Beta Exam:
1. Free of charge
2. Exam time is longer (for SCDJWS, it is 4.5 hours)
3. No. of questions is more (for SCDJWS, it is 174)
4. No result after the exam
5. Beta period is fixed
Actual Exam:
1. Costs USD $150
2. Exam time is shorter (usually less than or equal to 2 hours)
3. No. of questions is less (usually around 48-70)
4. The result will be notified immediately
If we pass, both exams will issue us a cert, a pin and a name card. The beta cert is same as the real cert.
Nick
SCJP 1.2, OCP 9i DBA, SCWCD 1.3, SCJP 1.4 (SAI), SCJD 1.4, SCWCD 1.4 (Beta), ICED (IBM 287, IBM 484, IBM 486), SCMAD 1.0 (Beta), SCBCD 1.3, ICSD (IBM 288), ICDBA (IBM 700, IBM 701), SCDJWS, ICSD (IBM 348), OCP 10g DBA (Beta), SCJP 5.0 (Beta), SCJA 1.0 (Beta), MCP(70-270), SCBCD 5.0 (Beta), SCJP 6.0, SCEA for JEE5 (in progress)