The following links may clear some of the common doubts about SCJP Exam. I am planning to add some additional Frequently Asked Questions not listed in the following links. So please check this page often to get the updated FAQ.

SCJP Certification FAQ

Deepak’s SCJP2 Certification FAQ.

http://deepak.htmlplanet.com/certi.html#one

A very good SCJP2 certification faq from javaprepare.com. Worth to read.

http://www.javaprepare.com/faq.html

Digital cat’s How-do-I

http://www.digitalfocus.com/faq/

Dave’s SCJP faq. He shares his experience in this faq section. Don’t miss it.

http://www.dchung.com/java/javacertificati on.html

Java FAQ

comp.lang.java FAQ (HTML; Elliotte Rusty Harold)

http://metalab.unc.edu/javafaq/javafaq.html

Peter van der Linden’s Java Programmers’ FAQ. This is the largest and most up-to-date FAQ

http://www.best.com/~pvdl/javafa q.txt

www.javaranch.com

http://www.jchq.net/

http://java.about.com/compute/java/msubf reebooks.htm?REDIR_404=yes&

http://members.tripod.com/~mpTOOLS/ring.html

http://www.javaranch.com/ring.html

http://www.taxon.demon.nl/JW/javawoman.html

Suggested approach to the SCJP test

If you have to start with your preparation for SCJP then I suggest to follow the following guidelines and steps —

Give a mock test now ( try Jxam ) and see where you stand. If you get 90% and above means you don’t need much preparation and a month might be sufficient, anything around 80% means brushing up the Java skills from a book and anything less than 70% means you need hard work.

I would suggest to brush through Java 2 Certification Study Guide by Simon Roberts, Philip Heller. It will give you a solid foundation to work on. For more Books click here….

Once you are through R&H, I would suggest to give a few more mock exams, try some online ones … ( at the sites I have mentioned ).

If you feel your are more JAVA hungry and you are looking forward to a top notch score of 90+ in SCJP I would strongly recommend to go through the book The Java Language Specification (Java Series) by James Gosling, Bill Joy, Guy L., Jr. Steele. To download a soft copy of the same from the sun site go here …..

In the last but not the least read the Java DOCs for the API’s and packages like java.lang, java.awt , java.awt.event e.t.c. You can download a softcopy of the Java Docs from here …

Thats it !!@##@ it will hardly take a month if you can donate about 3 hours daily to the preparation. It sounds so simple doesn’t it, mind you the test is not that simple or is it ?? go find out for youself, just be prepared.

I believe you should only give the SCJP test when you start getting 90%+ in the mock tests if you want to achieve a high score in SCJP.

And yeah !! don’t try to rush things because you can’t produce a baby in one month by putting in nine ladies or can you ?? Take your time and be confident before attempting the test.