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Yesterday I ve scjp 1.5 with a 95% score... 3 mistaker: 2 with threads and 1 with api. Last time I did a scjp test was back in 2001, where I did the 1.2 exam and passed with 93%.
I have some comments
PROS: - questions with long code listing. that is nice! specially cool thread questions - pretty good questions about generics, varargs and autoboxing. - java.io is back, and this time there are not questions asking the name of a not so used method. - better questions about OO concepts
CONS: - less questions about casting and method overriding, which I like very much. - enum and enhanced-for questions just too easy. - bizarre questions about Serializable - some tricky questions about the API. - some questions didnt even compile and there was no "does not compile" answer. like methods that received (byte[]) argument without the parameter name. in another one there is a call to a pretty well known method that throws a Checked Exception, but the code didint handle-or-declare it. btw, where can I send this kind of problems? I didnt take the beta exam in order to not have this kind of problems in my exam! - bizarre class names. It hurts my eyes when I read class C extends B. I remember that they used noums. Also, class names with numbers in the end and enum constants lowercased... arggghhh
Most of what you say is aligned with my experience, except for your comment on "better questions". Let's look at some facts: a) Sun engineers generally do not understand OO concepts - one need only look at the J2SE API Specification to determine this. I could produce other examples, but I believe this one is sufficient. b) Testing candidates on "your" (Sun) erroneous perception of OO, particularly when that perception is severely flawed, is annoying to say the least.
On some of the points that I agree with: a) The numerous errors at such a fundamental level are annoying. b) The changing specification, which means that a correct answer cannot be provided, since you don't know which version of the specification is being used as the basis... c) The overall examined content of the exam has improved, ever so slightly, from 1.4.
Congratulations to both of you Could you please lead me to the resources you followed to pass the 1.5 exams. Mock exams, books, tutorials ..etc
Thanks Nalika
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I used the 1.5 documentation and wrote a unit test framework (http://www.jtiger.org/) to fully understand 1.5 language features. I also applied the knowledge that I had gained from the SCJP 1.4. As far as I know, there is currently no information targetted specifically to SCJP 5.0 available.
Congratulations on passing, but why, if you were already SCJP certified, did you test for a new version? Was it a job requirement?
Give a man a fish, he'll eat for one day. <br />Teach a man to fish, he'll drink all your beer.<br /> <br />Cheers,<br /> <br />Jeff (SCJP 1.4, SCJD in progress, if you can call that progress...)
but why, if you were already SCJP certified, did you test for a new version? Was it a job requirement?
It is because J2SE Tiger is quite different from J2SE 1.4, and taking exams are the best way to learn the new things in a relatively shorten time frame.
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