Java 1.1 Certification Study Guide [Hardcover]

Simon Roberts (Author), Philip Heller (Author)

Book Description

Series: Certification Study Guide | Publication Date: September 1997

Sun Microsystems -- the creator of Java -- offers a Certification Exam that programmers take to demonstrate their proficiency with the language. Passing the test can mean a higher salary or a better job. This book is the ultimate authority for taking the test -- since the author of the book actually developed the exam for Sun! Roberts designed and implemented the testing guidelines and wrote the questions. This Study Guide covers every exam objective defined by Sun - including sample questions and annotated answers -- and has been given the stamp of approval from the Sun Education Team.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 720 pages
• Publisher: Sybex Inc (September 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782120695
• ISBN-13: 978-0782120691
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.8 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (105 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,096,447 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best of the lot, November 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Java 1.1 Certification Study Guide (Hardcover)

I read this book pretty well for the Java exam but after the exam found that it did not meet the objectives of the exam fully. Of course, I passed the exam but I would suggest that this book should be just ONE of the many things that you should read for the exam. There are lot of mock exams on the web which reflect the REAL test better. Also, the website javacert.com has a big discussion forum and links to other sites related to Java Certification. Felt let down by the fact that the test engine included in the book happened to be the same questions from the exercises. The authors should definitely have put more effort in building a better test engine.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Study Guide, November 14, 1999

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Dwight Clifford (Kent, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Java 1.1 Certification Study Guide (Hardcover)

The strategy I used to prepare for the SCJP exam was to useRoberts and Heller guide as a study guide. It has 142 samplequestions. I found it to be a very good guide having good representative questions.

I used Boone's guide (Java 1.1 Certification Exam Guide) for its sample tests. It has two sample 70 question tests and 119 review questions. The strategy I used was to take several practice tests after studing the guide.

Unfortunately, there are too many errors in Boone's book. Check the errata, but I still found it to be lacking. The wording of Boone's questions were sometimes ambiguous.

I found the questions in Roberts and Heller to be much more precise. For sample tests, there are many available on the Web.

I recommend the Roberts and Heller book, but I suggest checking the web for Mock tests rather than using Boone's Certification book.

BTW, I passed the SCJP test on the first try.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource for certication, December 15, 1999

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jitender (India) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Java 1.1 Certification Study Guide (Hardcover)

This book is requisite for anyone who want to clear certication.The advantage to the readers of this book is that every topic discussed is to the point.there are certain objective like "is a" "has a" relationships among classes is left out in this book. The authors of this book has precise knowlwdge of pattern of examination. In all a must for java certifcation aspirant