In many cases the exams extract exact sentences from
the Oracle Uinversity manuals for their correct
answers.
- DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM> wrote:
> Eva - Everything I've heard says that all the exam
> questions come out of the
> Oracle University class Student Guides. To put it
> bluntly, your goal is to
> pass the exam. You could study the Oracle manuals,
> but there is a lot of
> material to cover and what strikes you as important
> might not be covered on
> the exam, and vice-versa. Essentially you are
> getting two levels of
> filtering. Somebody read the manuals and used that
> to prepare student
> guides, then a group of Oracle instructors read the
> student guide and
> prepared questions. I think that most of the exam
> guides were prepared from
> the Oracle Student Guides and the author has at
> least taken the exam, so
> they have a general idea of how the test is
> approached. Everyone has their
> favorite exam preparation book and I consider this a
> worthwhile investment,
> I bought Couchman -
>
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=6WIANMIL0
> H
>
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>
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> 2133414>
>
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> 33414
> Two issues: Which exam track are you planning to
> take? 9i? 8i?
> The advice I received is "don't take the SQL exam
> as your first exam".
> Take the DBA exam first. The SQL exam is reported to
> be quite hard because
> it covers all the odd SQL functions and can really
> catch you unawares. As a
> practicing DBA you should find the DBA exam pretty
> easy. I didn't personally
> take that path for my own reasons, but I still
> consider it good advice.
>
>
>
> Dennis Williams
> DBA, 40%OCP
> Lifetouch, Inc.
> dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
>
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>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> 1. I have now made the humungous decision to start
> studying and to write the
> OCP exams.
> 2. Do I study out of the Oracle Manuals?
> 3. I do have the Sybex Study Guides, would studying
> these be all that is
> needed?
> 4. Or do the questions come out of the Course
> material ( Which I have not
> attended ).
> 5. I do have some of the Oreilly "Insect" Books -
> would these be any help?
>
> Any views, opinions etc appreciated.
> Regards
> Denham Eva
> Oracle DBA
> "UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but
> you have to be a genius to
> understand the simplicity."
> Dennis Ritchie.
>
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