Passed 8i New Features

[woexpert]

I passed 8i New Features today!

I have to admit this exam is very difficult because ...
Oracle has recently made a lot of changes to the test contents for this exam and thus the study materials that I used - cramsession's notes and STS practice exams - are both out of date.

I can only answer (with confidence) 40% of the exam questions, and have to guess for the rest 60% questions. Fortunately, I have got a lot of experiences in guessing answers, so finally I got a 85% score.

Thanks for all the people who answered my questions previously posted in this forum.

Good luck to you all!

woexpert@yahoo.com

[OraMan]

Congratulation! Could you please post the categories of test questions for this test? I am planning to take this very soon.

Thanks

[joanneg]

I passed the other day as well, and yes, it was very difficult and a lot of the content seemed completely unfamiliar . Here are the categories :

Java in the Database
Optimizer and Query
Summary Management
Indexes and Index-Organized Tables
Object Relational Features and LOBS
Partitioning Improvements
Oracle Universal Installer : Migration and Upgrade
Tablespace Management
Database Resource Manager
Manageability Enhancements
Availability and Recoverability Enhancements
Features of NET8
SQL*Plus, Pl/SQL, and National Language Support Enhancements
Database Security

The topics I most struggled with were NET8 (some networking stuff I had no idea about ), Partitioning Improvements (indexes, I think ) and Availability and Recoverability Enhancements.

J.

[OraMan]

Could you please give us the number of questions for each categories below:

CATEGORIES No. Questions
Java in the Database ?
Optimizer and Query ?
Summary Management ?
Indexes and Index-Organized Tables ?
Object Relational Features and LOBS ?
Partitioning Improvements ?
Oracle Universal Installer : Migration and Upgrade ?
Tablespace Management ?
Database Resource Manager ?
Manageability Enhancements ?
Availability and Recoverability Enhancements ?
Features of NET8 ?
SQL*Plus, Pl/SQL, & National Language Support Enh ?
Database Security ?

Thanks for help……..

[vimalp]

Dear Woexpert,
Congratulations on passing sucha difficult exam!
I'm also going for the exam in JAN 2001 as i'm waiting for
'exam cram' book.
Can you please post here break-down of each topic?( like
how many questions from each topic they asked in this exam?).

Hope to hear soon from you :)

TIA,

[woexpert]

Java in the Database ? 1
Optimizer and Query ? 7
Summary Management ? 6 (Easy)
Indexes and Index-Organized Tables ? 3
Object Relational Features and LOBS ? 3
Partitioning Improvements ? 6 (Easy)
Oracle Universal Installer : Migration and Upgrade ? 3
Tablespace Management ? 6
Database Resource Manager ? 2 (Difficult)
Manageability Enhancements ? 3
Availability and Recoverability Enhancements ? 8 (Difficult)
Features of NET8 ? 1 (Difficult!)
SQL*Plus, Pl/SQL, & National Language Support Enh ? 3
Database Security ? 2

By the way, since it is very hard to prepare for all materials, you will definitely meet some questions that you've never seen before, I supply some tips for guessing answers:

1. choose LONGER answer(s)
2. choose the answer in which some specific word(s) repeat most times
3. choose C
4. choose B

Note: use the above tips on your own risks.

[vimalp]

Thanks a millions Woexpert !

Appreciated :)

[OraMan]

Thanks a lot "woexpert"