Can't speak about the OCP tests, but a few years back I was asked to take some Oracle tests as part of a screening interview with a head hunter. It was obvious the tests were developed in-house and the person who wrote the tests had been around Oracle just long enough to pick up on many myths, and not long enough to know better. A couple of sample bogus questions follow:
1) A table should never be allowed to exceed how many extents? a) 1 b) 2 c) 5 d) 10 2) When writing a SQL statement with a sub-query, which (one) of the following is true: a) Exists should always be used instead of In b) In should always be used instead of Exists c) Oracle does not support sub-queries And there were so many questions similar to those above. So yes, there were quite a few questions where I intentionally gave the "wrong" answer (sometimes hoping I guessed the "correct" wrong answer when *all* the answers were wrong). For example, in question 1 above I said C (5) since it seems like so many scripts out there look for more than 5 extents. In item 2, I answered A since you always run into so many people saying you should always use an EXISTS versus IN. I actually took three tests, DBA, developer (Forms/Reports), and SQL & PL/SQL. I think it was the SQL & PL/SQL test that had 35 questions, and no less than 6 questions (1/6) were on updateable views, key-preserved issues, and which column(s)) could or could not be updated in various scenarios. Regards, Larry G. Elkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] 214.954.1781 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ray Stell > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 4:38 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: What is truth? > > > > My boss (one of those scarey-smart people) was taking some > certification test, when someone mused, "I wonder how many questions he > will answer 'incorrectly' in order to get a higher score?" This is > because he knows how it really works unlike those that made up the > test. > > Made me wonder how many misconceptions are ingrained in the > OCP test stack. Do you know of any? -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Larry Elkins INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
