I'm very glad to know that I passed. Thanks everyone for your helpful posts in this forum.
Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for
Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition Technology Part II (310-061)
Grade: P
Score: 93
Comment: This report shows the total points that could have been awarded in each section and the actual amount of points you were awarded. This information is provided in order to give you feedback on your relative strengths on a section basis. The maximum number of points you could have received is 100, minimum to pass is 70. Class Diagram (44 maximum) .......................... 42 Component Diagram (44 maximum) ...................... 39 Sequence/Colloboration Diagrams (12 maximum) ........ 12
1.my jar is less than 200k(with gif images), so the size doesn't matter.
2.Make it simple, it's mentioned by most of candidates, I think once you get a solid understanding about it, the rest of work will be very easy, and you will feel confidence.
3.Explore the petstore before doing the assignment is very helpful, especially for those who don't have much experience. Ask the questions that need to be taken care all the time when you study the petstore, such as the how it addresses the security, how it manages the session status, how transaction is handled, etc.. I ever saw a post advertise their product, in their homepage, there are a list of those kind of questions, after you can go through each of them in petstore, it should be easy to finish the assignment. But I can not find the post now.
4.I also get the feeling that the correctness of your design doesn't affect your score if you it make sense to yourself, and you can defend it in all the aspects. So go ahead to draw your design first, then review it yourself, and to make changes untill you think you cover all the aspects.
5.Don't get yourself entrangled into UML syntax, think about how to show your design idea. In most time, a piece of note can help a lot.
6.I must tell that it's hard on the way, but once you finish it, it will become very easy. So be patient, and record every decision and every improvement you made in the process. And enjoy yourself for the hard working on the way to the goal.