>I'm preparing for the VFP 70-156 exam and one of the questions in the test preparation guide leaves me a little dumbfounded:
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>Developing the Conceptual and Logical Design
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>Given a conceptual design, apply the principles of modular design to derive the components and services of the logical design.
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>Where might I find this information? I've already checked out the Fox WIKI site for study group session summaries and Case Study Conceptual Design as well as on-line documentation from MS. I've found materials that reference these two designs but no clear, concise explanations/comparisons.

Hi Jeff. I posted this question myself a few days back. From what I can figure.

Conceptual Design:
- overview of functionality of the system
- a few paragraphs or pages
- use case diagrams are also used
- meant to be an overview and very general and stable

Logical Design
- create entitiy definitions (these will become classes in the physical design)
- group into layers (user interface, biz, data, and others)
- do relational design and normalization
- not until the physical design are specific hardware or software mentioned

I have acquired this from:
- study group dicussions
- a VB Exam Cram book
- the http://fox.wikis.com

Not sure if I am adding anything to your understanding of this. I am also still searching for a more concrete direction on this.