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lord uhuru wrote:I took the IZO-809 Exam yesterday, and got a 53%. I had roughly 4 days of preparation with whizlabs videos. Now, I am going topic by topic using
Books:
OCP II Study Guide by Jeanne Boyarsky and Scott Selikoff
Oracle Certified Professional Java SE Programmer - S G Ganesh, Hari Kiran, Tusahar Sharma
Practice:
Enthuware (The questions here looked close to what I saw in the exams, than whizlabs)
I do hope I am on the right track. I will retake the exam in exactly 5 days from today. I need to ace it this time, with at least 90.
Olivia Johnson wrote:
lord uhuru wrote:I took the IZO-809 Exam yesterday, and got a 53%. I had roughly 4 days of preparation with whizlabs videos. Now, I am going topic by topic using
Books:
OCP II Study Guide by Jeanne Boyarsky and Scott Selikoff
Oracle Certified Professional Java SE Programmer - S G Ganesh, Hari Kiran, Tusahar Sharma
Practice:
Enthuware (The questions here looked close to what I saw in the exams, than whizlabs)
I do hope I am on the right track. I will retake the exam in exactly 5 days from today. I need to ace it this time, with at least 90.
I think that taking it again in 5 days is too risky. From other posters (who are experienced devs), who passed the exam, they even take at least a couple of months to prepare. The goal isn't to memorize the practice example questions, which will give you a false sense of confidence, but to genuinely learn the actual material.
Candidates may schedule a retake of a failed exam after 48 hours, for an appointment date 5 days from the failed exam appointment date.
Candidates may retake an online non-proctored exam at any time (online non-proctored exams available in Japan only.)
Candidates may not retake a passed exam at any time.
Candidates are only allowed 4 attempts to pass an exam in a 12-month period.
The retake policy was put in place to protect the integrity of the Oracle Certification Program exam content and allow the candidate additional time to prepare for a failed exam. Please note that violation of the retake policy in any way, including but not limited to, registering for and retaking an exam under a new Oracle Testing ID within the 5-day waiting period, is against policy and will be treated as a violation of the Exam Retake Policy.
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.. it is a requirement that I come back to work with it."
From Jeanne's quote, the answer is yes. That is a minimum, to prevent people going back immediately. It is theoretically possible for somebody who got 64% because of a specific knowledge gap to learn to fill that gap in five days, so they imposed that delay as a minimum. It seems to me to mean, if you fail the exam on the 31st, you are allowed to try again on the 5th.Mikalai Zaikin wrote:. . . 5 days, was it a condition of free retake policy from Oracle? If yes, then it does not make sense, how a failed person can prepare so fast. 8((
Campbell Ritchie wrote:
From Jeanne's quote, the answer is yes. That is a minimum, to prevent people going back immediately. It is theoretically possible for somebody who got 64% because of a specific knowledge gap to learn to fill that gap in five days, so they imposed that delay as a minimum. It seems to me to mean, if you fail the exam on the 31st, you are allowed to try again on the 5th.Mikalai Zaikin wrote:. . . 5 days, was it a condition of free retake policy from Oracle? If yes, then it does not make sense, how a failed person can prepare so fast. 8((
Remember that delay is a minimum, nor a recommendation, and I think that Olivia Johnson is right that five days would be too soon for you to resit.
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Jeanne Boyarsky wrote:It's going to be really tough to improve your score in 5 days. I'm also not sure if you have to take it so soon. Oracle's retake policy states
Candidates may schedule a retake of a failed exam after 48 hours, for an appointment date 5 days from the failed exam appointment date.
Candidates may retake an online non-proctored exam at any time (online non-proctored exams available in Japan only.)
Candidates may not retake a passed exam at any time.
Candidates are only allowed 4 attempts to pass an exam in a 12-month period.
The retake policy was put in place to protect the integrity of the Oracle Certification Program exam content and allow the candidate additional time to prepare for a failed exam. Please note that violation of the retake policy in any way, including but not limited to, registering for and retaking an exam under a new Oracle Testing ID within the 5-day waiting period, is against policy and will be treated as a violation of the Exam Retake Policy.
This says you have to wait at least 2 days before scheduling your exam. That's clear. The five day thing is less clear. "for an appointment date 5 day" sounds like it could be exactly 5 days or at least five days. Common sense suggests they don't expect people to be free exactly five days later.
"within the 5-day waiting period" - this is clearer to me. It sounds like the five days is a lower bound. So you could take the exam in two weeks or whenever. The old rule was you had to wait at least two weeks. Wikipedia still has this number and it is called a 14 day waiting period. So I think you can wait longer to retake and increase your chances of success
lord uhuru wrote: will give more time, and study more before the retake, roughly 2 weeks. I will make a formal application for extension at work.
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