Originally posted by Jason Mowat:
Greetings,
I am now preparing for the SCBCD, using Head First EJB as my guide. After going through the session bean section mock exam, I realize that the authors rely on the reader having read (parts of) the EJB 2.0 spec.
Personally I don't think that the authors relies on us reading the specs (although in the introduction it is said that in case of doubt, we should have a look at it). I think I got your point: sometimes the Mock exams at the end of each chapter have got questions not explained in the chapter. We can think here at different reasons:
1) The authors want to challenge us, by inviting us to look also at other references to find out the answers;
2) A mistake from the authors;
3) Sometimes, as in the case of Exceptions and Responsibilities, the answers will come later, still on the same book.
We also don't have to forget that the HF, following the authors, point to an 80/20 score for the exam, and it doesn't pretend to be the definite reference for someone who wants to pass with 100/100.
I am personally quite satisfied with what I have learnt from the book and the questions made at the end of each chapter, although at the beginning I was a bit disorientated. But whenever I have got a doubt that the book doesn't seem to satisfy, I look around for other resources and on the internet, and I try to take also other Mock exams.
HTH,
Marco
