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Want to develop Mock Exam Web App. for JavaRanch - Please advice

 
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Dear all,

Since I completed my SCJP 5.0 and SCWCD 5.0 with the help of JavaRanch, I strongly feel
like contributing to JavaRanch to show my gratitude. In fact, I noticed many of the certification
aspirants looking for articles, free mock exams online. Most of the mock exams are not in "exam"
mode, I mean to say, they are a list of questions and answers in static HTML pages. And this kind
of exams will not give information about weak areas.

Simulated mock exams are not free. To address this, I wanted to develop an exam web application
where all of you can contribute your questions and answers. Anybody can take mock exams from this
web application. It gives strong areas, weak areas reports along with explanations to wrong
answers. Initial registration is required and ofcourse free. I fully want to develop and host this.
I need to see whether I can resue any open source exam engines!

Is there any such kind of web site exists which gives mock exams (simulated) for free?

All I need is little encouragement from all of you, please advice whether this is feasable to do.
Does anybody did this? Please advice.
 
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I would say there is always room for more/different/diverse mock exams for learning Java. It sounded to me in your post you might not be aware of some of the big players in the free SCJP/OCJP (Whatever the heck the new name is) mock exam world. By far the most well known full simulator, which models itself after the exam directly is ExamLab made by a regular here on Java Ranch named Devaka. If you have not already checked it out, definitely take a look prior to creating your own mock exam program.

ExamLab - http://examlab.tk/
 
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Definitely a good thought.
However, developing mock exam s/w is not a big issue (You can get Enthuware Test Studio for free). Getting good content (i.e. error free questions with good explanations) is the key. That is the reason why commercial products, including books focusing on certification, exist

 
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