Re: Oracle certified Professional DBA

Hi!
i saw this on the web and thought i ask if you have info on oracle forms 5 exam.

 i am looking to take the exam soon and will welcome tips on how to prepare and pass. do you if i can get sware for preparation?

please reply

Regards
Lincoln.

In article <36934734.9542999_at_news.prestel.co.uk>,   E.Gardner_at_VaxMan.prestel.co.uk wrote:
> > a) What span of time do you typically take these exams , all four of them ?
> Each exam lasts for about 90 minutes. There was a 3 month gap between my
> first and last exams as I felt more confident after greater experience.
> Just take them when you feel you're ready.
>
> > b) Does cramming help at all ?
>
> Definately so. My guess is that very very few folks can pass without both
> academic study and experience.
>
> > c) I have looked at the book by Couchman, the DBA certification guide and
> > there is a lot of stuff I don't know in that. Does that make me a bad
> > candidate for this exam ?
>
> I haven't seen the book. The example questions you can download from the
> Web are a fair indication IMO.
>
> > d) I can understand that experience is the best way to pass this exams, but
is
> > it impossible for someone with minimal experience to pass these exams by
> > studying and such.
>
> There are questions which are designed to catch out folks with only one of
> academic knowledge and experience. You may be able to scrape a pass with
> just one and a lot of luck.
>
> > e) I haven't done much backup and recovery(lucky) but I have
> > in place reasonable procedures for backup which has worked well for
> > me. I have done one recovery with help from Oracle support( major disk
crash)
> > I believe I probably couldn't have done this without Oracle support. That
> > bothers me in my capabilities as a DBA.
>
> There are dozens of possible recovery scenarios. I'm afraid there's no
> substitute for training/study and experience/practice.
>
> > f) I haven't started writing these exams yet, I have Oracle 7.3
> > at my disposal for me to play around with, and not Oracle 8. Does anyone
> > recommend I go straight for Oracle 8 certification or Oracle 7.3.
>
> Go for what you have experience of. There is a 7.3 > 8 conversion exam
> which you could take later. Remember though that each exam costs £100 or
> $150 pass or fail.
>
> Good luck
> Eugene (Unemployed, but with a nice certificate on the wall).
>

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