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Hi,
I am preparing for SCJP. I took some mock exams. I am getting percentage around 75 to 85. The mock exams which I took are from
Marcus Green, JQplus, JTips. And in JTips mock exam I got 55%. I still feel its not good score. Will anybody advice on this. What I have to do next. Do I repeat the mock exams till I get good scores. The areas where I do mistake is I/O, thread, Collections. If anybody has notes on these topics please send me.
Leana I think you have notes on this if possible email to
arathimr@yahoo.com
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I'm moving this to the programmer certification forum where you might get more answer than here
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Well you could buy another good Certification Book. .
I know one that costs less than half of what most Cert books cost . . . .
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Arathi
What mocks have tyou taken? You can go to JQ+ scores to compare your scores to what others have gotten on various mocks and the real exam.

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Hi Arathi,
Have you taken Bill Brogden's mocks? Or Jamie Jaworski's? They are listed on Mock Exams List. Also don't forget to try Sun's Example Test
If you are unhappy with your scores try to weed out which areas are giving you the most problems and, focus your study on those areas and then retry the exams.
It's really impossible to say 'if you get 70% or 60% or 80% etc' on the mocks you'll pass. Alot has to do with how confident you are with the subject material.

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Hi,
Thanks a lot for your suggestions. I appreciate it very much.
 
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Hi,
Here are the list of mock exams that I took:
1.) Marcus Green - Exams 1/2/3
RATING: High (pretty close to the real exam)
Take it in the second round of mock exams
2.) John Hunt
RATING: Average (Very easy compared to real exam)
Use it perhaps to boost confidence, also for revision.
Take it in the first round of mock exams
3.) MindQ
RATING: Good (Not as hard as real exam, but harder than John Hunt's exam)
Take it in the first round of mock exams
4.) JDCert
RATING: Good (Not as hard as real exam, but harder than John Hunt's exam)
Take it in the first round of mock exams
5.) Jxam
RATING: Good (Not as hard as real exam, but harder than John Hunt's exam). Has a very good GUI simulator.
Take it in the first round of mock exams
6.) RHE (Robert Heller,etc) - Final/Bonus 1,2,3/Chapter-wise Exams
RATING: High (pretty close to the real exam)
Take it in the second round of mock exams
Note: Also periodically take JavaRanch Rules Roundup Game.
Other exams recommended, but I couldn't take because of lack of time are:
7.) Bill Brogden
8.) Barry Boone
9.) Khalid Mughal's (Caution: Harder than real exam. So don't get disappointed if your score is not good).
10.) Jammi Jaworksi
11.) JTips
All of the above mock exams are available at: http://www.javaranch.com/mock.jsp
There is no need for taking all the mock exams available in different resources. After scoring consistently say 85%-90% in most of the above mock exams, you should be in a position to take the real exam. Also for last minute revision, I referred Velmurugan's notes, the link to which is here: http://www.geocities.com/velmurugan_p/


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