1Z0-808 OCA Java SE8, Your score: 71%

[Pedro Diaz]

I just made the OCA Java SE 8 (1Z0-808) exam with a score of 71% in the third attempt. In the first two, I got a frustrating 47% and 60%, but had only six weeks to prepare for the exam. The material I used was the book tests OCA Java SE 7 Mala Gupta and excellent book OCA certification preparation, by Jeanne Boyarsky. I did my training with tests of any of the books and internet, javaprepare.com, although there are old and too easy. In my first review, I not yet knew the excellent book by Boyarsky mentioned and some 20 questions left unanswered for lack of time. In the second, I improved my time answering each and finally in the third, I managed to pass but not on a high note. I am a teacher and already had experience in Java, got the SCJP certification for Java 2 in 2001. My next target is the second exam OCP Java 8. I think I will rely on the book OCP Boyarsky and Jeanne Scott Selikoff. I have not tried the software testing Enthuware, which seems to be highly recommended and for the examination of OCP, which seems much more difficult than the OCA.

[Roel De Nijs]

Hi Pedro Diaz,

First of all, a warm welcome to CodeRanch!

Pedro Diaz wrote:I just made the OCA Java SE 8 (1Z0-808) exam with a score of 71% in the third attempt.

Congratulations champion! Great achievement Now it's time to relax a bit and have a (well-deserved) (or 2 or 3). And if you want to spoil yourself have a Belgian beer, our beers are the best of the world

Don't forget to add your name to the OcajpWallOfFame!

Pedro Diaz wrote:for the examination of OCP, which seems much more difficult than the OCA

No doubt! It will be much harder than the OCA exam for 2 reasons:
1/ you'll have to know much more advanced topics, like generics, collections, file nio, threading, concurrency, jdbc,...
2/ you'll need a more detailed knowledge of the contents to be able to answer the questions correctly.

Kind regards,
Roel