Prepare for SCJP 5 (Exam 310-055)

[Neetha Mirazkar]

Hi Im planning to take up the sun certified programmer exams...pls guide me whc exam is better for me to take up--Sun certified programmer for Java 5 SCJP (Exam 310-055) or Sun certified programmer for java 2 SCJP (Exam 310-035)???
I went to couple of details & found Exam 310-055 would be the best option for me & I have also started preparing for the exam & I m referring book by Kathy Sierra,Bert Bates...now i also have an confusion the book has 10 chapters. I also went thru Sun Microsoft website & their I see diff objectives for the exam & there r 19 chapters for the same course in Sun website, so im ful confused & dnt knw wht to study & wht not???
pls help me with a proper website addr where I can find all these details & prepare for properly for the exams. on the website I saw another book by Bert Bates wch covers all the latest updates, shud I go for it & wht do I do???pls guide me....

[Vipin Kapoor]

Neetha:
I recommend that you go to amazon.com and search for SCJP or Paul sanghera under the books category and take a look at the SCJP book by Dr. Paul Sanghera. This book is being published in a few weeks. I'm recommending this because I used the SCBCD Exam Study Kit by Paul Sanghera to pass my SCBCD certification exam. I really enjoyed that book. I did not know anything about the topics covered in the SCBCD certification exam. But, I passed the exam by just studying from his book.
Best of luck.
Vipin