Oracle8i Certified Professional DBA Practice Exams [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Jason S. Couchman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 26, 2001 | Series: Oracle Certified Professional (Osborne)

As more and more corporations migrate to Oracle8i, certified administrators are increasing in demand. This book is a useful companion to the DBA core title "Oracle8i Certified Professional DBA Certification Exam Guide", and covers all five Oracle8i DBA track test exams. It includes more than 1,000 practice exam questions, including upgrade exam questions and crib notes to aid students with OCP preparation. Also included is a glossary of key Oracle terms used in exams. The CD-ROM includes hyperlinks to more than 300 practice exam questions and is supported and reviewed by Oracle's OCP (Oracle Certified Professional Exam) creators.

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From the Back Cover

Prepare for the OCP DBA Exams with Official Exam Prep Material from Oracle Press

Get certified with help from this Oracle-authorized self-testing and exam preparation tool. Inside, you'll find full coverage of the material contained on all five Oracle8i DBA certification exams. Fully endorsed by Oracle Corporation, this book and CD-ROM package is a powerful preparation tool packed with 15 full practice exams.

Featuring a methodology designed to reinforce your learning experience, this guide offers:
*Complete coverage of all official exam objectives
*Organization by exam topic for easy access to specific question types
*Special section including further study datapoints for each exam
*Practice questions on important Oracle8i new features, such as composite partitioning, Java in the database, object-relational concepts, and more
*Glossary of specialized Oracle terms for quick reference
*Answers that provide in-depth explanations-and show you why the incorrect choices are wrong
**CD-ROM containing an interactive exam feature that hotlinks more than 1,000 questions to the electronic version of the book for correct answers and explanations

About the Author

Jason Couchman (Nashville, TN) is an OCP-certified Oracle DBA and author of Oracle Certified Professional DBA Certification Exam Guide, Oracle Certified Professional Application Developer Exam Guide, Oracle Certified Professional DBO Certification Exam Guide, and Oracle8 Certified Professional DBA Practice Exams. Couchman has led Oracle database projects with Fortune 500 corporations and presented topics at the North Carolina Oracle User Group. His articles on Internet and Intranet development have been published internationally.

Product Details

• Paperback: 659 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies; 2nd edition (February 26, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072133414
• ISBN-13: 978-0072133417
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,390,537 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor Quality, I was expecting more., July 8, 2001

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Chris Mathews (Dover, DE) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oracle8i Certified Professional DBA Practice Exams (Paperback)

The problem with this book is that the author seemed to take the exact questions from his Oracle 8 practice tests and copy them into this book. I even saw numerous questions that said "In Oracle8..." shouldn't it say 8i?

There is a reason Oracle 8i has its own set of tests, there are new features and added/deleted objectives. Case in point, in the first Network Administration practice exam there are about 6 or 7 questions on Oracle Intelligent Agent. Unfortunately Oracle Intelligent Agent is not covered on the actual 8i exam. Also I found two or three questions in the practice exam that were dead wrong. All this in just 20 minutes of reviewing the book in the store.

I don't recommend this book to anyone that is serious about getting their OCP. Stick with the Sybex books and the STS exams(if you really need the extra practice). I did all my studying with just the Sybex books. Good Luck.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't count on this book for guidance to OCP, November 26, 2001

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"mariekem" (Clearwater, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oracle8i Certified Professional DBA Practice Exams (Paperback)

Usually the Couchman books are pretty good and cover the necessary material. Not in this case, though. The actual exams cover a lot of topics that are not even mentioned in passing in this book. You'll be wasting your OCP exam money if you think this book can guide you. You'll have to find your practice material elsewhere.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars There are better books out there, May 12, 2002

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John Wolnisty "Sound Dude" (Chandler, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oracle8i Certified Professional DBA Practice Exams (Paperback)

I'm taking my 5th OCP exam tomorrow. I bought this book 4 exams ago as a self-tester. As others have stated, there are too many problems in this book. Answers that are clearly wrong. Material that was most likely in Oracle 8, but not in 8i. I thought I was well prepared, took one of these tests and saw a ton of questions that weren't in any other study material. When I went to take the tests, and what do you know - that material wasn't on the tests either! Each exam I thought I'd give this book a second chance. Each exam that exercise was a waste of time.
There is better study material out there - don't waste your money.