Yesterday I cleared
SCEA part I with 95%. I missed one question of Common Architectures and another of Design
Patterns.
The
test is very nice, although the time is too short. The questions are very good and sometimes cover more then one topic. You must have a good knowledge of all the concepts and I thought the mocks helped a lot. Although the exam questions are different from the mocks, I believe that the mocks gave me a good knowledge basis.
I suggest following the path:
SCJP -> SCBCD -> [IBM 486] -> SCEA.
In about two months, I read chapters of the two study guides, did a lot of mocks and read some notes (John's notes are very good).
Let's go for the next parts!