With a great struggle I passed part 1 finally.

[SMK Reddy]

Hi
Thanks for the group, helping me in preparing for this exam.
Even though I am feeling bad about my score, but I am happy to say that I cleared the exam with 79%. With this score I don�t think I have much to advice for the people who are preparing for this exam.
Thanks to all those members who are keeping this group live.
Regards
SMK Reddy.

[Raj Mohan]

Congrats SMK,
Your score is good, since the exam is really tough.
regards, Raj

[Vivek Viswanathan]

Congradulations

[Bidyut Padhi]

Hi SMK Reddy
First Congrats for passing Part I
I think it is enough that you passed the exam forget about the score.
You must put your experience with the exam.
It will help me as well as other who are preparing for the exam .
Waiting to see more on your posting.
regards
Bidyut

[ruilin yang]

SMK,
Congradulations for passing the test.
How long does it take you to prepare ? Did you tried a lots mock examines ?
Best luck for the further tests.
Ruilin

[Vishakha Ahuja]

CONGRATULATIONS !
I have been preparing for part 1 myself since march but cannot be sure that I'm well prepared....I 'd scheduled exam for may but postponed it thinking I'm not yet ready...you can help me & others with ur experience in the exam & type of Q's asked.

[Luna Bora]

Congratulations!! Can you please tell what type of questions were asked about UML? Is it sufficient to know the symbols for all the terms? Thanks.

[SMK Reddy]

1) I18n.
Java tutorial on i18n provided lot of information, on top of that it is good to know what are the java class/packages that support internalization and localization eg. DateFormat and some Stream class( i overlooked the second one)
2 questions on I18n.
2) JMS.
Java tutorial provide me much of the information.
i got 4 to 5 questions on the JMS
3) UML.
UML distilled is more then enough. But they may show you diagrams and asks you to identify it. or whether a message belongs to Class A or Class B such type of questions, be prepared for these kind of questions.
2-3 questions on the UML
4) Security.
I studied, Applet FAQ, Three articles from the Java World.

5) Design patterns.
Studied the Definitions and the category they belong to, how they are utilized in J2EE.
3 questions on Design Patterns
6) Common Architecture and legacy connectivity.
Please study the John Whites Note on Common architecture. Understand and think logically how each one will affect other. This logical thinking is necessary before you go to the exam.

7) EJB & J2EE
I studied Enterprise Java Beans by Richard Manson.
My field exp has helped me in answering some of the questions.
I hope this will help.
Regards
SMK Reddy

[SMK Reddy]

Originally posted by ruilin yang:
SMK,
Congradulations for passing the test.
How long does it take you to prepare ? Did you tried a lots mock examines ?
Best luck for the further tests.
Ruilin

It took me almost three weeks(daily 4h); I tried all mock exams in the list
http://www.certificationguru.com/javaarchitectresources.html

[ruilin yang]

SMK,
You are great to help others a lots from what you posted.
Thanks a lots
Ruilin

[Rahul Mahindrakar]

Even though I am feeling bad about my score, but I am happy to say that I cleared the exam with 79%. With this score I don�t think I have much to advice for the people who are preparing for this exam.

Something to cheer you up.
When i wrote my exam i just wanted 68%!!!
You have got 79% which is a good score.
<h3> Congrats <h3>
Welcome to the Club

[Pasupathi J]

Hi,
Congratulations. Where can I find the John Whites notes on common architecture. Are the questions on security purely based on applet security?.

Regards,
Pasupathi J

[SMK Reddy]

http://www.javaranch.com/ubb/Forum26/HTML/000416.
http://www.javaranch.com/ubb/Forum26/HTML/000163.html
it's mix of Applet Security, combined with Middle Tier app servers.
Regards
SMK Reddy
[This message has been edited by SMK Reddy (edited July 05, 2001).]