This test was much more straigtforward than I expected. My score was 53/57. 38 was a passing score, I would have been happy to achieve that. I recognized a large percentage of the questions from the STS and ExamCram. The only areas I missed were in regards to memory management (I also spent a great deal of time on those chapters - shared pool, redo log buffer and buffer cache). The key is understanding which V$ tables to check in regards to symptoms and then knowing exactly course of action as suggested in the ILTS. Here is a breakdown on the number of questions in each area
1. overview 1
2. alert, trace files 2
3. dynamic views 3
4. shared pool 7
5. buffer cache 7
6. redo buffer 3
7. i/o 7 (another tough chapter)
8. using Oracle blocks 4
9. sorts 4
10. rollback segs. 4
11. locks 5 (easier than i expected)
12. tuning considerations 5
13. mixed workload 2
14. oracle expert 1
15. MTS 2
each numbered area corresponds to the chapt. in the ilts.
On to B&R and Network admin (does anybody know if B&R is tougher that P&T?).
