This Microsoft Access 2013 Exam 77-424 is designed for candidates who have a fundamental understanding of the Access 2013 environment and the ability to complete tasks independently. They should know and demonstrate the correct application of the principal features of Access 2013.
This Microsoft Access 2013 Exam 77-424 is designed for candidates who have a fundamental understanding of the Access 2013 environment and the ability to complete tasks independently. They should know and demonstrate the correct application of the principal features of Access 2013.
The new Access 2013 certification exam uses practical, performance-based scenarios to evaluate their real-world capabilities with project and standards-based outcome testing. Certified candidates will demonstrate their ability to use principle Access 2013 features to independently create custom, browser-based database applications. Tasks will include creating and managing a database, building tables, creating queries, creating forms and creating reports.
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below. The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area in the exam. The higher the percentage, the more questions you are likely to see on that content area in the exam.
Create and manage a database (20–25%)
Build tables (25–30%)
Create queries (15–20%)
Create forms (15–20%)
Create reports (15–20%)
The Microsoft Access 2013 exam is more relevant than past exams, featuring comprehensive, project-based testing. This means candidates are responsible for demonstrating the ability to complete a realistic Microsoft Office Specialist Access 2013 project.
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This lesson is about the course and the instructor bio
This is the course agenda
This lesson demonstrates how to work with existing templates and modifying those templates. You will also learn the location of the templates and how to access them.
Download and work with Access online templates
In this lesson, you will learn how to work with various tools on the Ribbon area. You will also get familiar with the Access 2013 Ribbon and its usage
In this lesson, you will grasp an understanding of various Microsoft Access 2013 options
In this lesson, you will understand the concept of an existing database. You will also open the database and explore various aspects.
Everything you need to know about the table is covered in this lesson such as fields and much more
Create 5 tables in this practice exercise
In this lesson, you will learn how to add a new record to an existing table, and navigating between tables
In this lesson, you will learn how to create a new table and rename it
In this lesson, you will learn about different data types in Access 2013. For example, string, integer, and more
There are several data types. In this lesson, you will learn about each data type such as string, integer and others.
In this practice task, the real challenge is to create a calculated filed in your tables while you add data
When you want to search for information or fetch information from your data, you need to create a query. In this lesson, you will learn how to create queries using the Query Wizard
In this lesson, you will learn how work with the design view of the query and customize various options
Queries are an important element of Access 2013. You can create query to fetch information from existing data. In this lesson you will learn how to create a new query to find duplicate values
In this lesson, you will learn how to use the forms wizard to create forms for use data input
The lesson demonstrates the working of forms design view and how to work with different controls.
In this lesson, Form Controls are detailed out and learn how to place controls on your Access 2013 forms
Practice Task:
In this practice task, create a form using the Forms Wizard, and then within design view, insert a sample logo of you choice.
You can insert any image.
In this task, create a report and later customize it for branding purposes
Using the Report Wizard, you will learn how to create and generate a report in Access 2013
Placing controls on reports is demonstrated in this lesson
Brand management and report customization is demonstrated in this lesson, You will learn various techniques on how to customize and brand your reports
Create a complete Access 2013 Project
In this lesson, we will recap the course to re-enforce learning concepts
Exam details and information on how to go about registering for the exam
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