July 23, 2013 at 4:44 pm
I passed the 70-433 (MCTS DB Dev) exam a couple years ago and now would like to take Part 1 of the 2012 upgrade exam. I am concerned by the fact that MS has now combined the DBA and Dev exams into one, especially because my work experience circles solely around development. I don't believe I will have any issues with the Dev portion, but don't know how difficult the DBA portion will be. Keep in mind that I attempted the 70-451 exam (MCITP) about 6 months ago and didn't do well, not realizing that the scope of the questions were for someone who also had experience managing databases on an enterprise-level. Has anyone had experience with the 70-457 that can tell me if the DBA questions are as difficult as those presented in the 70-451 exam? I have been using the 70-462 MS training kit to help prepare me for the DBA portion. My general question is: Can anyone express their opinion with regard to how difficult the DBA portion of 70-457 will be to someone with only development experience that did poorly on the 70-451 (MCITP) exam, but did well on the 70-433 (MCTS) exam?
Thanks!
July 23, 2013 at 7:49 pm
From memory it was about a 50\50 split, potentially a little more on the development than the administration. I had the opposite issue to you, coming from a DBA background and not being strong on development. I did find that the content was pretty faithful to the exam description on their website:
July 23, 2013 at 8:53 pm
Did you find that the DBA questions were fairly involved or suitable for someone with limited DBA experience? I am going by what is included per the MS site, but am not sure how much detail to go into.
July 23, 2013 at 9:18 pm
It depends on how you define 'limited experience'. I have 5 years administration experience and there were questions I wouldn't have got without studying quite hard. But then there were plenty that I would expect anyone who has worked with SQL Server at all to be very comfortable with. It's certainly not a pushover exam.
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