Re: DBA exams

To find out more about the DBA exam, check out http://www.oraworld.com/dbaexam.htm

Cheers,
Kathleen

Vsevolod Afanasjev wrote:
>
> There are several ways to get the sample questions:
> 1. Advanced Oracle Tuning and Administration book
> which gives 137 questions and answers with explanations.
> Questions are flawless.
>
> 2. www.docsoftware.com You can download sample program
> or buy the full version. There are approximately
> 300 questions there, with answers, but no explanation.
> Questions have numerous flaws. The program
> looks VERY similar to the actual exam, with exception
> of "analysis of real database" part which is absent.
> (And this is bad because this part is very time-consuming).
> But the program itself looks very similar, in particular,
> you can answer questions in arbitrary order.
> The price is US$100 (or $80 during promotions)
> and they also have MONEY BACK garantee which you will not be
> able to use (see next paragraph).
>
> 3. Just two days ago it was announced that the old exam
> (which was actually 7.2) will be replaced by a new one (7.3),
> sometimes in November, still offered through Sylvan Prometric
> with 4 parts, each with 60 questions, 1.5 hour (and each costing
> US$125).
> This new exam will be available in November.
> See http://education.oracle.com/certification for more information.
> You can also download sample test, produced by Self-Test Software
> (but copyrighted by Oracle). I think that the questions contain
> numerous flaws.
>
> I ASK EVERYBODY TO CALL/FAX/E-MAIL ORACLE in order to
> improve the quality of the questions.
>
> The program itself is very poor, it always gives questions in random
> order (while docsoftware gives choice of random/repeatable order)
> and there is no way to return to the previous question.
> The sample contains around 160 questions.
> For US$400 you can get full version (actually, there will be
> 4 parts sold separately, each $100).
>
> I also have very serious doubts about the quality of questions
> offered at the actual exam offered right now.
> I had a feeling that instead of "chosing the best answer"
> I was trying to chose "the least wrong answer"
> among several proposed.
>
> outlaw_at_neosoft.com wrote:
> >
> > Can someone please tell me where can I get sample DBA exams
Received on Fri Oct 03 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT