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hello,
i am pursuing my engineering in computer science and i want to take a java certification exam to enhance my job oppurtunities in the future....bt i am confused as on which exam to choose and on how to start preparing? which one to start with, oca 6 or ocjp 6?...please clarify:)
 
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Welcome to the Ranch

To start there are several certs OCA, OCP, OCM for java. Java pre-6 and Java 7 certs have somewhat different hierarchy.

OCA java associate 5/6 is for non-technical people eg managers or people wanting to enter java
OCP java programmer 5/6 is for more experience java programmers

OCA java programmer 7 is for people wanting to enter java (practically a subset of the OCP java programmer material)
OCP java programmer 7 is for more experience java programmer (the meat of the java cert)

So the question to ask yourself is which version of java you want to pursue? If java 6 go for OCPJP (1 exam), else java 7 (2 exams: OCA+OCP). You can also opt for upgrade to java 7 or even 8 when time is right later by doing java 6.

Hope this helps.
 
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Thank you Mr.tsang.....i am planning to study using the scjp study guide authored by sierra and bates...is it okay?..please suggest an effective method of preparation
 
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Hii all,

I want to take java certification exam ,this is my first SCJP exam and i need guidance as to which exam code i need to choose and how to start preparing for it.
Please suggest.


 
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damini Joshi wrote:Hii all,

I want to take java certification exam ,this is my first SCJP exam and i need guidance as to which exam code i need to choose and how to start preparing for it.
Please suggest.



All of the OCJP/SCJP exam codes are on the oracle website.
http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/ou_product_category.getPage?p_cat_id=267#tabs-3

I'd start by selecting some study material, there's plenty of good SCJP/OCJP6 books, and more and more OCJP 7 study materials are coming out now.
 
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Thank you Mr. Pittendreigh,

I have planned to take up OCA java programmer 7 exam and study using K & B 6 book . Could you please suggest the OCA java programmer 7 exam syllabus.
 
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damini Joshi wrote:Thank you Mr. Pittendreigh,

I have planned to take up OCA java programmer 7 exam and study using K & B 6 book . Could you please suggest the OCA java programmer 7 exam syllabus.



Hi Damini, no problems. Again, the Oracle website is your friend, although it's not the easiest to navigate at times Click the "Exam Topics" tab in the link below.
http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=5001&get_params=p_exam_id:1Z0-803

Personally I would get the new Sierra/Bates OCA / OCJP 7 book, as this specifically covers the OCA 7. Unless you have something else to fill in with any updates of OCA 7, you may find you have gaps in your knowledge, and the exam is not the time or place to discover this!

 
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Hi santhosh, if you want to fire up your coding skills and understand JAVA SE6 language, you can get OCPJP6 as your first certification, no required pre-requisites. Besides, I just passed today with 90%
I'm willing to share how I did it. Or you can check other posts here that nailed it by getting 95% to 100%.

K&B SCJP6 Study Guide is the one and only book you'll ever need. Nothing more. Keep noting for important concepts and don't be lazy coding when you think of "what ifs" for every topic that you will encounter from the book. It really helps!
 
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Thank you Mr Pittendreigh ,

I will get the new sierra,bates OCA/OCJP 7 book and start preparing with it.
 
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hey ,
I started studying with new sierra,bates java SE 7 book for OCAJP exam but the exam topics mention in this link https://coderanch.com/t/570259/java-SCJA/certification/Java-OCA , doesnt seem to be mention in the objectives under OCAJ exam in the book . kindly clarify:)
 
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