I successfully passed the SCJP6 exam today (80%) at the Prometric
Testing Center in Berlin.
I used the K&B book for preparation as well as mock exam software from Enthuware and
ExamLab. I had 1-2 month preparation time for the exam (I also cleared
SCJA a month ago). I am a Newbie to
Java and started to learn it in May (I was programming in C/C++ before). Over the last 3 weeks I was taking Enthuware Standard tests 1-9 with a score between 70% - 87%. My average score was around 75%. Furthermore I took the two MasterExam (72 questions per test) scoring 68% and 61%. I tried ExamLab Diagnostic test and scored exactly 65% (72 questions). In the Final test on ExamLab I failed with a score of 48% - I simply run out of time and had about 10-12 questions unanswered.
my acknowledgement:
- many thanks to Kathy and Bert for this outstanding book! It was a joy to read and turned out to be very helpful for preparation
- the Enthuware testing software JQPlus V6 turned out to be an excellant preparation for the real exam - I answered 540 questions from their question bank. Besides it's a good deal for a fair price.
- thanks also for the ExamLab software - I simply had not the time to run the regular tests but it seems to be a valuable tool
- and of course many thanks to JavaRanch and every one on the Java Forum.