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Congratulations Terence Doyle

 
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On getting your SCJP
Fantastic one of "ours" did it !!!
ps might I enquire when did you pass and why we have to find out via a small little footnote in the log
 
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Thanks JDJ.
I passed on the 28th and posted my announcement on the Cert results Forum that very day.
I didn't want to cross post by putting it here too( though I was tempted to )
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Excellent Terence! Perhaps you could post us a couple of preparation tips for those of cattle drivers who are planning on going for it sometime at the beginning of next year?
Jason
 
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HI Jason,
Well as my score was a bare pass I suggest you look at the Cert. results forum for words of wisdom from the 90%-ers.
One thing became clear though:
Use more than one book - if your pocket can handle it
I just used "Complete Java 2 Certification Study Guide" by RHE and I went over it several times, doing all the exercises, texts etc but I didn't do that many mock exams. They are time consuming but on the day I wished I had done more to get used to spotting the code errors and the point behind the questions.
Best of luck,

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I guess I was holding out, too. I got the SCJP in May. I agree with Terrence that you should do more than just read RHE. Go through the practice exams that are listed somewhere on JavaRanch. They will point out your weak areas and really help you get used to the types of questions the test asks.
 
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Well, I get them cows in the fence with 100% most of the time now, but I think that's just cause I've memorized the questions (ala MCSE school).
Hopefully all the Cattle Drive stuff, my own reading and programming, and the classes I'm taking should be enough that I could pick up the practice books and use them as review, versus a "source"
Thanks y'all!
Jason
 
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HI,
I was getting 95% + on the JavaRanch workout in the run up to the exam.
There are no questions on threads with code examples nor AWT code either in the JavaRanch mock but you can be sure you'll get something on those in the exam.
The categories listed in the section report given out after the exam give hints about what areas are bound to be included - even though the exact weighting ( no. of q's ) will differ:
Declarations and access control
Flow control and exception handling
GC
Language Fundamentals
Operators and Assignments
Overloading, Overriding, Runtime type and Object orientations
Threads
java.awt
java.lang
java.util
java.io
Hope that helps,
PS There's no questions on spacing
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[This message has been edited by Terence Doyle (edited October 08, 2001).]
 
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I love this:

PS There's no questions on spacing


Congratulations Terrence!
Do I remember correctly from a long ago post that you are (or were) taking courses through the Open University? If so, how do you like it? Are you learning computer stuff, too? Any programming etc that helped with your certification?
Cheers,
Pauline
 
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Hi,

Yes Pauline. I've got an exam this Thursday ( C++ - easy ) and another next Tuesday ( Digital Communications - not so easy ). Neither of these helped with the cert, they just gave me something to do when I took my java-breaks.
The Open University courses I have done have all been worthwhile and I think the materials are excellent.
Once I finish those two I'll be preparing the SCWCD exam to take it around mid- November and then the Developer's - if I'm up to it
All of this provided I remain unemployed. I'm actively looking for work now but the scene here in Spain has dried up completely - not that it was ever fab.
How nice of you to remember my old post, thanks.
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[This message has been edited by Terence Doyle (edited October 09, 2001).]
 
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