Oracle Certified Professional Financial Applications Consultant Exam Guide (Book/CD-ROM package) [Hardcover]

Christopher Allen (Author), Vivian Chow (Author)

Book Description

Series: Oracle Certified Professional (Osborne) | Publication Date: April 21, 2000

The Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) Financial Applications Consultant affiliation is proof of the ability to successfully deploy and administer Oracle Financials - the powerful collection of vertical-market accounting programs. This book provides full coverage of the Oracle Financial Applications Consultant certification exams, including complete details on Oracle Financials Release 11. Fully endorsed by Oracle Corporation and developed in conjunction with Oracle's OCP program, this book and CD-ROM combination is a powerful preparation tool containing more than 300 practice exam questions.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Oracle Financials play a big role in the information infrastructures of many companies, and a solid understanding of that environment can pay very large dividends in consulting work. Oracle Certified Professional Financial Applications Consultant Exam Guide readies you for the four exams (two core and two elective) that make up the Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) Financial Applications Consultant track. The book tackles the exams one at a time, explaining what you need to know--conceptually, as well as in terms of software details--about the Oracle Financials environment. The exercises help drive information into your long-term memory, and each chapter is peppered with review questions that help prepare you for what's on the exams.

This is more than a test-prep book, however, and it's likely that you'll be happy with it even if you have no plans to pursue a formal Oracle certification. The large and complicated concepts that underlie Oracle Financials are explained, a difficult job that the book does well. It's also careful to maintain a focus on business objectives, instead of on characteristics of the software itself. One section explains the process of creating a blanket purchase order, properly accounting for the purchases that are made against it, and then releasing individual purchase authorizations under the order's terms. The index is extensive and detailed, so finding the documentation that you need is rather easy. --David Wall

Topics covered: The Oracle Financials suite of applications, with a bit of a bias toward the four Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) Financial Applications Consultant tests. The details of the material that's on the Financial Management, Applied Technology, Procurement, and Order Fulfillment exams all appear here, which means that you can use this as a general-purpose Oracle Financials reference, and not only as a study helper.

From the Back Cover

Get Certified with Official Exam Prep Material from Oracle Press!

The Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) Financial Applications Consultant designation is proof of your ability to successfully deploy and administer Oracle Financials - the powerful collection of vertical-market accounting programs. Certify your skills and demonstrate your expertise by earning your OCP Financial Applications Consultant credential - with help from this Oracle-authorized exam guide. The book provides full coverage of the Oracle Financial Applications Consultant certification exams, including complete details on Oracle Financials Release 11. Fully endorsed by Oracle Corporation and developed in conjunction with Oracle¿s OCP program, this book and CD-ROM package is a powerful preparation tool containing more than 300 practice exam questions.

Featuring a logical methodology designed to reinforce your learning experience, this guide offers the following study aids:

Tips, examples, and exercises to help you remember key concepts

Two-minute drills - quick and concise checklists that summarize a chapter¿s main points; perfect for last-minute review

Chapter self-tests - chapter-specific questions similar to those found on the exam with detailed answers to each question

Comprehensive coverage of all Oracle-designated exam objectives

Interactive exam on CD that enables you to hotlink directly to the relevant part of the electronic book

The bonus CD-ROM contains an interactive exam feature that hotlinks more than 300 questions to the electronic version of the book for correct answers and detailed explanations.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 1168 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies (April 21, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072123583
• ISBN-13: 978-0072123586
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.6 x 2.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,385,936 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another strong OCP exam guide from Oracle Press, May 11, 2000

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Dmitry Bronstein (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oracle Certified Professional Financial Applications Consultant Exam Guide (Book/CD-ROM package) (Hardcover)

Last year I used Oracle Press's OCP Developer exam guide to prepare for, and pass, the Developer/2000 exams. The book worked great. Now I need to apply my Forms knowledge to creating custom Financials screens, so I bought this book. Its excellent. It gives the underlying logic behind Financials, and then goes into screen-by-screen detail. Very helpful. After buying this book and starting to read it, I've rescheduled my first Apps exam from a month away to next week!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clear and complete, May 8, 2000

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Chendra Zawara (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oracle Certified Professional Financial Applications Consultant Exam Guide (Book/CD-ROM package) (Hardcover)

This book's coverage of Financials installation and customization is phenomenal. The OCP exams on this subject are demanding, and this book has what it takes to get you ready. Impressive work.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything you need to know for OCP Financials exams, May 10, 2000

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Brad Robinson (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oracle Certified Professional Financial Applications Consultant Exam Guide (Book/CD-ROM package) (Hardcover)

This book covers every point in the OCP exams for Financials consultants. Lots of hands-on exercises, and lots of wise perspective from someone who obviously has done a lot of installations. Considering what the book contains, it's price is really low.