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Passed the Exam with 93%

 
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Hi Guys,
I am going to repeat what many guys have already said.
About the exam
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1. No trick questions.
2. I did not get any Socket & MediaTracker questions.
3. IO - 3 questions
Thread - 3 questions
Inner Classes - 2 questions
Event Handling - 5 questions
Collections - 1 question
GridBagLayout - 1 question
Garbage Collection - 2 questions
Fill in type - 5 questions
4. I took 1 hours 55 minutes to finish the exam.
( Many questions had a lot of code to read
or I was slow & careful or both }
5. No questions on the method signatures
(Except IO class construction and ofcourse, main method)
Learning Java
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I spent 3 months learning Java before even thinking
about taking the exam.
I read "Core Java I" and "Core Java II"
by Cay S. Horstmann & Gary Cornell.
Spent a lot of writing code using AWT & Threads etc.
Exam Preparation
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I spent 6 weeks preparing for the exam.
(6 weeks might sound less, but you won't believe
the amount of time I spent on the exam preparation books and
mock exams. Lot of hard work and no sleep)
I read the following books.
1. The complete Java 2 Certification guide
by Roberts, Heller & Ernest (RHE in short)
2. Java 2 Exam Cram by Bill Brogden.
I have done all the mocks which are listed at
http://www.javaranch.com/mock.html and http://www.javaranch.com/maha/_Mock_Exams/_mock_exams.html
Some of the mocks more than once.
I read RHE for the second time in the last week of preparation.
This time, things made a lot more sense and took a lot less time to
read.

Tips
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1. while doing the mock exams, after finishing,
go back and check all the questions, not only the questions you got wrong.
2. while reading a question be careful about what the question asks
is it "select legal answers" or "select illegal answers"
3. do as many mocks as possible
4. prepare "Certification notes" of your own. Nothing is better than writing and reading
your own words.
5. Visit www.javaranch.com often and try to answer the questions too.

OK. Enough Said.

Thank you Tony,Maha,Ajith,Paul and everybody.

All the best.


- Srini


 
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Very
Congrats Srini! Good show! Thank you for your valuable tips too.
Ajith
 
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Hi VasanSrini
Thats a very good score,congrats.
Surya
 
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congrats vasansrini.,
that's a good score.,
i started my preparation long back on and off. I did marcus green
exam 1 and scored 76%..I guess i need lot more practice.,
please give me your advise
 
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vasansrini,
Congratulations! Very good score indeed!
Your tips are very good and I agree with everything you have said.
 
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Congrats vasansrini,
It is real hard work. Isn't? I feel glad when people say they really took it seriously and studied hard. Keep visiting.
regds
maha anna
 
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Congratulations! I agree with Maha, I am now really doing a hard job, and I don�t know if am I going to be prepare well, because I am going to the Beta on 22/08. But when I read the efforts that Maha made or the effort you are mentioning I understand that it�s the only way and that I am going by the right one.
Thanks for the tips.
 
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Keep it up Marcela Blei. You WILL do it by hard work.
regds
maha anna
 
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Hi! VasanSrini,
Congrats on becoming SCJP2, and a lot thanx for ur invaluable tips. Wish u a brewing career in Java.
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Anil Kollur
 
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