Is SCEA Guide by Mark Cade Mandatory ?

[Arun Kumar Ilangovan]

Hi All,

Is SCEA Guide by Mark Cade & Simon Robers Mandatory ? Can't we successfully finish Part 1 of SCEA with the following materials

SCEA Study guide by Paul Allen, Joseph Bambara,
UML Distilled by Martin Fowler
Head First EJB
Sun's JMS Tutorial
Sun's Tutorial on I18N
Sun's Tutorial on J2EE Connector Architecture
Security in JSP/Servlets section in Head First Servlets
Head First Design Patterns

Does any one complete the Part1 of SCEA without SCEA by Mark Cade and Simon Roberts.

Please reply..
Also tell me, if there are any mock exams, so that i can test my preparation so far.

[karthikeyan Chockalingam]

Mark Cade and Simon Roberts book is not exhaustive and this is what they say in who should read this book.

This book is not intended to give a novice programmer the skills and knowledge needed to pass the exam. It is intended to help complete the knowledge of someone who has several years of computing experience, although not all of that must be using Java technology