scored 343/400, but failed assignment (passed after querying Sun).

[Christy Keane]

All,

I have a question:

I though that the pass mark was 320...I scored 343 but my grade is F. Am I missing something?

Have I failed?

Grade: F
Score: 343
Comment: This report shows the total 1.4 SCJD points that could have been awarded in each section, and the actual number of points you were awarded. This is provided to give you per-section feedback on your strengths. The maximum possible score is 400; the minimum to pass is 320. General Considerations (maximum = 100): 99 Documentation (maximum = 70): 69 O-O Design (maximum = 30): 20 GUI (maximum = 40): 31 Locking (maximum = 80): 44 Data store (maximum = 40): 40 Network server (maximum = 40): 40

[Andrew: changed title to show passed status ]
[ November 04, 2005: Message edited by: Andrew Monkhouse ]

[Oricio Ocle]

Hello,
maybe the essay exam?
(this point is specially worrying me because of the language)
Regards

[Christy Keane]

Maybe, I don't know how though - since the questions were on my project, I can't have got them "wrong". I've sent an email to sun...I'll wait and see what they have to say.

[Michael Valentino]

Did you possibly do something that was against the spec? I recall seeing in the instructions that some things may constitute automatic failure. If that's the case they probably scored the sections to give you an idea of how you did on the implementation, but failed because of a spec violation. Just a thought...

[Christy Keane]

I thought that they would have had to say that it was anaotomatic failure though...I dunno

[Shu Gao]

When did you submit you assignment?

As far as I know, it is a very rare occasion, score indicated passing, and didn't say automatic failure, but still F?

[Andrew Monkhouse]

Hi Christy,

This has happened on a couple of other occassions - on at least one occassion we thought it might be that the initial result is marked as 'F' before any score is entered, then when the score is finally made available someone didn't change the 'F' to a 'P'.

According to your score you have passed (congratulations ), and I suspect that when you get the answer from Sun they will confirm your passed status.

Regards, Andrew

[Robert Aragon]

Go Christy! Good luck! I hope you get the yes nod!

[Christy Keane]

Yep, passed it. They got back to me this morning. Happy days. Thanks to everyone in this forum for all the help.

[Oricio Ocle]

Congrats Christy!!!

[Alan Morgan]

Congrats

Any idea why you lost points on locking ?

[Christy Keane]

I've no ideas why I lost points on locking...I'll have to investigate. I think a lot of people got this 44/80 score, so we're all probably making similar mistakes.

[Alan Morgan]

You're right 44 or 80 are the two main scores for locking.

Did your delete, update and unlock methods take a lockCookie in their signature ?

[Christy Keane]

Yep, unlock, delete and update all took lockCookies in their signature.

[Andrew Monkhouse]

I have moved this to the Sun Certification Results forum.

Regards, Andrew

[dew foster]

exams exams exams !this is psyching me ........... i need to take up my exams sometime soon ......but am shit scared now .