Hi Rolf. Well what people say about the relative difficulty of the mock tests is probably true. They say that Marcus Green's exam 2 is about the same difficulty as the real exam and based on my experience I would agree with that. Here's a link to a really nice mock test exam simulator:
http://209.242.122.83/JavaCertification.html I found this test really hard, I only scored about 65%. Jamie Jaworski's test is also very hard, I scored around 65% on his test as well. Same for the test in the Mughal/Rasmussem book. Personally, I'd rather fail a hard mock exam and work to get a better grasp of the concepts than to pass an easier test and develop a false sense of confidence.
Actually what I liked most were mock exam questions that were incorrect in their choice of valid answers. Investing the time into digging through it to determine the correct answer was a real learning experience which then became well established in my mind.
Some of the questions on the real exam were shamefully easy. Others seemed so easy that I had to reread them several times to make sure I wasn't missing some subtle point (which maybe I still did since I answered 6 questions incorrectly).
One thing that was annoying, a few of the questions required scrolling up and down the page to get back and forth between the code sample and the answers. This seemed to be the hardest part of some of the questions.
I don't think you will get any questions about CardLayout or the paint methods in the AWT. I did get a few questions on the IO package.
In general, I think your score on the real test is likely to be comparable to the easier mock exams, but please don't hold me to that.
One thing, don't let your nerves get in your way when you sit for the exam, it will only make it harder on yourself. If you've got a good understanding of the basics you can be confident that when you walk out of the testing center you will be a newly minted Sun Java Certified Programmer. Regards, Joe
P.S. to Paul: Acutally the moose reminds of the Rugrats cartoon show that my daughter likes. In my opinion those characters are really ugly but she thinks they're cute. I guess it just takes me a while to warm up to them. So now that I've gotten used to your blushing moose you're going to change it on me? sheesh....
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