and mitigate performance and scalability issues
Diagnose application stability issues, debug the server side and app code on the client side, create application diagnostics, measure and test application performance

QUESTION 1
You need to make the “Distance” header of the table bold in the Views/RunLog/GetLog.cshtml view.
Which code segment should you use?

A. table>tr{ font-weight: bold; }
B. table>th:last-child{ font-weight: bold; }
C. table+first-child{ font-weight: bold; }
D. table>tr>th:nth-child (2) { font-weight: bold; }

Answer: D


QUESTION 2
If the canvas element is supported by the client browser, the application must display “London 2012” in the footer as text formatted by JavaScript at the end of the _Layout.cshtml file.
You need to modify the layout to ensure that “London 2012″ is displayed as either formatted text or as plain text, depending on what the client browser supports.
Which code segment should you add?

A. <canvas id=”myFooter”>
@(Request,Browser.JavaApplets ? new HtmlString(“London 2012″) : null) </canvas>
B. <canvas id=”myFooter”London 2012</canvas>
C. <canvas id=”myCanvas”>London 2012</canvas>
D. <canvas id=”myCanvas”><canvas>
<p>London 2012</p>

Answer: C


QUESTION 3
You need to make all of the rows in the table bold in the Views/RunLog/GetLog.cshtml view.
Which code segment should you use?

A. Table > th:last-child { font-weight: bold; }
B. Table+first-child{ font-weight: bold; }
C. Table>tr>th:nth-child{2){font-weight: bold; }
D. Table > tr { font-weight: bold; }

Answer: D


QUESTION 4
You need to display the “miles” unit description after the distance in the GetLog view.
Which line of code should you use to replace line GL21? (Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.)

A. @log.Distance miles
B. @Htrml.DisplayFor(model => log.Distance) miles
C. @log.Distance.ToStringO @Html.TextArea (“miles”)
D. @Htmi.DisplayFor(model => log.Distance.ToString() + ” miles”)

Answer: A,B

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Exam 70-515 TS: Web Applications Development with Microsoft .NET Framework 4

Published: July 2, 2010
Languages: English
Audiences: Developers
Technology: Microsoft Visual Studio 2012
Credit toward certification: MCTS, MCPD

Skills measured
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below. The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area on the exam. The higher the percentage, the more questions you are likely to see on that content area on the exam. View video tutorials about the variety of question types on Microsoft exams.

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Developing web forms pages (19%)
Configure web forms pages
Page directives such as ViewState, request validation, event validation, MasterPageFile; ClientIDMode; using web.config; setting the html doctype
This objective does not include: referencing a master page; adding a title to a web form
Implement master pages and themes
Creating and applying themes; adding multiple content placeholders; nested master pages; control skins; passing messages between master pages; switching between themes at runtime; loading themes at run time; applying a validation schema
This objective does not include: creating a master page; basic content pages
Implement globalization
Resource files, browser files, CurrentCulture, currentUICulture, ASP:Localize
Handle page life cycle events
IsPostback, IsValid, dynamically creating controls, control availability within the page life cycle, accessing control values on postback, overriding page events
Implement caching
Data caching; page output caching; control output caching; cache dependencies; setting cache lifetimes; substitution control
This objective does not include: distributed caching (Velocity)
Manage state
Server-side technologies, for example, session and application; client-side technologies, for example, cookies and ViewState; configuring session state (in proc, state server, Microsoft SQL Server; cookieless); session state compression; persisting data by using ViewState; compressing ViewState; moving ViewState

Preparation resources
ASP.NET web pages
ASP.NET page lifecycle overview
Caching in .NET Framework applications

Developing and using web forms controls (18%)

Validate user input
Client side, server side, and via AJAX; custom validation controls; regex validation; validation groups; datatype check; jQuery validation
This objective does not include: RangeValidator and RequiredValidator
Create page layout
AssociatedControlID; Web parts; navigation controls; FileUpload controls
This objective does not include: label; placeholder, panel controls; CSS, HTML, referencing CSS files, inlining
Implement user controls
a control; adding a user control; referencing a user control; dynamically loading a user control; custom event; custom properties; setting toolbox visibility
Implement server controls
Composite controls, INamingContainer, adding a server control to the toolbox, global assembly cache, creating a custom control event, globally registering from web.config; TypeConverters
This objective does not include: postback data handler, custom databound controls, templated control
Manipulate user interface controls from code-behind
HTML encoding to avoid cross-site scripting, navigating through and manipulating the control hierarchy; FindControl; controlRenderingCompatibilityVersion; URL encoding; RenderOuterTable
This objective does not include: visibility, text, enabled properties

Preparation resources
Walkthrough: Validating user input in a web forms page
ASP.NET user controls
ASP.NET web server controls overview

Implementing client-side scripting and AJAX (16%)
Add dynamic features to a page by using JavaScript
Referencing client ID; script manager; script combining; Page.clientscript.registerclientscriptblock; Page.clientscript.registerclientscriptinclude; sys.require (scriptloader)
This objective does not include: interacting with the server; referencing JavaScript files; inlining JavaScript
Alter a page dynamically by manipulating the DOM
Using jQuery, adding, modifying, or removing page elements, adding effects, jQuery selectors
This objective does not include: AJAX
Handle JavaScript events
DOM events, custom events, handling events by using jQuery
Implement ASP.NET AJAX
Client-side templating, creating a script service, extenders (ASP.NET AJAX control toolkit), interacting with the server, Microsoft AJAX client library, custom extenders; multiple update panels; triggers; UpdatePanel.UpdateMode; timer
This objective does not include: basic update panel and progress
Implement AJAX by using jQuery
$.get, $.post, $.getJSON, $.ajax, xml, html, JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), handling return types
This objective does not include: creating a service

Preparation resources
Client script in ASP.NET web pages
Walkthrough: Creating an Ajax-enabled web site
Creating custom client events

Configuring and extending a web application (15%)
Configure authentication and authorization
Using membership, using login controls, roles, location element, protecting an area of a site or a page
This objective does not include: Windows Live; Microsoft Passport; Windows and forms authentication
Configure providers
Role, membership, personalization, aspnet_regsql.exe
This objective does not include: creating custom providers
Create and configure HttpHandlers and HttpModules
Generic handlers, asynchronous handlers, setting MIME types and other content headers, wiring modules to application events
Configure initialization and error handling
Handling Application_Start, Session_Start, and Application_BeginRequest in global.asax, capturing unhandled exceptions, custom error section of web.config, redirecting to an error page; try and catch; creating custom exceptions
Reference and configure ASMX and WCF services
Adding service reference, adding web reference, changing endpoints, wsdl.exe, svcutil.exe; updating service URL; shared WCF contracts assembly
This objective does not include: creating WCF and ASMX services
Configure projects and solutions, and reference assemblies
Local assemblies, shared assemblies (global assembly cache), web application projects, solutions, settings file, configuring a web application by using web.config or multiple .config files; assemblyinfo
Debug a web application
Remote, local, JavaScript debugging, attaching to process, logging and tracing, using local IIS, aspnet_regiis.exe
Deploy a web application
Pre-compilation, publishing methods (e.g., MSDeploy, xcopy, and FTP), deploying an MVC application
This objective does not include: application pools, IIS configuration

Preparation resources
ASP.NET authentication
HTTP handlers and https: modules overview
ASP.NET debugging overview

Displaying and manipulating data (19%)
Implement data-bound controls
Advanced customization of DataList, Repeater, ListView, FormsView, DetailsView, TreeView, DataPager, Chart, GridView
This objective does not include: working in design mode
Implement DataSource controls
ObjectDataSource, LinqDataSource, XmlDataSource, SqlDataSource, QueryExtender, EntityDataSource
This objective does not include: AccessDataSource, SiteMapDataSource
Query and manipulate data by using LINQ
Transforming data by using LINQ to create XML or JSON, LINQ to SQL, LINQ to entities, LINQ to objects, managing DataContext lifetime
This objective does not include: basic LINQ to SQL
Create and consume a data service
WCF, web service; server to server calls; JSON serialization, XML serialization
This objective does not include: client side, ADO.NET data services
Create and configure a dynamic data project
Dynamic data controls, custom field templates; connecting to DataContext and ObjectContext

Preparation resources
ASP.NET data-bound web server controls overview
Data source controls overview
Walkthrough: Manipulating data (Visual Basic) (LINQ to SQL)

Developing a web application by using ASP.NET MVC 2 (13%)
Create custom routes
Route constraints, route defaults, ignore routes, custom route parameters
Create controllers and actions
Visual Studio support for right-click context menus; action filters (including Authorize, AcceptVerbs, and custom) and model binders; ActionResult sub-classes
Structure an ASP.NET MVC application
Single project areas (for example, route registration, Visual Studio tooling, and inter-area links); organizing controllers into areas; shared views; content files and folders
Create and customize views
Built-in and custom HTML helpers (for example, HTML.RenderAction and HTML.RenderPartial), strongly typed views, static page checking, templated input helpers, ViewMasterPage, ViewUserControl
This objective does not include: Microsoft.Web.Mvc futures assembly

Preparation resources
ASP.NET MVC 2
Controllers and action methods in ASP.NET MVC applications
Developer Review – Four ASP.NET MVC view engines

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Answer: B

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QUESTION 2
You have created an ASP.NET server control named ShoppingCart for use by other developers. Some developers report that the ShoppingCart control does not function properly with ViewState disabled. You want to ensure that all instances of the ShoppingCart control work even if ViewState is disabled. What should you do?

A. Require developers to set EnableViewStateMac to true.
B. Store state in ControlState instead of ViewState.
C. Serialize the state into an Application state entry called “MyControl”.
D. Require developers to change the session state mode to SQLServer.

Answer: B


QUESTION 3
You are implementing an ASP.NET Web site that will be accessed by an international audience. The site contains global and local resources for display elements that must be translated into the language that is selected by the user. You need to ensure that the Label control named lblCompany displays text in the users selected language from the global resource file. Which control markup should you use?

A. <asp:Label ID=”lblCompany” runat=”server” meta:resourcekey=”lblCompany” />
B. <asp:Label ID=”lblCompany” runat=”server” Text=”meta:lblCompany.Text” />
C. <asp:Label ID=”lblCompany” runat=”server” Text=”<%$ Resources:lblCompanyText %>” />
D. <asp:Label ID=”lblCompany” runat=”server”
Text=”<%$ Resources:WebResources, lblCompanyText %>” />

Answer: D


QUESTION 4
You are developing an ASP.NET Web page that contains input controls, validation controls, and a button named btnSubmit.
The page has the following code-behind. (Line numbers are included for reference only.)
01 Public Class _Default
02 Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
03
04 Protected Sub SaveToDatabase()
05
06 End Sub
07
08 Protected Sub btnSubmit_Click(ByVal sender As Object,
09 ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles btnSubmit.Click
10
11 End Sub
12
13 End Class
You need to ensure that all data that is submitted passes validation before the data is saved in a database. What should you do?

A. Add the following method override.
Protected Overrides Sub OnInit(ByVal e As EventArgs)
MyBase.OnInit(e)
If (Page.IsValid) Then Me.SaveToDatabase()
End Sub
B. Add the following method override.
Protected Overrides Sub OnLoad(ByVal e As EventArgs)
MyBase.OnLoad(e)
If (Page.IsValid) Then Me.SaveToDatabase()
End Sub
C. Add the following method override.
Protected Overrides Sub OnPreRender(ByVal e As EventArgs)
MyBase.OnPreRender(e)
If (Page.IsValid) Then Me.SaveToDatabase()
End Sub
D. Add the following code segment at line 10.
If (Page.IsValid) Then Me.SaveToDatabase()

Answer: D


QUESTION 5
You are implementing an ASP.NET application that uses data-bound GridView controls in multiple pages. You add JavaScript code to periodically update specific types of data items in these GridView controls. You need to ensure that the JavaScript code can locate the HTML elements created for each row in these GridView controls, without needing to be changed if the controls are moved from one page to another. What should you do?

A. Replace the GridView control with a ListView control.
B. Set the ClientIDMode attribute to Predictable in the web.config file.
C. Set the ClientIDRowSuffix attribute of each unique GridView control to a different value.
D. Set the @ OutputCache directives VaryByControl attribute to the ID of the GridView control.

Answer: C

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Exam 70-499 Recertification for MCSD: Application Lifecycle Management

Published: August 1, 2014
Languages: English, Japanese
Audiences: Developers
Technology: Visual Studio
Credit toward certification: MCP, MCSD

Skills measured
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below. The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area on the exam. The higher the percentage, the more questions you are likely to see on that content area on the exam. View video tutorials about the variety of question types on Microsoft exams.

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Install and configure Team Foundation Server (TFS)
Install Team Foundation Server
SQL Server version support, install Team Foundation Server in a multi-tier or multi-machine environment, install Team Foundation Server in a load-balanced environment, set up a version control proxy server, schedule automatic backup and restore activities by using the TFS Administration Console
Install and configure Lab Management
Set up environment templates, install and configure test agents, install and configure System Center Virtual Machine Manager (basic Virtual Machine Manager installation), create library shares or resource pools

Manage Team Foundation Server
Manage team project collections
Move project collections, manage team collections and projects, create and configure team project collections, create a team project using SharePoint and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), split and partition Team Project Collections

Customize Team Foundation Server for team use
Configure a team build definition
Set up for a symbol server and source server; set up for custom build numbers, configure build log verbosity; set up definition properties (test impact analysis, code analysis, automated unit testing, and architecture validation); set up build triggers (gated check-in, continuous integration, and scheduled build); configure the build drop location to be in source code control or a fileshare

Administer version control
Create and manage workspaces
Cloak, undo delete, and modify a workspace; delete a workspace; specify workspace visibility; unlock other users’ checkouts, pending changes, and code; choose a default workspace type for a collection; delete a shelveset

Create and configure test plans
Create test plan properties
Select test settings; select configurations; define name, description, area, path, and iteration; select test environments; assign build to test plan, including when to assign a build to a plan, compare assigned build to another build, clone test plans and test suites
Create test suites
Create query-based test suites using hierarchical queries, create requirement-based test suites, create static test suites, copy test suites, create a test suite hierarchy, assign test suite states, clone test suites from the command line, manage test suites by using a web browser

Manage test cases
Create test cases
Design test cases that have clear and measurable steps, assign test case properties (title, areas and iterations, state, priority, assign to, and automation status), add attachments and links, add the test case description and history, add tested requirements, manage test case workflow (state), bulk author test cases by using a grid view

Manage test execution
Run tests
Run tests with options, create fast forward for manual testing recordings, select fast forward playback options (all steps, multiple steps), set test run states, validate expected results (add comments, snapshots), run tests from a browser, update the status of multiple test cases without opening them in the test runner, customize the test result fields in Microsoft Test Manager (MTM)/web browser, pause and resume tests in MTM/web browser, edit tests inline during test execution, manually test Windows Store apps and review action logs
Perform analysis
Analyze reports (requirements-user stories), analyze by test suite, analyze by configuration, identify areas where quality is low, identify test plan status, view test plan results in MTM, work with out-of-the-box reports, customize out-of-the-box reports

Define the ALM process
Define a scrum/agile process for a team
Establish criteria on when to cancel a sprint/iteration, establish tooling and process for scrum/agile artifacts, establish the scrum definition of “done,” determine sprint/iteration length, determine how to handle backlog items/user stories not completed in a sprint/iteration, determine how to monitor sprint/iteration progress, use collaborative tools

Define a software iteration
Define a project-tracking process
Plan and manage a portfolio of multiple projects, identify a project tracking tool and an associated process (triage process, bug management), define how to manage effort, determine team forecast management, define a prioritization scheme, determine how to validate project health

Develop customer value with high quality
Develop code
Develop maintainable code; define coding standards; define application architecture; define configuration management process and tooling, including source control tree, branching strategy, solution structure, source control/check-in policy; manage multiple repositories using Git; use architecture, model, and design tools; use quality and diagnostic tools
Validate quality
Organize test artifacts, such as test cases, suites, plans, and requirements; define test strategy; manage test execution; perform cloud-based load testing; identify test types and associated tools; identify and configure environments; analyze test runs

Integrate development and operations
Implement an automated deployment process
Architect an automated build and deploy workflow, integrate automated tests, automate deployment into both test and production environments, review diagnostic logs for builds, manage releases


QUESTION 1
You are planning to install a new Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2012 server.
You need to ensure that the minimum supported version of Microsoft SQL Server is installed.
Which version should you install?

A. SQL Server 2005
B. SQL Server 2008 32-bit
C. SQL Server 2008 64-bit
D. SQL Server 2008 R2
E. SQL Server 2012

Answer: D


QUESTION 2
To support your development team’s upgrade from Visual Studio 2010 to Visual Studio 2012, you also upgrade from Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2010 to TFS 2012.
You need to provide a TFS 2012 test environment that:
Includes data and source code from your existing TFS 2010 environment and
Allows your developers to test the new TFS 2012 and Visual Studio 2012 features while keeping the current TFS 2010 environment intact.
What should you do?

A. Install TFS 2012 side-by-side on the same server as TFS 2010. Point TFS 2012 to the existing database, SharePoint, and SQL Reporting Services.
B. Install TFS 2012 on a new server. Point TFS 2012 to the existing database, SharePoint, and SQL Reporting Services.
C. Clone the existing TFS 2010 environment (including the existing database, SharePoint, and SQL Reporting Services) on new servers and update the internal IDs. Upgrade the cloned environment to TFS 2012.
D. Copy the existing TFS 2010 database, SharePoint, and SQL Server Reporting services to a new set of servers. Install TFS 2012 side-by-side on the same hardware as TFS 2010, and point TFS 2012 to the new servers.

Answer: C


QUESTION 3
Your network environment includes a Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2012 server and a virtual test environment that uses Lab Management 2012 along with System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2010.
You want to install a test virtual machine that is hosted within a lab environment.
You need to ensure that the test virtual machine can support all the features of Lab Management 2012.
Which component should you install on the test virtual machine?

A. Agents for Visual Studio 2012
B. Visual Studio Build Agent 2012
C. Visual Studio Test Agent 2012
D. Visual Studio Lab Agent 2012

Answer: A


QUESTION 4
Your network environment includes a Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2012 server named TFS1. SharePoint and Reporting Services components are also installed and configured for TFS on the same server.
You need to be able to access the SharePoint Project Portal from the TFS server by using the following URL: https:: //tfs.fabrikam.com.
What should you do?

A. From the TFS Administration Console, edit the SharePoint Web Application URL.
B. From Visual Studio Team Explorer, edit the portal settings.
C. Run the TFSC0nfIg.exe SharePointportal command.
D. From the SharePoint Central Administration website, configure the Alternate Access Mappings.

Answer: D


QUESTION 5
Your network environment includes a Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2012 named TFS1 that contains two project collections named PC1 and PC2. A build server named Bi is configured with a build controller named C1 and an agent named A1 that runs build definitions created in Pd.
A development team wants to create a gated check-in build definition on PC2.
You need to perform a supported infrastructure enhancement to run PC2 build definitions.
What should you do?

A.
• Add a new build server (B2).
• On the B2 build server, migrate controller C1 and install a new controller (C2) that
connects to the PC2 project collection.
• On the Bi build server, configure a second build agent (A2) that uses the C2 controller.

B.
• Add a new build server (B2).
• On the B2 build server, install a build controller (C2) that connects to the PC2 project collection.
• On the B2 build server, configure a second build agent (A2) that uses the C2 controller.

C.
• On the Bi build server, configure the C1 controller to connect to project collections PC1 and PC2.
• On the Bi build server, update the Al agent to use controllers C1 and C2.

D.
• On the Bi build server, configure the C1 controller to connect to project collections PC1 and PC2.
• On the Bi build server, configure a second build agent (A2) that uses the C2 controller.

Answer: B


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Exam 70-498 Delivering Continuous Value with Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management

Published: June 8, 2014
Languages: English, Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil)
Audiences: IT professionals
Technology: Visual Studio 2015
Credit toward certification: MCP, MCSD

Skills measured
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below. The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area on the exam. The higher the percentage, the more questions you are likely to see on that content area on the exam. View video tutorials about the variety of question types on Microsoft exams.

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Define an effective end-to-end Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) (15-20%)
Understand the value of an end-to-end view of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools and practices
Understand that an observable problem may be indicative of a more general process issue; explain the difference between optimizing a piece of the ALM process, such as manual testing, and optimizing the entire ALM process
Explain the benefits of fast feedback
Explain the importance of fast feedback related to communicating requirements, explain the benefits of end customer feedback to early software iterations
Implement strategies to reduce end-to-end cycle time
Identify bottlenecks in the delivery process, identify metrics that highlight bottlenecks, create potential solutions whose effectiveness can be validated, understand the relationship between work in process (WIP) and cycle time
Implement strategies to improve software quality
Identify process steps that introduce defects, understand the end-to-end quality process, bring quality efforts early in the development cycle
Implement strategies to reduce waste
Identify wasteful activities, create strategies to eliminate waste, measure the effectiveness of waste removal activities
Create a process improvement plan
Create strategies for implementing organizational change, identify key metrics to be tracked during the improvement effort, create consensus for the change

Preparation resources
Agile software development with Microsoft Visual Studio ALM
Applying ALM with Visual Studio 2012: (02) Define an effective end-to-end software development lifecycle
Adopting Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server for Application Lifecycle Management

Define the ALM process (15-20%)
Role of different ALM processes
Understand the cost and benefits of the key ALM processes, including agile, scrum, waterfall, and Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)
Implement a scrum/agile process
Establish self-organizing teams; holding a scrum/agile planning meeting, hold daily scrums/stand-up meetings, hold retrospective meetings, hold scrum review meetings
Define a scrum/agile process for a team
Establish criteria on when to cancel a sprint/iteration, establish tooling and process for scrum/agile artifacts, establish the scrum definition of “done,” determine sprint/iteration length, determine how to handle backlog items/user stories not completed in a sprint/iteration, determine how to monitor sprint/iteration progress, use collaborative tools
Implement Microsoft Solution Framework (MSF) for CMMI process improvement
Establish project drivers (scope-driven, date-driven), assign product requirements to iterations, manage changes, manage issues

Preparation resources
Applying ALM with Visual Studio 2012: (03) Define the ALM process
MSF for Agile Software Development v5.0

Define a software iteration (15-20%)
Plan a release
Identify a flexibility matrix, identify releases based on priority items in flexibility matrix and release criteria, resource planning (scrum team is responsible for allocating team members), identify techniques to optimize a team that is geographically distributed, select a project methodology, risk management
Define a project-tracking process
Plan and manage a portfolio of multiple projects, identify a project tracking tool and an associated process (triage process, bug management), define how to manage effort, determine team forecast management, define a prioritization scheme, determine how to validate project health
Scope a project
Scope the effort for a release, define an architecture design process, define scope boundaries (is/is not list), determine the definition of “done,” define a process when effort estimates are significantly inaccurate

Preparation resources
Applying ALM with Visual Studio 2012: (04) Define a software iteration
Planning an iteration (CMMI)
Reports (SQL Server Reporting Services)

Define end value for the software iteration (15-20%)
Elicit requirements
Define project requirements, review and clarify requirements, define acceptance criteria, define UI platform requirements (web, mobile), assign a business value
Estimate requirements
Manage and assign effort estimates (assign story points); resize user requirements into smaller, manageable pieces; execute task breakdown; estimate the requirements baseline
Document requirements
Define acceptance criteria, list requirements, add requirement details, design UI storyboards
Prioritize requirements
Identify requirements that are critical path, identify must-have requirements, enable the entire team (including customers) to participate in requirements prioritization, identify dependencies

Preparation resources
Managing requirements and user expectations in agile projects
Applying ALM with Visual Studio 2012: (05) Define end value for the software iteration
Develop requirements

Develop customer value with high quality (15-20%)
Define code quality indicators
Perform code review, including security and performance analysis; analyze code for common defects; calculate code coverage; perform architecture validation
Incorporate unit testing
Establish unit test standards, develop a strategy for adding unit tests to existing applications, select the unit test type, establish the code coverage target, use shims and stubs to isolate your application
Develop code
Develop maintainable code; define coding standards; define application architecture; define configuration management process and tooling, including source control tree, branching strategy, solution structure, source control/check-in policy; manage multiple repositories using Git; use architecture, model, and design tools; use quality and diagnostic tools
Validate quality
Organize test artifacts, such as test cases, suites, plans, and requirements; define test strategy; manage test execution; perform cloud-based load testing; identify test types and associated tools; identify and configure environments; analyze test runs
Customize a team project
Customize a work item, customize work item queries, customize Team Portal, identify areas and iterations, manage roles and associated permissions

Preparation resources
Applying ALM with Visual Studio 2012: (06) Develop customer value with high quality
Verifying code by using unit tests
Customize team projects and processes

Integrate development and operations (15-20%)
Implement an automated deployment process
Architect an automated build and deploy workflow, integrate automated tests, automate deployment into both test and production environments, review diagnostic logs for builds, manage releases including Release Management
Implement pre-production environments
Automate the creation of virtual test lab environments, automate deployment into virtual test environments
Manage feedback between development and operations
Implement tools to simplify communication; identify, measure, and report key analytics and performance indicators, such as cycle time and mean time to repair (MTTR); create appropriate shared artifacts and process to facilitate communication; standardize required artifacts for defect reports; create strategies for test case reuse (both automated and manual) in production; monitor an application in production to optimize usage and performance
Troubleshoot production issues
Gather defect data from bugs in a production setting, provide actionable data to the development team, monitor applications running in production for potential issues, manage incident response times collaboratively between development and operations, use Application Insights appropriately

Preparation resources
Applying ALM with Visual Studio 2012: (07) Integrate development and operations
Setting up test machines to run tests or collect data
DevOps: Integrating development and operations for the last mile velocity


QUESTION 1
You are utilizing the Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 2.0 process template.
Your development team uses the storyboard feature in Visual Studio 2012.
You need to ensure that there is consistency of user interface between different features of the product.
What should you do?

A. Create a design guide document with images of sample standard layouts. Provide a copy of this document to all team members.
B. Create custom storyboard shapes by using Microsoft PowerPoint that match your corporate standard user interface (UI) controls. Export these and make them available to the team as an import for use in all storyboards.
C. Create custom storyboard shapes in PowerPoint that match your corporate standard UI controls. Save the results as a PowerPoint template in the SharePoint site associated with the Team project collection. Instruct team members to import the shapes.
D. Create images of your UI controls as GIF/JPEG files that match your corporate standard UI controls. Export these and make them available to the team as an import for use in all storyboards.

Answer: B


QUESTION 2
You manage a software development project that includes multiple feature teams. The teams integrate their code into a shared code repository as frequently as possible.
You plan to configure a build definition by using the default build process template (DefaultTemplate.xaml).
You need to know when a check-in from a feature team has broken the build or caused a test to fail, without impacting the feature team.
What should you do?

A. Set the Analyze Test Impact parameter to True in the build process template.
B. Set the build trigger to Continuous Integration and enable automated testing.
C. Add the Builds check-in policy to your team project.
D. Create a shelveset command for pending changes. Queue a build using the latest source with the shelveset parameter.

Answer: B


QUESTION 3
You are a scrum master.
You need to lead the daily scrum meeting.
Which three questions should you ask? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose three.)

A. What will be done before the next meeting?
B. What went well?
C. What has been accomplished since the last meeting?
D. Are there any potential improvements?
E. What obstacles are in the way?
F. Is the burndown up to date?

Answer: A,C,E


QUESTION 4
You manage a project that has three teams working in parallel on a single codebase using a Scrum process methodology.
You need to ensure that each team can manage work separately while editing a shared code base.
What should you do?

A. Within a single team project, create separate iteration paths for each team. Assign each team member to their respective iteration path.
B. Create a team project for each team, assigning different team members to each team project.
C. Within a single team project, create three teams. Assign each team member to their respective teams.
D. Create a team project for each team, assigning all team members to each team project.

Answer: C


QUESTION 5
Your development team is using the Microsoft Solution Framework (MSF) for Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Process Improvement 6.0 process template.
The team has identified all of the acceptance criteria for a new application. This data currently resides in a series of spreadsheets.
You need to enter the criteria into TFS for team traceability and tracking.
Which two actions should you perform? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose two.)

A. Create test case work items for each criterion in the spreadsheet. Link the test case work items with the work item(s) for the appropriate requirements.
B. Create Requirement work items.
C. Create a new task work item for each criterion in the spreadsheet. Set the Triage attribute for each task work item to Information Received.
D. Create a new quality of service test case work item for each criterion in the spreadsheet. Link the quality of service test case work items with the work item(s) for the appropriate requirements.

Answer: A,B

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Exam 70-497 Software Testing with Visual Studio

Published: June 8, 2014
Languages: English
Audiences: Developer
Technology: Visual Studio 2015
Credit toward certification: MCP, MCSD

Skills measured
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below. The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area on the exam. The higher the percentage, the more questions you are likely to see on that content area on the exam. View video tutorials about the variety of question types on Microsoft exams.

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Starting June 8, 2014, the questions on this exam include content covering Visual Studio 2013.

Create and configure test plans (30-35%)
Create test plan properties
Select test settings; select configurations; define name, description, area, path, and iteration; select test environments; assign build to test plan, including when to assign a build to a plan, compare assigned build to another build, clone test plans and test suites
Configure test settings
Create multiple test settings, select data and diagnostics, set up roles
Define configurations
Manage configuration variables, set default configurations, add new configurations, set configuration state, delete configurations
Create test suites
Create query-based test suites using hierarchical queries, create requirement-based test suites, create static test suites, copy test suites, create a test suite hierarchy, assign test suite states, clone test suites from the command line, manage test suites by using a web browser
Configure test suites
Assign testers, select configurations, order test cases within a test suite, set defaults

Preparation resources
Creating and defining a test plan
Software testing with Visual Studio 2012: (01) Create and configure test plans, Part 1
Software testing with Visual Studio 2012: (02) Create and configure test plans, Part 2

Manage test cases (30-35%)
Create test cases
Design test cases that have clear and measurable steps, assign test case properties (title, areas and iterations, state, priority, assign to, and automation status), add attachments and links, add the test case description and history, add tested requirements, manage test case workflow (state), bulk author test cases by using a grid view
Create test steps
Add and remove parameters to and from actions or expected results, add and remove data, create repeatable test actions for using fast forward for manual testing, create expected results, add test step attachments
Define parameters
Manage test case iterations, create a parameter variable, rename parameters, delete parameters
Manage shared steps
Create shared steps, design shared steps that can be reused effectively across different test cases, move shared steps, create action recording for shared steps
Manage requirements
Review requirements, verify requirements, verify all requirements are accounted for, validating test coverage

Preparation resources
Create manual test cases
Software testing with Visual Studio 2012: (03a) Manage test cases, Part 1
Software testing with Visual Studio 2012: (03b) Manage test cases, Part 2

Manage test execution (35-40%)
Run tests
Run tests with options, create fast forward for manual testing recordings, select fast forward playback options (all steps, multiple steps), set test run states, validate expected results (add comments, snapshots), run tests from a browser, update the status of multiple test cases without opening them in the test runner, customize the test result fields in Microsoft Test Manager (MTM)/web browser, pause and resume tests in MTM/web browser, edit tests inline during test execution, manually test Windows Store apps and review action logs
Perform exploratory testing
Perform ad hoc exploratory testing; explore by work item; generate test case from test; generate bugs from exploratory testing; add screenshots, video, or audio recording
Manage bugs
Track bug metrics (bug trends, status), verify bugs (create test from bugs), analyze bug reports, manage bug workflow
Use lab center
Create new environments, create copies of environments, run tests on remote environments, execute test case in a lab center environment
Analyze recommended tests
Select the build in use, compare the current build to a previous build, view recommended tests, analyze related work items
Perform analysis
Analyze reports (requirements-user stories), analyze by test suite, analyze by configuration, identify areas where quality is low, identify test plan status, view test plan results in MTM, work with out-of-the-box reports, customize out-of-the-box reports
Manage work items
Validate requirements, work item relationships (for example, what it means when a test case is associated with a requirement), create work item queries, perform bulk updates in Excel

Preparation resources
Software testing with Visual Studio 2012: (04a) Manage test execution, Part 1
Software testing with Visual Studio 2012: (04b) Manage test execution, Part 2
Find bugs, tasks, and other work items


QUESTION 1
You are using Microsoft Visual Studio 2012.
A requirement has been removed and you need to update the five corresponding test cases to reflect this by changing their state.
You need to simultaneously update the state of these five test cases.
What are two possible ways to accomplish this goal? (Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Choose two.)

A. In Team Explorer, run a query that returns the five test cases. In the Results pane, highlight all five test cases and click Refresh.
B. In MTM, run a query that returns the five test cases. In the Results pane, highlight all five test cases and click Run.
C. Navigate to Web Access, run the query that returns the five test cases, select the five test cases, and edit selected work items.
D. In Microsoft Excel, open a query that returns the five test cases. Update the State field of all of the work items. Click Publish.
E. In Team Explorer, run a query that returns the five test cases. In the Results pane, update the state and save each test case.

Answer:


QUESTION 2
You are using Microsoft Test Manager (MTM). You are using the Microsoft Solution Framework (MSF) for Agile Software Development process template. Your team has all required permissions to run the reports on the SharePoint project portal.
You need to track the progress on resolving bugs by your team for the past week.
Which Excel report should you run?

A. Bug Trends
B. Bugs by Assignment
C. Run the Team Trend report.
D. Bug Progress

Answer:


QUESTION 3
You are using Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) to manage your testing efforts.
You plan to use the Recommended tests feature to assist in identifying tests to run against a Windows Presentation Foundation rich client application. When you select a new build, no recommended tests are displayed.
You need to configure the data collectors to enable the feature.
Which data collector should you configure?

A. Action Log
B. Test Impact
C. IntelliTrace
D. ASP.NET Client Proxy for IntelliTrace and Test Impact

Answer:


QUESTION 4
You are using Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) to perform exploratory testing.
You need to insert an image into the comment area for the test run.
What are two possible ways to accomplish this goal? (Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Choose two.)

A. Use the Add screenshot tool in the exploratory test runner and drag the selection box over the area of the screen you want to capture.
B. Capture the image you want to insert by using your favorite screen capture utility and paste the image into the comment area of the exploratory testing window.
C. Capture the image you want to insert by using your favorite screen capture utility and save the file to disk. Add the image as an attachment to the test run.
D. Capture the image you want to insert by using your favorite screen capture utility. Drag and drop the file onto the comment area from the Windows Explorer.

Answer:


QUESTION 5
You are running a manual test using Microsoft Test Manager (MTM). You have chosen to create an action recording.
You want to pause the test run and exit the test runner.
Before you exit the test runner, you need to mark the test case as being in progress.
Which action should you perform in the test runner?

A. Close
B. Return to Testing Center
C. Save
D. Save and Close

Answer:

 

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Exam 70-496 Administering Visual Studio Team Foundation Server

Published: June 8, 2014
Languages: English, Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil)
Audiences: IT professionals, developers
Technology: Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2015
Credit toward certification: MCP, MCSD

Skills measured
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below. The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area on the exam. The higher the percentage, the more questions you are likely to see on that content area on the exam. View video tutorials about the variety of question types on Microsoft exams.

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Install and configure Team Foundation Server (TFS) (25-30%)
Install Team Foundation Server
SQL Server version support, install Team Foundation Server in a multi-tier or multi-machine environment, install Team Foundation Server in a load-balanced environment, set up a version control proxy server, schedule automatic backup and restore activities by using the TFS Administration Console
Configure the application tier
Validate an installation, configure SMTP for Team Foundation Server, change the URL (friendly name), change the default SharePoint Web App, set up reporting (SQL Server Analysis Services)
Migrate and upgrade Team Foundation Server
Upgrade to Team Foundation Server in place or move to new hardware, import a source base from a non–Team Foundation Server system, upgrade a Team Project
Install and configure Lab Management
Set up environment templates, install and configure test agents, install and configure System Center Virtual Machine Manager (basic Virtual Machine Manager installation), create library shares or resource pools
Install and configure multiple build agents and controllers
Tag and bind a controller to a project collection, add a build agent

Preparation resources
Administering Visual Studio Team Foundation Server: (01) Install and configure Team Foundation Server, Part 1
Download: TFS Install and Administration Guides
Install Team Foundation Server

Manage Team Foundation Server (25-30%)
Manage team project collections
Move project collections, manage team collections and projects, create and configure team project collections, create a team project using SharePoint and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), split and partition Team Project Collections
Configure for backup and recovery
Back up and recover Team Foundation Server and related components, recover a failed application tier, recover a failed database tier, implement a disaster recovery plan
Monitor server health and performance
Monitor the server for performance issues (monitor activity logging database and Team Foundation Server server manager), monitor the job infrastructure for failed jobs (monitoring warehouse adapters and warehouse jobs), clean up stale workspaces and shelvesets, set up Team Foundation Build to use a version control proxy server
Operate lab management
Operate and modify lab environments, repair lab environments, use snapshots, store System Center Virtual Machine Manager environments
Manage security
Configure limited users; manage roles in Team Foundation Server using Active Directory groups; manage permissions in Team Foundation Server in SharePoint, SSRS, builds, source control, and Work Item management; create and manage teams; configure security for users who do not have a Client Access License (CAL)
Manage reporting for Team Foundation Server
Manage basic reporting using Excel Services, customize the SharePoint team project portal, upload a new SSRS Team Foundation Server report, configure Team Foundation Server to enable a report to appear in a SharePoint project portal, rebuild the Team Foundation Server data warehouse

Preparation resources
Administering Visual Studio Team Foundation Server: (03a) Manage Team Foundation Server, Part 1
Administering Visual Studio Team Foundation Server: (03b) Manage Team Foundation Server, Part 2
Administering Team Foundation Server

Customize Team Foundation Server for team use (20-25%)
Configure a team build definition
Set up for a symbol server and source server; set up for custom build numbers, configure build log verbosity; set up definition properties (test impact analysis, code analysis, automated unit testing, and architecture validation); set up build triggers (gated check-in, continuous integration, and scheduled build); configure the build drop location to be in source code control or a fileshare
Manage build execution
Queue a build with parameters, reconcile workspaces as part of a gated check-in workflow, customize build qualities, clean up builds (apply retention policies)
Modify a process template
Upload and download process templates; troubleshoot template errors; customize functional areas within process templates, including SSRS, SharePoint, build definitions, Work Items, and queries
Configure a team project
Define areas and iterations, manage users through the default security groups, manage portal settings (team project portal site URL, process guidance URL), define project-level alerts
Apply Work Item customizations
Add a new Work Item type as a child of an existing Work Item; customize field definitions for a Work Item; customize form layout and workflows; customize global lists, link types, and categories
Create Work Item queries
Define query folders and permissions; apply query types (tree, flat, directed), add fields to a query, create a query by using Team Explorer
Configure client connectivity to Team Foundation Server
Configure Visual Studio, Team Explorer, Team Explorer Everywhere, Excel, Project, and other tools to connect to Team Foundation Server; configure clients for a proxy server

Preparation resources
Administering Visual Studio Team Foundation Server: (04) Customize Team Foundation Server for team use
Define your build process
Work Items and workflow (agile)

Administer version control (25-30%)
Create and manage workspaces
Cloak, undo delete, and modify a workspace; delete a workspace; specify workspace visibility; unlock other users’ checkouts, pending changes, and code; choose a default workspace type for a collection; delete a shelveset
Configure version control proxy
Set up the cache hit ratio, set up the cache size, set up for multiple Team Foundation Server servers
Configure team project version control settings
Enable multiple checkout, enable get latest on checkout, configure check-in policies for a team project (Work Items, builds, code analysis, testing policies)

Preparation resources

Administering Visual Studio Team Foundation Server: 05 Administer version control
Manage your workspaces
Use version control


QUESTION 1
You are planning to install a new Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2012 server.
You need to ensure that the minimum supported version of Microsoft SQL Server is installed.
Which version should you install?

A. SQL Server 2005
B. SQL Server 2008 32-bit
C. SQL Server 2008 64-bit
D. SQL Server 2008 R2
E. SQL Server 2012

Answer: D


QUESTION 2
To support your development team’s upgrade from Visual Studio 2010 to Visual Studio 2012, you also upgrade from Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2010 to TFS 2012.
You need to provide a TFS 2012 test environment that:
? Includes data and source code from your existing TFS 2010 environment and
? Allows your developers to test the new TFS 2012 and Visual Studio 2012 features while keeping the current TFS 2010 environment intact.
What should you do?

A. Install TFS 2012 side-by-side on the same server as TFS 2010. Point TFS 2012 to the existing database, SharePoint, and SQL Reporting Services.
B. Install TFS 2012 on a new server. Point TFS 2012 to the existing database, SharePoint, and SQL Reporting Services.
C. Clone the existing TFS 2010 environment (including the existing database, SharePoint, and SQL Reporting Services) on new servers and update the internal IDs. Upgrade the cloned environment to TFS 2012.
D. Copy the existing TFS 2010 database, SharePoint, and SQL Server Reporting services to a new set of servers. Install TFS 2012 side-by-side on the same hardware as TFS 2010, and point TFS 2012 to the new servers.

Answer: C


QUESTION 3
Your network environment includes a Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2012 server and a virtual test environment that uses Lab Management 2012 along with System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2010.
You want to install a test virtual machine that is hosted within a lab environment.
You need to ensure that the test virtual machine can support all the features of Lab Management 2012.
Which component should you install on the test virtual machine?

A. Agents for Visual Studio 2012
B. Visual Studio Build Agent 2012
C. Visual Studio Test Agent 2012
D. Visual Studio Lab Agent 2012

Answer: A


QUESTION 4
Your network environment includes a Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2012 server named TFS1. SharePoint and Reporting Services components are also installed and configured for TFS on the same server.
You need to be able to access the SharePoint Project Portal from the TFS server by using the following URL: https:: //tfs.fabrikam.com.
What should you do?

A. From the TFS Administration Console, edit the SharePoint Web Application URL.
B. From Visual Studio Team Explorer, edit the portal settings.
C. Run the TFSC0nfIg.exe SharePointportal command.
D. From the SharePoint Central Administration website, configure the Alternate Access Mappings.

Answer: D

 

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Exam 70-494 Recertification for MCSD: Web Applications

Published: August 1, 2014
Languages: English, Japanese
Audiences: Developers
Technology: ASP.NET MVC
Credit toward certification: MCP, MCSD

Skills measured
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Design the application architecture
Plan the application layers
Plan data access; plan for separation of concerns; appropriate use of models, views, and controllers; choose between client-side and server side processing; design for scalability
Design a distributed application
Design a hybrid application (on-premises versus off-premises, including Azure), plan for session management in a distributed environment, plan web farms
Design and implement the Azure role life cycle
Identify and implement Start, Run, and Stop events; identify startup tasks (IIS configuration [app pool], registry configuration, third-party tools)
Configure state management
Choose a state management mechanism (in-process and out of process state management), plan for scalability, use cookies or local storage to maintain state, apply configuration settings in web.config file, implement sessionless state (for example, QueryString)
Design a caching strategy
Implement page output caching (performance oriented), implement data caching, implement https: caching, implement Azure caching
Design and implement a WebSocket strategy
Read and write string and binary data asynchronously (long-running data transfers), choose a connection loss strategy, decide a strategy for when to use WebSockets, implement SignalR

Design and develop the user experience
Plan an adaptive UI layout
Plan for running applications in browsers on multiple devices (screen resolution, CSS, HTML), plan for mobile web applications
Design and implement MVC controllers and actions
Apply authorization attributes, global filters, and authentication filters; specify an override filter; implement action behaviors; implement action results; implement model binding

Troubleshoot and debug web applications
Test a web application
Create and run unit tests (for example, use the Assert class), create mocks; create and run web tests, including using Browser Link; debug a web application in multiple browsers and mobile emulators
Debug an Azure application
Collect diagnostic information by using Azure Diagnostics API and appropriately implement on demand versus scheduled; choose log types (for example, event logs, performance counters, and crash dumps); debug an Azure application by using IntelliTrace, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), and remote debugging; interact directly with remote Azure websites using Server Explorer

Design and implement security
Configure authentication
Authenticate users; enforce authentication settings; choose between Windows, Forms, and custom authentication; manage user session by using cookies; configure membership providers; create custom membership providers; configure ASP.NET Identity
Configure and apply authorization
Create roles, authorize roles by using configuration, authorize roles programmatically, create custom role providers, implement WCF service authorization
Design and implement claims-based authentication across federated identity stores
Implement federated authentication by using Azure Access Control Service; create a custom security token by using Windows Identity Foundation; handle token formats (for example, oAuth, OpenID, Microsoft Account, Google, Twitter, and Facebook) for SAML and SWT tokens

Accessing data
Choose data access technologies
Choose a technology (ADO.NET, Entity Framework, WCF Data Services, Azure storage) based on application requirements

Querying and manipulating data by using Entity Framework
Query and manipulate data by using the Entity Framework
Query, update, and delete data by using DbContext; build a query that uses deferred execution; implement lazy loading and eager loading; create and run compiled queries; query data by using Entity SQL; perform asynchronous operations using Entity Framework; map a stored procedure
Query and manipulate data by using Data Provider for Entity Framework
Query and manipulate data by using Connection, DataReader, and Command from the System.Data.EntityClient namespace; perform synchronous and asynchronous operations; manage transactions (API); programmatically configure a Data Provider
Query data by using LINQ to Entities
Query data by using LINQ operators (for example, project, skip, aggregate, filter, and join); log queries and database commands; implement query boundaries (IQueryable vs. IEnumerable); implement async query
Create an Entity Framework data model
Structure the data model using table per type, table per class, table per hierarchy; choose and implement an approach to manage a data model (code first vs. model first vs. database first); implement POCO objects; describe a data model by using conceptual schema definitions, storage schema definition, mapping language (CSDL, SSDL, MSL), and Custom Code First Conventions

Designing and implementing WCF Services
Configure WCF services by using configuration settings
Configure service behaviors; configure service endpoints; configure bindings including WebSocket bindings; specify a service contract; expose service metadata (XSDs, WSDL, and metadata exchange endpoint); configure message compression and encoding
Secure a WCF service
Implement message level security, implement transport level security; implement certificates; design and implement multiple authentication modes

Creating and consuming Web API-based services
Design a Web API
Define https: resources with https: actions; plan appropriate URI space, and map URI space using routing; choose appropriate https: method (get, put, post, delete) to meet requirements; choose appropriate format (Web API formats) for responses to meet requirements; plan when to make https: actions asynchronous; design and implement routes
Implement a Web API
Accept data in JSON format (in JavaScript, in an AJAX callback); use content negotiation to deliver different data formats to clients; define actions and parameters to handle data binding; use HttpMessageHandler to process client requests and server responses; implement dependency injection, along with the dependency resolver, to create more flexible applications; implement action filters and exception filters to manage controller execution; implement asynchronous and synchronous actions; implement streaming actions; implement SignalR; test Web API web services
Secure a Web API
Implement HTTPBasic authentication over SSL; implement Windows Auth; prevent cross-site request forgery (XSRF); design, implement, and extend authorization and authentication filters to control access to the application; implement Cross Origin Request Sharing (CORS); implement SSO by using OAuth 2.0; configure multiple authentication modes on a single endpoint
Host and manage Web API
Host Web API in an ASP.NET app; self-host a Web API in your own process (a Windows service) including Open Web Interface for .NET (OWIN); host services in an Azure worker role; restrict message size; configure the host server for streaming
Consume Web API web services
Consume Web API services by using HttpClient synchronously and asynchronously; send and receive requests in different formats (JSON/HTML/etc.); request batching

Deploying web applications and services
Choose a deployment strategy for an Azure web application
Perform an in-place upgrade and VIP swap; configure an upgrade domain; create and configure input and internal endpoints; specify operating system configuration; deploy applications using Azure Web Site
Configure a web application for deployment
Switch from production/release mode to debug mode; use SetParameters to set up an IIS app pool; set permissions and passwords; enable and monitor ASP.NET App Suspend; configure WCF endpoints (including HTTPS protocol mapping), bindings, and behaviors; transform web.config by using XSLT (for example, across development, test, and production/release environments); configure Azure configuration settings
Create, configure, and publish a web package
Create an IIS InstallPackage; configure the build process to output a web package; apply pre- and post- condition actions to ensure that transformations are correctly applied; include appropriate assets (web content, certificates)
Share assemblies between multiple applications and servers
Prepare the environment for use of assemblies across multiple servers (interning); sign assemblies by using a strong name; deploy assemblies to the global assembly cache; implement assembly versioning; create an assembly manifest; configure assembly binding redirects (for example, from MVC4 to MVC5)

QUESTION 1
You need to choose the appropriate data access strategy for the college textbook area of the web application.
Which data access technology should you implement?

A. WCF Data Services
B. ADO.NET
C. Entity Data Model (EDM)
D. LINQ to SQL

Answer: D


QUESTION 2
You need to choose the appropriate data access technology for the children’s book area of the web application.
Which data access technology should you choose?

A. ADO.NET Entity Framework
B. Web Service
C. LINQ to SQL
D. WCF Data Services

Answer: A


QUESTION 3
You are developing an ASP.NET MVC application that is secured using SSL. You are ready to deploy the application to production.
The deployment package must include the installation of the SSL certificate.
You need to configure the deployment package to meet the requirement.
What should you do?

A. In the Package/Publish settings of the project, select the All Files in this project folder option.
B. In the Build Events settings of the project, configure a pre-build event to include the SSL certificate.
C. Create a web publish pipeline target file with a custom web deploy target.
D. In the Signing dialog box, choose Sign the assembly and select the appropriate entry from the Choose a strong name key file list.

Answer: C


QUESTION 4
You need to choose the appropriate data access technology for the cookbook area of the web application. Which data access technology should you choose?

A. Entity Framework
B. ADO.NET
C. LINQ to SQL
D. WCF Data Services

Answer: D

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Exam 70-492 Upgrade your MCPD: Web Developer 4 to MCSD: Web Applications

Published: May 13, 2013
Languages: English
Audiences: Developers
Technology: Visual Studio 2012
Credit toward certification: MCP, MCSD

Skills measured

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Design the application architecture
Design and implement the Microsoft Azure role life cycle
Identify and implement Start, Run, and Stop events; identify startup tasks (Internet Information Services [IIS] configuration [app pool], registry configuration, third-party tools)

Preparation resources
Developing and deploying Windows Azure cloud services using Visual Studio
Getting started with the Azure tools for Visual Studio
Best practices for startup tasks

Design the user experience (UX)
Design and implement user interface (UI) behavior
Implement client validation, use JavaScript and the document object model (DOM) to control application behavior, extend objects by using prototypal inheritance, use AJAX to make partial page updates, implement the UI by using jQuery

Preparation resources
Walkthrough: Validating user input in a Web Forms page
jQuery code snippets

Develop the user experience
Plan and implement globalization and localization
Plan a localization strategy; create and apply resources to UI, including JavaScript resources; set cultures; create satellite resource assemblies
Design and implement model–view–controller (MVC) controllers and actions
Apply authorization attributes and global filters, implement action behaviors, implement action results, implement model binding
Control application behavior by using MVC extensibility points
Implement MVC filters and controller factories; control application behavior by using action results, viewengines, model binders, and route handlers
Reduce network bandwidth
Bundle and minify scripts (CSS and JavaScript); compress and decompress data (using gzip/deflate; storage); plan a content delivery network (CDN) strategy, such as Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN)

Preparation resources
Globalizing and localizing .NET Framework applications
The life and times of an ASP.NET MVC controller
Content Delivery Network

Troubleshoot and debug web applications
Debug an Azure application
Collect diagnostic information by using Azure Diagnostics API Implement on demand versus scheduled, choose log types (for example, event logs, performance counters, and crash dumps), debug an Azure application by using IntelliTrace and Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)

Preparation resources
How to: Debug web applications
Debugging web applications: Errors and troubleshooting
How to: Collect IntelliTrace data to help debug difficult issues

Design and implement security
Design and implement claims-based authentication across federated identity stores
Implement federated authentication by using Azure Access Control Service, create a custom security token by using Windows Identity Foundation, handle token formats (for example, oAuth, OpenID, LiveID, and Facebook) for Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) and (Simple Web Token) SWT tokens

Preparation resources
A guide to claims-based identity and access control (second edition)
Federated identity with Windows Azure Access Control Service
Token handlers

Access data
Implement data storage in Azure
Access data storage in Azure, choose data storage mechanism in Azure (blobs, tables, queues, SQL Database), distribute data by using the CDN, handle exceptions by using retries (SQL Database), manage Azure caching
Create and configure a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service on Azure
Address resources, implement filtering, create a query expression, access payload formats (including JSON), use data service interceptors and service operators

Preparation resources
Windows Azure Table Storage and Windows Azure SQL Database – compared and contrasted
How to use blob storage from .NET
Host and use WCF Services in Windows Azure (CSAzureWCFServices)

Design and implement WCF Services
Implement messaging patterns
Implement one way, request/reply, streaming, and duplex communication; implement Azure Service Bus and Azure Queues
Host and manage services
Manage services concurrency (single, multiple, reentrant), create service hosts, choose a hosting mechanism, choose an instancing mode (per call, per session, singleton), activate and manage a service by using AppFabric, implement transactional services, host services in an Azure worker role

Preparation resources
Message patterns in WCF Services
Service Bus
Hosting services

Deploy web applications and services
Design a Web API
Define https: resources with https: actions; plan appropriate URI space, and map URI space using routing; choose appropriate https: method (get, put, post, delete) to meet requirements; choose appropriate format (Web API formats) for responses to meet requirements; plan when to make https: actions asynchronous
Implement a Web API
Accept data in JSON format (in JavaScript, in an AJAX callback); use content negotiation to deliver different data formats to clients; define actions and parameters to handle data binding; use HttpMessageHandler to process client requests and server responses; implement dependency injection, along with the dependency resolver, to create more flexible applications; implement action filters and exception filters to manage controller execution; implement asynchronous and synchronous actions; implement streaming actions
Secure a Web API
Implement https: Basic Authentication over SSL, implement Windows Auth, enable cross-domain requests, prevent cross-site request forgery (XSRF), implement and extend authorization filters to control access to the application
Host and manage Web API
Host Web API in an ASP.NET app, self-host a Web API in your own process (a Windows service), host services in an Azure worker role, restrict message size, configure the host server for streaming
Consume Web API web services
Consume Web API services by using HttpClient synchronously and asynchronously, send and receive requests in different formats (JSON, HTML, and others)

Preparation resources
ASP.NET Web API
Enabling and customizing ASP.NET Web API services security
ASP.NET Web API self-host

Deploy web applications and services
Manage packages by using NuGet
Create and configure a NuGet package; install and update an existing NuGet package; connect to a local repository cache for NuGet, set up your own package repository
Share assemblies between multiple applications and servers
Prepare the environment for use of assemblies across multiple servers (interning), sign assemblies by using a strong name, deploy assemblies to the global assembly cache, implement assembly versioning, create an assembly manifest, configure assembly binding redirects (for example, from MVC2 to MVC3 or MVC4)

Preparation resources

Manage project libraries with NuGet
NuGet Package Manager
How to: Share an assembly with other applications (C# and Visual Basic)


QUESTION 1
You are developing an ASP.NET MVC application.
The application must allow users to enter JavaScript in a feedback text box only.
You need to disable request validation.
What should you do?

A. Apply and set the CausesClientSideValidation attribute on the text box to FALSE.
B. Apply and set the ValidateInput attribute on the text box to FALSE.
C. Use the HttpRequest.Unvalidated property to read the unvalidated form value.
D. Use the HttpRequest.Form property to read the unvalidated form value.

Answer: C


QUESTION 2
You are developing an ASP.NET MVC application. The application is deployed in a web farm and is accessed by many users.
The application must handle web server failures gracefully. The servers in the farm must share the state information.
You need to persist the application state during the session.
What should you implement?

A. A state server
B. Cookieless sessions
C. A web garden on the web servers
D. An InProc session

Answer: A


QUESTION 3
You are developing an ASP.NET MVC application by using Visual Studio 2012. The application throws and handles exceptions when it runs.
You need to examine the state of the application when exceptions are thrown. What should you do?

A. From the DEBUG menu in Visual Studio 2012, select Exceptions. Enable the Thrown check box for Common Language Runtime Exceptions.
B. From the DEBUG menu in Visual Studio 2012, select Exceptions. Disable the User-unhandled check box for Common Language Runtime Exceptions.
C. Add the following code to the Web.config file of the application.
<customErrors mode=”On”>
<error statusCode=”500″ redirect=”CustomErrors.html” /> </customErrors>
D. Add the following code to the Web.config file of the application. <customErrors mode=”On” >
<error statusCode=”404″ redirect=”CustomErrors.html”/> </customErrors>

Answer: A


QUESTION 4
You are designing a distributed application that runs on the Windows Azure platform.
The application must store a small amount of insecure global information that does not change frequently.
You need to configure the application to meet the requirements.
Which server-side state management option should you use? (Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.)

A. Windows Azure application state
B. Sql Azure
C. Profile properties of the Windows Azure application
D. Windows Azure session state

Answer: B,D

Explanation: SQL Database provides a relational database management system for
Windows Azure and is based on SQL Server technology. With a SQL Database instance, you can easily provision and deploy relational database solutions to the cloud, and take advantage of a distributed data center that provides enterprise-class availability, scalability, and security with the benefits of built-in data protection and self-healing.
Session States in Windows Azure.
If you are a Web developer, you are probably very familiar with managing user state – that is you are familiar with tracking user activity and actions across several request-response exchanges that occur in Web applications. Since https: is a stateless protocol, developers over the years have developed all sorts of means to manage state. You’ll even find an MSDN page providing alternatives and recommendations for state management here. Cookies, hidden fields, and query strings are some client-side options to tracking user state. When it comes to managing that state on the server-side, most Web developers rely on session objects.


QUESTION 5
You are designing a distributed application.
The application must store a small amount of insecure global information that does not
change frequently.
You need to configure the application to meet the requirements.
Which server-side state management option should you use? (Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.)

A. Application state
B. Session state
C. Database support
D. Profile properties

Answer: A,C

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Exam 70-491 Recertification for MCSD: Windows Store Apps using C#

Published: August 1, 2014
Languages: English, Japanese
Audiences: Developers
Technology: Visual Studio
Credit toward certification: MCP, MCSD

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Design Windows Store apps
Design the UI layout and structure
Evaluate the conceptual design; decide how the UI will be composed; design for the inheritance and re-use of visual elements (e.g., styles, resources); design for accessibility; decide when custom controls are needed; use the Hub App template

Develop Windows Store apps
Implement search
Provide search suggestions using the SearchPane and SearchBox control class; search and launch other apps; provide and constrain search within an app, including inside and outside of search charm; provide search result previews; implement activation from within search; configure search contracts
Implement Share in an app
Use the DataTransferManager class to share data with other apps; accept sharing requests by implementing activation from within Share; limit the scope of sharing using the DataPackage object; implement in-app Share outside of Share charm; use web links and application links
Manage app settings and preferences
Choose which app features are accessed in AppSettings; add entry points for AppSettings in the Settings window; create settings flyouts; store and retrieve settings from the roaming app data store
Integrate media features
Support DDS images; implement video playback; implement XVP and DXVA; implement Text to Speech (TTS)

Create the user interface
Create layout-aware apps to handle windowing modes
Use CSS3 media queries to adapt to different devices; respond to changes in orientation; adapt to new windowing modes by using the ViewManagement namespace; manage setting for an apps view
Design and implement the app/nav bar
Determine what to put on the app/nav bar based on app requirements; style and position app/nav bar items; design the placement of controls on the app/nav bar; handle app/nav bar events; design the placement of controls on the app/nav bar
Design and implement data presentation
Choose and implement data controls and properties to meet app requirements (e.g., ListView, GridView, FlipView, DatePicker, TimePicker, Hyperlink, PlaceholderText, menu flyouts, and CommandBar); create data templates to meet app requirements

Program user interaction
Notify users by using toast
Enable an app for toast notifications; populate toast notifications with images and text by using the ToastUpdateManager; play sounds with toast notifications; respond to toast events; control toast duration; configure and use Azure Mobile Services for push notifications

Manage security and data
Choose an appropriate data access strategy
Choose the appropriate data access strategy (file based; web service; remote storage, including Microsoft Azure storage and Azure Mobile Services) based on requirements
Manage Windows Authentication and Authorization
Retrieve a user’s roles or claims; store and retrieve credentials by using the PasswordVault class; implement the CredentialPicker class; verify credential existence by using credential locker; store account credentials in app settings
Manage Web Authentication
Use the Windows.Security.Authentication.Web namespace; set up OAuth2 for authentication; CredentialPicker; set up single sign-on (SSO); implement credential roaming; implement the WebAuthenticationBroker class; support proxy authentication for enterprises

Discover and interact with devices
Capture media with the camera and microphone
Use CameraCaptureUI to take pictures or video, and configure camera settings; use MediaCapture to capture pictures, video, and audio; configure camera settings; set media formats; handle media capture events; implement advanced photo capabilities, such as sequence mode, thumbnails, and focus mode
Get data from sensors
Determine the availability of a sensor (Windows.devices.sensors); add sensor requests to the app manifest; handle sensor events; get sensor properties; determine location via GPS; enable geofencing
Implement device access
USB; Bluetooth; Human Interface Device (HID); 3D printer support; Point of Service (PoS) devices

Program user interaction
Implement Play To by using contracts and charms
Register an app for Play To; use PlayToManager stream media assets; register an app as a PlayToReceiver; programmatically implement PlayTo functionality
Notify users by using Windows Push Notification Service (WNS)
Authenticate with WNS; request, create, and save a notification channel; call and poll the WNS; configure and implement push notifications by using Azure Mobile Services

Enhance the user interface
Create custom controls
Choose the appropriate base control to create a custom control template; style a control through control templates; design the control template to respond to changes in windowing modes

Manage data and security
Design and implement data caching
Choose which types of items (user data, settings, application data) in your app should be persisted to the cache based on requirements; choose when items are cached; choose where items are cached (Microsoft Azure, Azure Mobile Services, remote storage); select a caching mechanism; store data by using indexDB, LocalStorage, and SessionStorage
Save and retrieve files
Handle file streams; save and retrieve files by using the StorageFile and StorageFolder classes; set file extensions and associations; save and retrieve files by using file pickers and the folder picker; compress files to save space; access libraries and KnownFolders, for example, pictures, documents, and videos; manage appearance of the file picker; improve searchability by using Windows Index; integrate OneDrive with apps; compare files; manage libraries
Secure application data
Encrypt data by using the Windows.Security.Cryptography namespace; enroll and request certificates; encrypt data by using certificates; revoke file permissions

Prepare for a solution deployment
Design and implement a test strategy
Recommend a functional test plan; implement a coded UI test; recommend a reliability test plan (performance testing, stress testing, scalability testing, duration testing); implement unit testing in an app; simulate in-app purchases
Evaluate and configure for Windows store deployment
Configure app options to submit to store, such as age restrictions, privacy statement, permissions, images, and contact information; create application files, resource files, and application bundles; verify application readiness by using the Windows Application Certification Kit (WACK)

QUESTION 1
Users report performance issues when getting the location information associated with a photo. You suspect the app is encountering performance issues in the GetLocationAsync() method of the Environment class.
You need to enhance the performance of the GetLocationAsync() method of the app.
What should you do?

A. Remove the Compass initialization from the LoadSensors() method and initialize it within the GetLocationAsync() method.
B. set the ReportInterval property of the Compass object to 16.
C. set the ReportInterval property of the Compass object to 0.
D. Move the locator variable to a class level variable and initialize it in the Environment
constructor.

Answer: D


QUESTION 2
You place a breakpoint at line MP31 in the app.
When you debug the app, the debugger continuously catches a System.UnauthorizedAccess exception.
You need to resolve the exception.
What should you do?

A. Wrap lines CE43 through CE46 in a try-catch statement.
B. At line MP10, change the code segment to the following line of code. read if(cameraUI != null)
C. Move line CE09 to CE16.
D. At line PA25, insert the following line of code.
<Capability Name=”picturesLibrary”/>

Answer: D


QUESTION 2
You need to configure the Picture Sharer app to support only the required device orientations.
What should you do?

A. In the App.xaml file, configure the Portrait and Portrait-flipped orientations.
B. In the Package.appxmanifest file, configure the Snapped and Filled orientations.
C. In the PictureSharerMainPage.xaml file, configure the Landscape and Landscape-flipped orientations.
D. In the App.xaml file, configure the Portrait and Landscape orientations.
E. In the App.manifest file, configure the Portrait and Portrait-flipped orientations.
F. In the Package.appxmanifest file, configure the Landscape and Landscape-flipped
orientations.

Answer: F


QUESTION 4
You need to localize the Picture Sharer app in the required language.
Which actions should you perform? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose all that apply.)

A. Add a Uid attribute to any XAML elements that must be localized.
B. Create a folder named fr-CA at the root of the project.
C. Create a resource file named resources.res.
D. Create a resource file named resources.resw.
E. Create a folder named es-ES at the root of the project.
F. Add a Name attribute to any XAML elements that must be localized.

Answer: A,B,D

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