Cleared 1z0-040 - 10g New Features

[adrianomp]

Took the exam today, it was just like 1z0-030 (New Features 9i): a lot of straight questions, just a few exhibits and a total lack of "real-life" questions. A lot of things to memorize, like new processes roles, API's syntax and some concepts. Scored 51/61 (from a total of 66 questions - 5 were not scored), not an outstanding score but more than enough to pass (minimum score was 37, about 57%).

It seems Oracle wants OCP9i to upgrade real soon. I'll have to admit, Microsoft exams on 2003 track are much harder actually.

2 weeks of studying. My references were, recalling another thread:

1) Oracle Coach notes (pretty straight and focused on exam objectives; however, quite superficial reading):
http://www.oraclecoach.com/oracle10g.htm

2) OTN Notes from Arup Nanda (don't cover all the exams objective, since it's not focused on OCP but on Oracle itself; however, there are plenty of examples and practical demonstrations of the new features):

http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub...dba/index.html

3) Tim Hall's Notes on Oracle-Base (as useful as OTN articles):
http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/10g/Articles10g.php

4) Oracle Documentation Library as further reading (official documentation, excellent as reference and in-depth research):
http://www.oracle.com/pls/db10g/port...mo3?selected=1

5) Oracle 10g New Features by Oracle Press (not focused on OCP and, at the same time, not complete as the OTN, Tim and Oracle documentation; useful as a "first reading", no more than that):
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...books&n=507846

6) Obviously, a test environment

7) I also found another site with information on 10g new features but didn't have the time to check:
http://www.iselfschooling.com/iss4ora10g.htm

At the current time, there is no STS available for 1z0-040 exam. I didn't see any practical questions. But, trust me, they're really not neeeded.