Passed SCJP2

[Mani]

Hi All,
Today I passed SCJP with 86%. Thanks to all of you.Java Ranch has been really helpful in preparing for the exam.
The exam was really very easy.It was almost similar to Marcus exams. I finished the exam in 1 hr 15 mts.45 mints I spent for reviewing. There was one question relating to Stack not actually a Collection qn.(Related with Overloading or something(sure it was wrong for me).
For Certification I bought the following books.
Certification guide by Barry Boone and William Stanek(Don't buy this one)
Certification guide by Jamie Jaworski.
Believe it or not I didn't read the book commonly named "THE BIBLE" for Certification - Roberts & Hellers guide.
For the past one month I was reading postings in this forum.
Full credit of my success goes to Java Ranch.
Thanks to all of you.

[Faiza]

Congrats...!!! well done...
Any tips regarding Threads and IO ?
Keep coming for answering our questions!!
Faiza

[Anonymous]

Congrats.
My best wishes for your future endavours.
Regds.
- satya

[Suma Narayan]

Congratulations!!! and Best wishes.
Suma.

[sreelakshmi sarma]

Congratulations!!!Mani.

[Anonymous]

Congratulations. You are probably one of the very few that have passed without using the R&H Book. I am also using Jaworski's book, but I see nobody mentions it as any good. But when I combine with the immense knowledge I am getting from this forum, I hope I will be able to pass, without having to buy another book.
Once again
Congrats
Herbert

[maha anna]

Congrats Mani,
regds
maha anna

[Mani]

Thanks to all of you.
Regrading IO in real exam they will ask only direct questions I think.(say something related with constructor types or which type streams a particular stream supports as arguments.)
In thread I think you have to study the conditions at which thread stops ,significance of various methods(run,yield etc)
and synchronization concepts.
Real exam is very easy. Some qns were so easy that I have to confirm it by reading it again.
All the best
Mani