dan-572483 (8/19/2013)
Correct - the people who develop the exams don't talk to the people who write the training guides. Also, the training guides were publshed shortly after the books were relased, so the people writing the books didn't even take the exams first!! They do it that way on purpose. The Exam developers want you to have actual experience, and the Training Guides are about what to do to get the experience.
you are right. Theory and practice are totally different. Before I just used sql server 2008 bible. When I first time to prepare the exam and started to read training kit 2 months ago, I just thought I didn't know how to create tables even I did in the last 3 years!
Never believe all you read!