Well on one hand, I passed. On the other, I scored a 64%. I know why I scored so low, and I am almost positive, if I took the
test again I would get a much higher score.
Although I am not 100% sure I would score higher, so I don't want to depress myself like I did last Thursday when I took the test.
I confused myself.
I think mostly because the test was nowhere near any mock test that I took. and I took over ten of them. From Markus to Bogden, to Jaworski to Jxam and JQuest. Nothing comes close to the test.
So while I was taking the test I was thinking to myself, either this test is really easy, or they are really trying to trick us. Well, I assumed they were tricking us, which was wrong. I was suprised at the type of question they had, because I could tell you everything about Layout Managers, but alas no questions on them. They did a a number of
Thread and IO questions. I did fair with that area.
I actually got 100% in 2 areas. I forgot which ones, and don't have the print-out here. and 87% in two others, but I got only 33% in IO. 0%in another.
Also I thought the actually test was a really cheesy VB program, and that threw me for a loop, considering the cool applications that people have made for the mock exams.
The testing site also took me by surprise, it was the size of a bathroom. with 6 little cubicles 3 by 2. It was not really a test condusive environment.
Overall, I think I actually would have felt better if I didn't pass than get a 64%, from the experience, but still being 4 days since, I am glad that I passed and have the Certification. I will think about taking it again, but probably not.

I would like to thank everyone here at JavaRanch. It has helped keep me focused and driven. It pointed me to some great resources. there was one I can't remember that had about 50 pages of notes someone took while going through books and websites, that condensed a lot of great information into one document. OK I found the document on my machine and the document was written by Velmurugan Periasamy. This is a must have.
Hope this post made sense.
Thanks
Mark