On the Road to Becoming a Master: Oracle 9i Database Fundamentals I Exam
Damir takes on Oracle's new scoring system and, overall, likes what he finds.
by Damir Bersinic
2/12/2002 --
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#1Z0-031, Oracle 9i Database: Fundamentals I |
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Live |
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"Despite some easy questions, overall it's a challenging exam that's sure to discourage 'paper' Oracle professionals." |
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$125 |
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Those looking to become 9i OCAs, OCPs that aren't already Oracle certified. (Those previously certified in 8i can take upgrade exam instead). |
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60 multiple-choice questions in two sections: Basic and Mastery. Passing Score: 39 out of 60 questions -- 25 from the Basic section and 14 from Mastery section. Registration available through Prometric |
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At Oracle OpenWorld earlier this year, we were all informed that Oracles certification program would now consist of three tiers Oracle Certified Database Associate (OCA), Oracle Certified Database Professional (OCP) and Oracle Certified Database Master (OCM). Another announcement made at the same time but given much less press stated that Oracles exams for Oracle 9i would now include questions divided into sections Basic and Mastery and that a passing score in both sections was needed. I had an opportunity to experience this when I took the beta version of the upcoming Oracle 9i Database: Fundamentals I beta exam, which is the second of two tests required for the new OCA (and must be passed to go on to the OCP and, finally, the OCM). (Note:Existing Oracle 8i OCPs do not need to take this exam; an upgrade exam is offered.)
First Impressions
I must admit that writing this exam was a welcome experience; however, I suspect that some of you may not feel that way when you sit down to it yourselves. I was pleasantly surprised by the caliber of most of the questions being asked they required some thought to determine the correct answer. I did find some questions to be so easy my grandma should know the answer. Why this inconsistency? The reason goes back to the way the exam is broken down into a Basic and Mastery section, with questions to match. Taking this exam, you will get some quite challenging questions that test your knowledge of several elements of Oracle 9i, followed by a question on which process is used to write to the redo log files, for example. This is the Mastery and Basic knowledge testing at work.
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