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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> RE: OCP Exams - What to study out of?
I took 8i - am taking 8i because I am hoping that then I can just take an
upgrade exam for 9i without the $1,000+ course requirement. I believe that
is still the case. Please tell me if I am wrong.
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Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 9:34 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Unfortunately there are no Corioulus books for 9i.
Ken
But I did. All I did was study the Corioulus book - and took the exams.
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<mailto:DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM> ]
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 4:34 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Ken - Wow, I'm impressed. I took and passed one APICS module years and years
ago and I can testify that they aren't easy. And I took the module related to my daily job.
Can you share any tips on how to study for the SQL exam? I find I learn MUCH more from someone that was forced to reassess their strategy than from people that say "oh, I took the manual home two nights and breezed through it".
Dennis Williams
DBA, 40%OCP
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
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Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 2:04 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
I agree that the SQL exam is very difficult. I've taken it twice and missed
passing by just a couple of points. But I will persist.
Interestingly enough when I got my APICS CPIM certification I took six exams
and passed them all on the first try. The passing grade is 90%.
Ken Janusz, CPIM
> Eva - Everything I've heard says that all the exam questions come out of
the
> Oracle University class Student Guides. To put it bluntly, your goal is to
> pass the exam. You could study the Oracle manuals, but there is a lot of
> material to cover and what strikes you as important might not be covered
on
> the exam, and vice-versa. Essentially you are getting two levels of
> filtering. Somebody read the manuals and used that to prepare student
> guides, then a group of Oracle instructors read the student guide and
> prepared questions. I think that most of the exam guides were prepared
from
> the Oracle Student Guides and the author has at least taken the exam, so
> they have a general idea of how the test is approached. Everyone has their
> favorite exam preparation book and I consider this a worthwhile
investment,
> I bought Couchman -
>
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> Two issues: Which exam track are you planning to take? 9i? 8i?
> The advice I received is "don't take the SQL exam as your first exam".
> Take the DBA exam first. The SQL exam is reported to be quite hard because
> it covers all the odd SQL functions and can really catch you unawares. As
a
> practicing DBA you should find the DBA exam pretty easy. I didn't
personally
> take that path for my own reasons, but I still consider it good advice.
>
>
>
> Dennis Williams
> DBA, 40%OCP
> Lifetouch, Inc.
> dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 6:09 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> 1. I have now made the humungous decision to start studying and to write
the
> OCP exams.
> 2. Do I study out of the Oracle Manuals?
> 3. I do have the Sybex Study Guides, would studying these be all that is
> needed?
> 4. Or do the questions come out of the Course material ( Which I have not
> attended ).
> 5. I do have some of the Oreilly "Insect" Books - would these be any help?
>
> Any views, opinions etc appreciated.
> Regards
> Denham Eva
> Oracle DBA
> "UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius
to
> understand the simplicity."
> Dennis Ritchie.
>
>
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