Hi Folks,
Finally got through with the
SCEA - Part 1 exam and got an 98%.
It took me almost two months to prepare. I am relieved now
. The exam was not difficult for me considering my experience and the area I have worked in my projects was helped to get this much score. Nonetheless, hard work paid off. Thanks to all the insight shared by all on this forum. It was helpful.
I used the following material:
1) JavaEETutorial
2) Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for JavaEE Study Guide 2nd ed by Mark Cade & Simon Roberts
3) MZ's notes - Wonderful and very helpful for quick reference. Thank you personally for this excellent compilation.
4) Design
Patterns, GoF & Core
J2EE Patterns, 2nd ed.
5) Exam simulator available at the below site was very useful.
http://jeemind.blogspot.com/2010/04/scea-cx-310-052-simulator.html
6)
Java Beat Mocks
Please go through all the Mock exams at this site. They cover wide range of concepts.
http://www.javabeat.net/cert/scea/mock-exam/
7) Other useful links
http://java.boot.by/scea5-guide/
http://www.bm-one.com/Se/scea1.html
http://www.corej2eepatterns.com/Patterns2ndEd/index.htm
http://www.sweber.be/SCEA/
http://www.omg.org/gettingstarted/corbafaq.htm
http://rubis.ow2.org/download/perf_scalability_ejb.pdf
http://mycollectivematerial.blogspot.com/2009_02_01_archive.html
http://java-issues-solutions.blogspot.com/search/label/issues
Thank you all ranchers for helping me. Without this forum, I seriously wouldn't have passed.
.. I am planning to start preparing for the 
