Evan;
The only suggestions I can give, as one who has now taken both of the Beta exams, is that when taking the Distributed exam, be sure you know about all there is to know about COM objects, registration, and manipulations, as well as being very familiar with all the nuances of SQL and querys. It seem that this exam places a heavy emphasis on these two items.
As for the desktop applications exam, it seemed pretty well straight forward to me, and has very little SQL or COM stuff (we went to ColdFusion, so I had a hard time with COM)
And by the way, Good luck!
>>Is there any additional ADVICE anyone who has taken the tests can give me?
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>Join in the live chats on Sunday, Tuesday and Friday. These can help to bounce ideas around about subjects you are weak on.
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>Also see
http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?wiki~TestTakingTips
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