Oracle8i Upgrade

[sudip]

Hi! All,
Just cleared my Oracle 8i upgrade Exam.

[launchpad]

Congrats buddy , can you pls give me the breakup , i 'll be going for it ina week or two ..

[mayank69]

Congrats!!

Please post the breakup of the test and which material did you refer to.

Could you discuss any difficult questions that you might have encountered? Esp. those where one types in the responses.

Thanks.

[sudip]

Hi!
Thanx, I will surely give you th break up , but it is not with me right now, just wait a little.
About exam, I prepared from the exam cram book and oracle8i documents. I took around two months to prepare.

Thanx

[launchpad]

Hi ,what was your score ?

[sudip]

Hi!
Scored 80%. BTW will be giving you the breakup of question as soon as I reach home.

[mayank69]

In addition, how many questions in total and how many to get correct to pass?

Thanks.

[rborikar]

Congratulations Sudip!!! Great Job.

I would like to appear for the upgrade too!. Will you please help me sending the details about the exam and how you prepared for the exam , material etc by email? I will be really thankful to you!!!

Rajesh
rajeshborikar@hotmail.com

[sudip]

Hi! Guys,
Sorry for being late, here's the breakup,


Java in Database - 1
Optimizing & Query - 7
Summary Mgmt - 6
Indexes and IOT - 3
Object Relational Features and LOBS - 3
Partitioning improvement - 6
Migration and Upgrade - 3
Tablespace Mgmt. - 6
Database Resource manager - 2
Manageability & Recoverability Enhancements - 8
Feature sof Net8 - 1
SQLplus , PL/SQL , NLS - 3
Database Security - 2

For preparing for *i Upgrade exam I used the Exam cram book, Oracle8i documentation and practically trying out most of the things on my Win 2000 personal Oracle8i.

Cheers and Best of luck to all you guys.
Sudip