Dear Ranchers,
Appeared for the exam on Saturday, must say we need to have really good concentration and patience to sit for 5 hours. I was struggling to focus after 4 hours and was eager to finish.
Some of the questions were very ambiguous, and in some cases number of correct answers were more than expected. It was really difficult to decide which correct option to go for.
Number of questions were 180, I found the exam very tough. I had prepared using Mastering EJB and Specs. I must comment on the study material that you are going to use.
Please do not rely on Mastering for Entity or Persistence I would rather suggest to go for Persistence specs from Sun, agreed they are bit difficult to understand but worth.
As suggested by other exam takers, my experience is same,
1) Focus on Entities, EJB-QL (Existing features + enhancements).
2) Know annotations well.
3) You can easily get through the questions on Session beans, MDBs, Security, Exceptions, Transaction just don't ignore anything while you are studying...
4) Keep cool during exam, you have 5 hours so plan your strategy accordingly. You must finish 36 questions every hour to be in pace. Keep a watch on your pace to avoid last hour rush.
5) Don't waste time on tough questions just go ahead with the next, keep a note of those to be later if time permits.
All the best to all those appearing for it !!!
Cheers