OCA Java SE 7 Exam updates

Change in the Exam Details
Oracle has changed the passing score and time duration for OCA Java SE 7 Programmer 1 exam (1Z0-803), as follows:

New Passing score - 77%
New time duration - 140 minutes
(Old passing score was 75% and old time duration was 150 minutes)

Sample Questions by Oracle
Oracle has released a set of 8 sample questions on this exam (http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=303&p_certName=SQ1Z0_803).

I hope these updates will help the ranchers, who are preparing for this exam.

With respect,
Mala

Thanks for sharing!

Has anyone tried to solve those sample questions?
It seems that the answers given on that page are wrong.
For eg. the answer for first question is option D but they have given answer as B,D,E.

Thanks for sharing such infos

Rohan,

You are correct. The correct option is D (x y c g).

Option B is c x g y.
Because static initializer block executes before instance initializer block, code shown in question can't output 'c ' before 'x '. So this option is incorrect.

Option E is x y g c.
On creation of an object, its constructor executes before any other method can be executed on it. In class Sequence, constructor will output 'c ' before method 'go' outputs 'g '. So this option is also incorrect.

With respect,
Mala

Oracle has reverted the changes it made to the passing score and time duration of OCA Java SE 7 Programmer exam (1Z0-083). The current numbers:

Duration: 150 minutes
Passing Score: 75%

Oracle changed the time duration of this exam to 140 minutes and passing score to 77%, some time back.

With much respect,
Mala

Interesting...I just checked this page and it shows that they changed the time to 150 minutes but the passing percent is still 77%!

Thanks, Paul. Oracle has changed these numbers again. The present numbers as per Oracle's website are:

Duration: 140 minutes
Passing Score: 77%

With respect,
Mala