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The mock exam coming with Kathy Sierra Book is misleading

 
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You guys might have known that, but I really got scared for few seconds. The mock exam is counting down from 1:30 hours instead of 2 hours and the passing score is set at 80%.

Besides, the characters are not displayed very well especially for semicolons. Does anybody know if the real exam will look like that?

The book is very good and sticks to the newest exam ojbectives, but I just cannot understand why the included CD is so misleading.
 
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The mock is trying to be harder than the real test. If you can finish the test with less than and higher passing rate than the real one, you will be confident when going for the real test.

SCJP 1.4 lasts for 2 hours and the passing rate is 52%.

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