Well,... it's not a great score, but I'm glad I've passed it anyway.
The real exam is harder than the ICE
test, since it tests not only your knowledge on
J2EE architecture, but also best practices applied to real business cases.
My preparation time : 3/4 days.
Preparation focused only on JAAS, JCA and JAXP, since for the other stuff I was self-confident on my preparation for SCBCD beta (june 2003) and IBM-483 exam (march 2003).
The only simulator I've used is the ICE test.
Bye,
Massimiliano
ICED (IBM-287,IBM-484 & IBM-483,IBM-486), SCJP 1.2, SCJD 1.4, SCBCD 1.3