Hello Ronyn,
Hard Luck about your result....But who says you cannot clear the second time....All the best for your IInd try.
Here's what I did for the exam.....it may help you as well. Inorder to improve your score in IO, you could try going through the
Java API documentation. Start from the Input and Output stream and work your way down in the hierarchy (check which all classes extend I/O streams). Do the same with the Readers and Writers. It made things very clear to me. Which certification book are you using?? With the help of such a guide diffrentiate them into Low Level Streams and High Level Filter Streams. Then sit down and WRITE out all the constructors of the various classes. It is time-consuming....but worth the effort. Have a glance at the methods of the Low Level Streams.
As far as AWT is concerned, try to understand the difference between the five layouts.
If there is anything else that I can do to help please tell me. I am not all that good but I'll try.
All the best.
Rebecca