Preparation Guide for Exam 70-551

Value types

Reference types

Attributes

Generic types

Exception classes

Boxing and UnBoxing

TypeForwardedToAttributes class

Collection.Generic interfaces

Generic Dictionary

Generic Comparer class and Generic EqualityComparer class

Generic KeyValuePair structure

Generic List class, Generic List.Enumerator structure, and Generic SortedList class

Generic Queue class and Generic Queue.Enumerator structure

Generic SortedDictionary class

Generic LinkedList

Generic Stack class and Generic Stack.Enumerator structure

Configuration class and ConfigurationManager class

ConfigurationSettings class, ConfigurationElement class, ConfigurationElementCollection class, and ConfigurationElementProperty class

Implement IConfigurationSectionHandler interface

ConfigurationSection class, ConfigurationSectionCollection class, ConfigurationSectionGroup class, and ConfigurationSectionGroupCollection class

Implement ISettingsProviderService interface

Implement IApplicationSettingsProvider interface

ConfigurationValidationBase class

Implement IConfigurationSystem interface

Serialization interfaces

Serialization attributes

SerializationEntry structure and SerializationInfo class

ObjectManager class

Formatter class, FormatterConverter class, and FormatterServices class

StreamingContext structure

File class and FileInfo class

Directory class and DirectoryInfo class

DriveInfo class and DriveType enumeration

FileSystemInfo class and FileSystemWatcher class

Path class

ErrorEventArgs class and ErrorEventHandler delegate

RenamedEventArgs class and RenamedEventHandler delegate

DirectorySecurity class, FileSecurity class, FileSystemSecurity class, and RegistrySecurity class

AccessRule class

AuthorizationRule class and AuthorizationRuleCollection class

CommonAce class, CommonAcl class, CompoundAce class, GeneralAce class, and GeneralAcl class

AuditRule class

MutexSecurity class, ObjectSecurity class, and SemaphoreSecurity class

DES class and DESCryptoServiceProvider class

HashAlgorithm class

DSA class and DSACryptoServiceProvider class

SHA1 class and SHA1CryptoServiceProvider class

TripleDES and TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider class

MD5 class and MD5CryptoServiceProvider class

RSA class and RSACryptoServiceProvider class

RandomNumberGenerator class

CryptoStream class

CryptoConfig class

RC2 class and RC2CryptoServiceProvider class

AssymetricAlgorithm class

ProtectedData class and ProtectedMemory class

RijndaelManaged class and RijndaelManagedTransform class

CspParameters class

CryptoAPITransform class

Hash-based Message Authentication Code (HMAC)

ApplicationSecurityInfo class and ApplicationSecurityManager class

ApplicationTrust class and ApplicationTrustCollection class

Evidence class and PermissionRequestEvidence class

CodeGroup class, FileCodeGroup class, FirstMatchCodeGroup class, NetCodeGroup class, and UnionCodeGroup class

Condition classes

PolicyLevel class and PolicyStatement class

IApplicationTrustManager interface, IMembershipCondition interface, and IIdentityPermissionFactory interface

MailMessage class

MailAddress class and MailAddressCollection class

SmtpClient class, SmtpPermission class, and SmtpPermissionAttribute class

Attachment class, AttachmentBase class, and AttachmentCollection class

SmtpException class, SmtpFailedReceipientException class, and SmtpFailedReceipientsException class

SendCompletedEventHandler delegate

LinkedResource class and LinkedResourceCollection class

AlternateView class and AlternateViewCollection class

Enhance the user interface of a .NET Framework application by using brushes, pens, colors, and fonts.

Enhance the user interface of a .NET Framework application by using graphics, images, bitmaps, and icons.

Enhance the user interface of a .NET Framework application by using shapes and sizes.

Add Web server controls to a Web Form.

Configure the properties of Web server controls programmatically.

Configure Web server control properties by using the Microsoft Visual Studio Property Editor.

Specify whether events of a control cause a Web Form to post to the server.

Configure a control to receive postback events.

Access controls in Web Forms pages when working with naming containers and child controls.

Create HTML server controls in the designer.

Set HTML server control properties programmatically.

Use HTML server controls to programmatically access HTML tags.

Create HTML controls as elements in an HTML document.

Use the AdRotator Web server control to manage banners and pop-up windows.

Use the Button Web server control to send a command to the server when a button is clicked.

Display a calendar on a Web page by using the Calendar Web server control.

Implement the CheckBox Web server control.

Implement the FileUpload Web server control.

Create and manipulate links on a Web Form by using the HyperLink Web server control.

Display an image on a Web Form by using the Image Web server control.

Implement a button on a Web Form by using the ImageButton Web server control.

Define hotspot regions within an image by using the ImageMap Web server control.

Use the Label Web server control to display customized text on a Web page.

Display a hyperlink style button on a Web Form by using the LinkButton Web server control.

Display lists of information by using controls that derive from the ListControl class.

Create a Web Form with static text by using the Literal Web server control.

Implement pagination for controls on a page by using the Pager Web server control.

Use the Panel Web server control to arrange controls in groups on a page.

Create a container for a group of View controls by using the MultiView Web server control.

Use the View Web server control to create a Web application.

Create a mutually exclusive set of choices by using the RadioButton Web server control.

Construct a table by using the Table, TableRow, and TableCell Web server controls.

Enable users to type information into a Web Form by using the TextBox Web server control.

Create a wizard by using the Wizard Web server control to collect data through multiple steps of a process.

Use the XML Web server control to create XML data at the location of the control.

Customize the appearance of Web server controls by using Web control templates.

Programmatically edit settings in a Web site's configuration file.

Dynamically add Web server controls to a Web Forms page.

Redirect users to another Web page by using a server-side method.

Detect browser types in Web Forms.

Ascertain the cause of an unhandled exception at the page level.

Programmatically access the header of a Web page.

Implement cross-page postbacks.

Assign focus to a control on a page when the page is displayed.

Avoid performing unnecessary processing on a round trip by using a page's IsPostBack property.

Access encapsulated page and application context.

Avoid unnecessary client-side redirection by using the HttpServerUtility.Transfer method.

Avoid round trips by using client-side scripts.

Use a page's Async attribute to create a page that has built-in asynchronous capabilities.

Convert HTML server controls to HTML elements.

Use tabular data source controls to return tabular data.

Use hierarchical data source controls to display hierarchical data.

Display data by using simple data-bound controls.

Display data by using composite data-bound controls.

Display data by using hierarchical data-bound controls.

Use the FormView control to display the values of a single table record from a data source.

Retrieve data by using a DataReader object.

Build SQL commands visually in Server Explorer.

Build SQL commands in code.

Create parameters for a command object.

Perform database operations by using a command object.

Retrieve data from a database by using a command object.

Perform asynchronous operations by using a command object.

Perform bulk copy operations to copy data to a SQL Server computer.

Store and retrieve binary large object (BLOB) data types in a database.

Create a user control.

Convert a Web Forms page to a user control.

Include a user control in a Web Forms page.

Manipulate user control properties.

Handle user control events within the user control code-declaration block or code-behind file.

Create instances of user controls programmatically.

Develop user controls in a code-behind file.

Create a templated user control.

Customize event-level analysis by using the ASP.NET health-monitoring API.

Use performance counters to track the execution of an application.

Troubleshoot a Web application by using ASP.NET tracing.

Optimize performance by using the ASP.NET Cache object.

Create a master page.

Add a ContentPlaceHolder control to a master page.

Specify default content for a ContentPlaceHolder.

Reference external resources in a master page.

Define the content of a particular page in a content page.

Create a content page.

Add content to a content page.

Reference a master page member from a content page.

Handle events when using master pages.

Create a nested master page.

Change master pages dynamically.

Track and coordinate all Web Parts controls on a page by adding a WebPartManager control.

Connect Web Parts to each other by using connection objects.

Divide a page that uses Web Parts into zones by using WebPartZones.

Present a list of available Web Parts controls to users by using CatalogPart controls.

Enable users to edit and personalize Web Parts controls on a page by using EditorPart controls.

Configure forms authentication for a Web application by using a configuration file.

Enable cookieless forms authentication by setting the cookieless attribute.

Use membership APIs and the Membership class to manage users.

Enable anonymous identification.

Use the Login Web server control.

Use the LoginView Web server control to view a user's login status.

Use the PasswordRecovery Web server control to allow a user to recover a password.

Use the LoginStatus Web server control to display either a login or logout link.

Use the LoginName Web server control to display a user's login name on a Web page.

Use the CreateUserWizard Web server control as a UI for creating new Web application user accounts.

Use the ChangePassword Web server control to allow users to change their passwords.

Specify the membership provider used for logging on.

Configure a mail server so that login controls can be used to send e-mail messages to users.

Evaluate the proof of concept.

Recommend the best technologies for the features and goals of the application.

Weigh implementation considerations.

Investigate existing solutions for similar business problems.

Recommend a database schema.

Identify the stored procedures that are required for an application.

Evaluate the physical design for performance.

Evaluate the physical design for maintainability.

Evaluate how the physical location of files affects the extensibility of the application.

Evaluate the physical design for scalability.

Evaluate the physical design for availability.

Evaluate the physical design for security.