I wanted to see if others out there shared my opinion and experience regarding Whizlabs SCJP5 preparation kit. I have taken all the quizzes and exams in the prep kit. What I found time and time again was that the API and Generics questions were many times off the topic points discussed in the K&B book. While Whizlabs and the K&B book have no official relationship, they are both study and prep materials for the exam and in theory should be covering the same material.
I found (and reported) errors in the mock exams. Most of the time it was subject material that was not covered in the K&B book. I posted questions to javaranch and from what I have received in responses the K&B book won't steer you wrong. Questions on the mock exam that went outside of the scope of the book I always got wrong. The quizzes in Whizlabs which
test more "theory" then practice (so they stick better to the scope of the book) I scored higher on.
I imagine there are others out there that have had a similar experience. At this point I couldn't recommend the Whizlabs product to anyone. These errors frustrated me and impacted my mock exam test score. Whizlabs has not responded to my emails other than "we have received your email and forwarded it to the department responsible".
The other areas of the Mock exam I felt were on topic and good. Has anyone else had this experience. When I searched the forums for mock exams I only saw good things about the Whizlabs exams and was a little disappointed with the actual product.
If others have had good/bad experiences with it I'd like to know. If nothing else my thought here is not to bash Whizlabs, but hope that they fix these problems. I also hope that others can learn from my experience with the product.