Re: Dumb & Vague OCP Questions ...

Domenic G. wrote:

> I've been a DBA for several years, but now plan on getting certified
> because so many employers won't even hire these days without it. I
> just took a practice test, and scored 9/10 without a time limit, but
> the stupidity, irrelevance, and vagueness of some of the questions
> really floored me. Some of the questions were downright MISLEADING.
> Example: using a password file with remote_login ... set to shared.
> The whole point is to set it to exclusive so that you can add SYSDBA
> users into the file with a grant sysdba. Why do they ask about a
> setting that isn't supposed to be used? Then they ask if Oracle Net
> is part of OSI -- what the hell is OSI? -- the only OSI I know is
> from the Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman series. Dumb
> questions.
>
> Dom.

The only thing that surprises me about your post is that any employer where you are knows so little about the OCP to want one. Out here they are more likely to assume that OCP = 'can answer multiple choice questions'.

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