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Passed Exam 70-551
UPGRADE: MCAD Skills to MCPD Web Developer by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework


Yesterday I passed 70-551 exam scoring 760. I was preparing for this paper from last 2 months spending couple of late night hours.

This paper is combination of

MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-528): Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Web-Based Client Development

MCPD Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-547): Designing and Developing Web-Based Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework

MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-536): Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0—Application Development Foundation

Exam is divided into 3 section and totally contains 88 questions and need to score 700 to pass failing in one section will result in failing all sections.

Exam Number	Questions
70-527 (Section 1)	30
70-528 (Section 2)	28
70-547 (Section 3)	30

This is one of the tough paper to pass and the passing rate is very low more information you can visit

Microsoft Blog


I prepared using microsoft press books on 70-527, 70-528 and 70-547

Feeling Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now i am a MCPD :)