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Microsoft 70-498 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Delivering Continuous Value with Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management |
| Exam Number: | 70-498 |
| Exam Duration: | 120-150 |
| Exam Format: | Multiple choice, Scenario-based questions, Case studies |
| Real Exam Qty: | 40-60 |
| Exam Price: | $165 USD (may vary by region) |
| Certificate Validity Period: | Retired |
| Passing Score: | 700/1000 |
| Related Certifications: | 70-496 70-497 MCSE: Application Lifecycle Management |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Sample Questions: |  |
| Exam Way: | Computer-based exam at testing centers or online proctored (historically via Pearson VUE) |
| Pre Condition: | Recommended experience with Visual Studio ALM / TFS and software development lifecycle processes |
Microsoft 70-498 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Objectives |
|---|---|
| Topic 1: Agile Planning and Portfolio Management | - Work item tracking and backlog management in Visual Studio/TFS - Agile methodology implementation and project planning |
| Topic 2: Testing and Quality Assurance | - Automated testing and load testing strategies - Test case management and execution |
| Topic 3: Development and Continuous Integration | - Source control management (TFVC/Git in TFS/Azure DevOps) - Build automation and continuous integration pipelines |
| Topic 4: Release Management and Deployment | - Environment management and release approvals - Release pipelines and deployment automation |
| Topic 5: Application Lifecycle Management Governance | - Traceability and reporting across the lifecycle - Collaboration and team management using Visual Studio ALM tools |
FAQ: Preparing for Microsoft Delivering Continuous Value with Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management the Smart Way
Microsoft Delivering Continuous Value with Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management is an official exam run by Microsoft under exam code 70-498. Passing it awards the MCSE: Application Lifecycle Management certification, which sits at the Professional tier. It also counts toward related credentials such as 70-496, 70-497, MCSE: Application Lifecycle Management. Certified professionals remain in shorter supply than the market wants, which is precisely why this exam keeps showing up in conversations about better roles and better pay.
The Microsoft Delivering Continuous Value with Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management exam gives you 120-150 to work through 40-60 questions. That is a tight ratio, and it punishes candidates who get emotionally attached to any single item. The fix is mechanical: answer what you know, flag what you do not, and keep moving. A few full-length timed runs in the Real4Prep test engine, with its randomized question order, will calibrate your pace far better than untimed reading ever could.
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Microsoft Delivering Continuous Value with Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management breaks down into 5 official domains, led by Release Management and Deployment, Testing and Quality Assurance, and Development and Continuous Integration. You will find the full topic-by-topic outline above on this page; use the weightings to budget your study hours where they pay back the most.
Microsoft Delivering Continuous Value with Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management Sample Questions:
You are developing an application that has several automated builds that build, perform code analysis, and unit test portions of your code. Your team also performs peer review for code changes in an informal manner.
You need to meet the following requirements:
- Provide documentation on quality checks and reviews for any changes to the code
base.
- Ensure code quality.
- Maintain your team's efficiency.
What should you do?
- A. Utilize the Code Review work items and workflow before check-ins.
- B. Perform a weekly code review on subset of recent check-ins.
- C. Institute gated check-ins to the build process.
- D. Deny developers check-in permissions. Allow them to shelve changes and have a senior team member check in the shelve-set after review.
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
You are utilizing the Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 2.0 process template.
You lead a development team that includes business analysts, developers, and testers.
You need to capture requirements and acceptance criteria. You also need to ensure that requirements and criteria can be versioned and tracked against individual test cases.
What should you do?
- A. Create a document that details the requirements and acceptance tests. Store the document in the SharePoint site associated with the team project.
- B. Create a spreadsheet that details the requirements and acceptance tests. Store the spreadsheet in TFS source control.
- C. Create a document that details the requirements and acceptance tests. Store the document in TFS source control.
- D. Add product backlog item (PBI) work items.
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
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Your development team is using the Microsoft Solution Framework (MSF) for Capability Maturity Model Integration (CM MI) Process Improvement 6.0 process template.
You identify the high business value requirements of a project.
You need to prioritize the requirements and ensure that the updates are reflected on the TFS reports.
Which two actions should you perform? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose two.)
- A. Use Microsoft Project.
- B. Use the Product Backlog feature.
- C. Set the Priority to 1 for each of the high-value requirements.
- D. Set the Stack Rank attribute to Top for each of the high-value requirements.
Correct Answer: B,C 🗳️
You manage a development team that has been assigned the task of developing a reporting application. The team holds a kickoff meeting with the stakeholders to document user requirements.
You review the draft requirements list that results from this meeting.
You need to indicate which requirements likely will require rework before you can send the requirements list to the development team.
Which three actions should you perform? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose three.)
- A. Identify requirements that depend on other requirements. These requirements likely will need to be split.
- B. Identify requirements that provide little business value. These requirements likely will need to be reconsidered.
- C. Identify requirements that do not have estimates. These requirements likely will need additional details before they can be approved.
- D. Identify requirements that cannot be tested easily. These requirements likely will need details to make them more testable.
- E. Identify requirements that are independent of other requirements. These requirements likely will need to be integrated with the other requirements.
Correct Answer: A,B,C 🗳️
You are planning to develop a new application.
You need to ensure that the code is easy to test and obtain high code coverage.
What should you do?
- A. Ensure that each class has only one responsibility.
- B. Create as many static methods as possible.
- C. Ensure that concrete classes depend only on other concrete classes.
- D. Create a fake for each class that you are testing.
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
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