[OFF-TOPIC] Just passed Microsoft Software development fundamentals exam (ref # 98-361).

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Exam included 35 questions and lasted 45 minutes. Got 790 with 700 passing rate.
Used official textbook (it covered only about 70% of what actually appeared on exam!). Also used free mva.microsoft.com course and techvese.com questions.
Glad to add this pass to my CV.

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congratulations sir Volodya

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Brilliant, Congrats !!!!😀😋
Party Time, I guess!!

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Wow Congrats Volodya.

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@YomnaAnwarAhmed:
1) first, I studied the course "Software development fundamentals" on Microsoft Virtual Academy (mva.microsoft.com). It took couple days (4 hours of video, 7 assessments).
Plus, I went half through "C# Fundamentals for Absolute beginners" by Bob Tabor. Also on mva.microsoft.com. All courses there are free and very useful!
2) I started to read Microsoft textbook for this exam and realised that sitting the exam would add motivation to the study. So I enrolled to the exam 98-361 and read the textbook in another 7-8 days remaining before the exam. I didn't get everything in the book. Not all the book is testable. There are also topics that are tested but missing in the book. But generally this is a good reference.
3) I also sat several mock tests on techveze.com. With very diverse outcome, from 80 to 45% result.
4) I read on wikipedia about data structures and some other topics I found personally challenging.
That's probably all.

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a very big congratulations to you. sir what are the questions that was asked to you?? please share with us also

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@Rashmi thank you 😀✌

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@MeharbanSingh thanks. I am not particularly happy about my peeformance, particularly in C# OOP and web applications.

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congratulations ! if you don't mind could you tell more about the Exam Preparation time and resources?

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is this exam a multiple choice questions format ?

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Congrats Volodya, and thanks for share your preparation and resources.

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@LovelySingh I cannot share specific questions (it is forbidden by the exam rules), moreover, I do not remember specific questions.
Exam generally followed its syllabus as described here:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/exam-98-361.aspx
There were also couple questions outside of this syllabus. So general reading on the topic of software development is desirable. It's a good thing to be prepared to something unexpected (as it often happens).

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@Gaurav thanks! 😀✌

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@Rashmi yes, all questions are "closed", MCQ, drop-down or the like.

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@kevin you are welcome. And two weeks ago I passed Microsoft Python exam 98-381, which was tougher.

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@ThaiVo I didn't have the answers, just tried the questions as best as I can to have some feeling of exam style questions.

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Congratulation!! I am studying for the exam too but where did you find the answers to the assessment in the Wiley book for Microsoft software development?

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I recently used https://loorex.com test engine and must confess it is very comfortable to use. Here you can download exams from http://onlinetestcentre.com/98-361.html and train yourself.

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Check this Link to view all the reviewers I've used to pass the MTA 98-361 Software Development Fundamentals. :)