In my dream last night I passed with a score of 956. In reality 906.
I did not do any special preparation except a few hours yesterday with the MERGE statement and the FOR XML clause since I am not very experienced with them.
Due exam secrecy restrictions I cannot share details at all.
Even as a trainer, I found the exam quite challenging. There were 44 questions and 2 hours exam time. In the past I had exams with over 50 questions.
My favorite Microsoft fictional exam company was mentioned in some questions, Contoso:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_Microsoft_companies
Here is my advice for successful passing:
1. Study a few exam & sql server 2012 programming books
2. Practice all book queries/scripts in Management Studio for hands-on experience
Kalman Toth Database & OLAP Architect
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