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Kedar Savarkar
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Joined: May 02, 2005
Posts: 15
Hi guys,

I took the SCJA yesterday. I don't have much experience in Server Side Java or UML but good exp in Core Java. Following is what I got.

approx 30-35 questions on UML , OO concepts
4 on Enums
1 on programming to interface
1 on threading related with GUI ( No SCJP level questions here)
around 30 questions on Client/Server and other technologies
Rest of the questions on Core Java ( Enhanced for loop included )
No inner classes , Collections , multithreading
1 special kind of question

Some of the UML questions were a bit tricky.But Dave Wood's UML tutorial covers all of them. ( Thanks Dave) . Also I found Enum questions a bit hard. The questions on J2ee and other technologies are straight forward. No code examples involved. However 2 questions on MIDLETS were difficult.

Overall the exam was a good experience.

Best Regards
-Kedar
[ June 29, 2005: Message edited by: Kedar Savarkar ]
Ravi Nistala
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Joined: Jul 11, 2002
Posts: 93
Thanks for the exam experience info kedar. That was helpful.
Vivek Nidhi
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Joined: Aug 10, 2003
Posts: 133
Hi,

I want to know how deep we want to study about MIDLETS? any suggestions???
Nicholas Cheung
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Joined: Nov 07, 2003
Posts: 4982
Thanks for sharing.

Nick


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Kedar Savarkar
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Joined: May 02, 2005
Posts: 15
Originally posted by Vivek Nidhi:
Hi,

I want to know how deep we want to study about MIDLETS? any suggestions???



Not very deep. Issues related with portability of applications written as midlets , there basic use something on these lines would be enough.
Santana Iyer
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Joined: Jun 13, 2005
Posts: 335
hi,

I want to know whether the hfoo pdf is enough for UML or not.
Nicholas Cheung
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Joined: Nov 07, 2003
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I want to know whether the hfoo pdf is enough for UML or not.

I believe it will be enough as the PDF is created by one of the exam authors.

Nick
Rudy Harianto
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Joined: Dec 01, 2003
Posts: 94
hi Kedar,

what kind of question do you have on this objective:

5.3 Describe the purpose and types of classes for the following Java packages: java.awt, javax.swing, java.io, java.net, java.util.

thanks.


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Kedar Savarkar
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Joined: May 02, 2005
Posts: 15
Originally posted by Rudy Harianto:
hi Kedar,

what kind of question do you have on this objective:

5.3 Describe the purpose and types of classes for the following Java packages: java.awt, javax.swing, java.io, java.net, java.util.

thanks.


Very elementary questions. Dealing with recognizing the purpose of each and in some you had to recognize to which package function belongs to.
 
 
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