I took a similar test last year for a headhunter.
Though they were happy with the results I wasn't, and told them
that several of their questions undoubtedly had incorrect answers
as the solution.
Never heard back from them. Just as well I guess.
Jared
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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
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ray Stell
> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 4:38 PM
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>
>
> 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?
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