Hello All,
I have seen many people in distress here and the Certificate Results forum. I was in the same boat for the last two days. I had taken my written exam on 7th November and had uploaded my assignment before that. I didn't get my results before the Cert Manager database was updated. On 10th December Evening when the new database came online, I eagerly checked my results, and was really disappointed to see a failed grade! I was also puzzled by the lack of comments (or rather no comments) under the Comments section. I have been in a persistent and forceful
exchange, mostly from my side, with Sun, and just now I discovered that I have been given a passing grade. Be aware that this is under the "Old" Cert Manager though. Those of you, who have seen a Failed grade, check your grade here! The new Cert Manager Database is screwed up to say the least. I suspect that they have set the default grade for an "incomplete" exam to Failed and have caused a lot of us a lot of unnecessary grief!
Anyway, here are the results!
Grade: P
Score: 367
Comment: This report shows the total number of points awarded for each section. The maximum number of points is 400, to pass you need a score of 320. Section Summary: Section Max Actual Points Points General Con: 100 94 Documentation: 70 60 OOD: 30 28 GUI: 40 25 Locking: 80 80 Data Store: 40 40 Network Server: 40 40 Total: 400 367
I want to thank all of you for helping me out tremendously! I want to specifically acknowledge the immense amount of help and encouragement from Andrew, Max, Jim, Mark, Phil, Vlad, Tony, and Arun. I have also benifitted from the postings of people who took this exam before me. If I am forgetting somebody, blame it to my head, not my heart.
I think that the score is fair. I was totally focused on the locking, data store, and the Server side of the assignment since that is what I was more interested in and wanted to learn more. Andrew kept advising me to pay an equal amount of attention to the GUI side and not "blindly" copy Max's design. I ended up not following to his advice on this front and paid the price. On the written
test, there was a question on the TableModel which I couldn't answer clearly. Had I spent more time learning that, I could have. I was running out of steam by the time I got to the documentation, and ended-up doing a bad job. I think my score reflects that.
I have a feeling that at least some of us who are in the same boat as I was for the past two days are going to be pleasantly surprised. Have heart and keep your chins up!
Warm Regards.
Bharat Ruparel
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