finally i showed up for my
scea part 1 exam (my voucher is expiring tomorrow). the result is ok (41/48).
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concepts 100
common arch 100
legacy 80
ejb 88
ejb container 50
protocols 66
applicability 100
design
patterns 80
messaging 100
i18n 50
security 100
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ejb and design patterns are the 2 most important parts (about 15-20 questions in total), you have to get most of them in order to pass. ejb questions are easier than i thought. for design patterns, make sure you know the most famous/widely used ones (around 10?).
uml questions(3 or 4) are a joke, 1 hour's review is enough, but of course uml is the core of part 2.
i missed 1 q in i18n while 100% in security, which is a surprise to me (i thought it should be the other way).
concepts are easy, too. but another suprise to me is i got 100% in commom arch. since i saw other guys always got 66% in this part, i thought there might be a tricky question. still have no idea
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i feel i overprepared for part 1. some questions are very straight forward (at least 5 for me). my suggestion is to focus on ejb and design patterns, and then read some general intro-like materials for other parts, you're ready to go.
anyway, my hours of readings on the daily commute train paid off and i owe a lot of thanks to javaranch guys for their great notes and posts, you guys are great!!!
