I hope not (and I don't think so).
I am working on SCEA part 2 and planning to use both a Web front-end and a Rich Interface application. For the latter I plan to use Swing within an
applet, which I've never done before myself
I think the point of the SCEA certification is that a certified architect is confident with the
J2EE technology and when/how to use them, system level requirements, architectural constraints, etc... and can come up with an efficient/effective architecture.... NOT to build himself the system.
Ciao
Beps