Maha cleared the Real Exam SCJP2 with 93%.
I really owe a lot of this credit to you all .
My sincere thanks to Jim,Tony,and Paul.
I thought I answered all the qstns correctly.
I think may be I lost 3 qstns due to carelessnes.
Otherwise the qstns are clearly worded. I got lots and lots
of MULTIPLE choice qstns, which took me more time to check
each and every answer. May be in that I missed some. Anyway I am not too thrilled or too sad about this 93%. I finished the exam , the first round of answering in 1:15 min. The remaining 45 min I revised. The qstns were not too particular about remembering the syntax of methods etc. It tests the core concepts. Once again thank you all. I was preparing for the exam seriously this week. This was the reason for my reduced participation here . . Out of 59 qstns may be 6-7 written ans. type/ around 30 were MULTIPLE CHOICE and the remaining single answer type. So approcimatelt , you got to check (30*5) extra answers to check in the multiple choices. May be I was careless in that.

Once again I really..really thank you ALL for all your support.

Regds.

Common! I expect Maha to stay tuned and post those
messages...we all have a dream you know
I am sure Maha doesn't mind me saying this.
What? being selfish .... may be!
Just kidding

We would like to know how you prepared for the exam.What books you read, and list of mock exams you took before the real one and how much you scored in that etc.. .I think this may help those who haven't certified yet. One more thing are you working some were??

Regards

Cedric

Infact it was a foregone conclusion that u would be a SCJP it was only a matter of formalities.

All the best.
And Stay Tuned

Ak

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Mani,
I am a Electronics and Communication Engineer from Anna University Chennai( Madras ) India. I was working as Senior System Analyst in a software firm related to all Communication Software using 'C' language for 4 years. Now our family is in RTP/Raleigh/NorthCorolina/USA. At present I am working on a project using Java/Servlets/jsp/jdbc. I learnt Java through self study and started this process nearly more than a year back. I started learning Java for this project which I mentioned above.

I decided to go for certification this year Jan only. I used Thinking in Java/Java in a Nutshell/Java Language Specification (JLS) / Online Java Doc/ and I used to follow javacert.com regularly where I came to know about Marcus and Kathy

Ok regarding the mock exams I saved them for the last 1 month. After I read R&H and Bill Brogden's book. Then I started taking the mock exams. I started from the easier ones (from others comments I came to know which are easy and which are hard) and I noted down in a text file date/mockexam/% got/where I wentwrong/which area I need to study like that. This really really helped me to gauge myself. I started getting above 88% in the first round. Nearly more than 30 exams I would have taken I think. From this chart I shuffeled the exams and repeated them. In the 2nd round I made it a point I should not repeat the same mistake like that. Even then I did repeat some In the last week , this week I was getting on average 97-98% in all the exams. So I thought better I take the exam before there is any BIG change in the objectives like that I used Khalid test as a learning tool. In Chris alone 1st round I got around 80%

eshwar
All the very best for your Exam.

vishy
Ajith Kallambella
jvarkha
Ray Marsh

Thanks & Regards.
/Krishnannirmal

I assume you would have finished all your ground work. One thing I can suggest to you is just try to read all the posts in this forum. Say you take 4-5 days depending upon how much time you can spare. While reading the post, Maha's advice is, when you read a the FIRST POST in a thread, try to answer YOURSELF. Then continue to verify your thinking. This way definitly your confidence will improve.

One good thing about this site is NOT catagorized by objectivewise. If you want mixed-up qstns just read them page by page. Otherwise search for a particular word thread/garbage like that and read. It depends upon your liking.

From this week itself take 1 or 2 exams per day to get used to 'taking the Exam' feeling. This is also important. You shdn't get tensed at the exam. While taking the exam DO NOT refer to anything. And my another sincere suggestion note down in a text file MOckExamName/DateTime/totqstns/yourcorrectansers/% got/your comments/area need to study. What I did was the previous day of the exam I went through all my mistakes in this text file.

While doing this process you know yourself which area to study, what to do next like that.

Being a Bartender, I wished you got 100%... Anyway, Best wishes from Hari...

regds
maha anna

I passed the exam too but I dont know why I went really low just 73%. So, I am writing it again. I have benn getting consistenlty above 80% in most of the tests (Marcus, Jxam, JDCert, tester.jar, pgjc-engine.zip and many online sites). Also at the Javaranch I have never got below 88%. But during the exam I took only 45 minutes and could not really read carefully. I am aware of most of the topics. Kindly guide me I want to do it well this time and want to score high. Is it possible to try for a 100?

Because I think I have to be careful while answering your qstn. I should not take anything for granted and should not answer making some assumptions and each person is different.It is very sensitive and I think I need to know some more info from your end before I help you. After your post I ask all our SCJPS and all out near future SCJPS to give a hand for you. Cheer up.

FYI I know a person who failed in this exam first time and is a professional employee before the Exam and re took the exam and now the person is in a very very good postion . THis info is very much true info and I am giving this info to you to cheer you up and to give you an example of the practical world and the % in the exam and the special preparation we need to get good % in the exam . Please do not ask me who is that person. This person is not posted even a single message in this forum and I think I shdn't peek too much into other's business. And I am saying this just to cheer you up.

regds
maha anna

I think Sun has changed a lot of the questions now. There were some kind of questions I have not seen in mock exams. I admit I only use Marcus' Mock Exam, a little bit of Jxam, and a little bit of Bill Brodgen's. I haven't have time to look at other Mock Exams.

Also under an exam condition, I got stress as well; otherwise I might get a few more marks (to be just in par with Maha).

SCJP should be your first step towards Java certification. If you intend to take either SCJD/SCJA or both, there is not much point in resitting the test, unless you just want SCJP.

After you got SCJD/SCJA, who is going to ask you how much mark you got for SCJP? Employers know you already have excellent Java skills.

This is just my thought.

Edward

But thinking back I feel it's easy.

I dont go by any question paper released lately in the market that has been given as a mock, though I have practised and tried a lot of them and have literally hunted the net for more questions for the pleasure of learning.

Rather I believe in concepts and practical usage of each topic in the certification. I had practically tried almost a lot of programs on the certification with simple programs to support a certain kind of statement an author states. And I had learnt a lot by the experience.

The Ranch exams are ok. I score a minimum of 88% to a maximum of 97% in it at any given point of time without any preparation. Maybe its that I am not tensed at the time I take ranch or other mock tests (and I feel its just a program that has to be set right).

But it makes me sad to have got just a 73% when I could have got the 90's and I know that i can do it. I am not boasting.No one at office believes that I got just a small score I have kept this as a secret form my Project Manager too, because he expects that I score nothing lesser than 80's.

I am confused. I cant accept my poor performance, and further more if I have to take SCJD or architecture I will take time to learn and I have to live with this score till then. I am thinking of taking it again. Maybe you can send me some files just to test the validity of the sentences I said. To make matters worse I am in the interview panel of my company and I must be a jcp. If I tell this out, I got to face the shame or the pity of people who dont understand. And if I don't - I got to write it again. And this time I want to try for the big one ( the one and only 100) and prove it to myself that i can.

[This message has been edited by Lionel (edited May 20, 2000).]

regds
maha anna

Congrats Maha...
Maha - the "Queen" of Java -

so maha whats ur future plans...

before i forget.. maha could you just mention the different exams u took and their order of difficulty.. i think u r a genius so people are going to follow your steps..

this would guide the SCJP takers .. so that they could take their tests in the correct order...

Congrats MAHA once again... and
hey
when is the treat

Party time at the Ranch....

GoodLuck