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The Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP) certification exam is for programmers experienced using the Java programming language. Achieving this certification provides clear evidence that a programmer understands the basic syntax and structure of the Java programming language and can create Java technology applications that run on server and desktop systems using J2SE 5.0.
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The Sun Certified Java Programmer exam is the entry level Java exam and is a prerequisite to a number of the other Java-related certifications. The latest version is SCJP 1.5, designated CX-310-055 by Sun, and was released in April 2005. To achieve this certification, candidates must successfully complete one exam. |
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This certification is designed to demonstrate that the programmer has met a fairly detailed test of basic knowledge of the essentials of the Java programming language. It tests only for the essentials of the language such as classes, looping constructs and variables, and does not cover specific technologies such as GUI creation, Web or network programming.
It is assessed through an automatically administered multiple-choice test system and consists of 72 questions which the candidate has 175 minutes to answer. At least 43 questions are needed to be correct to pass (around 59%).
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The exam is taken at a Prometric test center, and to take the test a candidate must buy a voucher from Sun (approximately US$200 in the , but £150 (excluding VAT) in the ) and book the test at least a week in advance. The test consists of multiple choice and drag-and-drop questions, the latter comprising 20-25% of the questions.
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One of the main goals of the exam is to create a test that is "performance based" rather than "knowledge based" (Sun's terms). Generally what this means is that a "knowledge based" question focuses on memorization of details, and a "performance based" question focuses on more real world activities like actually writing code.
The SCJP 1.5 exam tests a candidate on knowledge of declarations, access control, object orientation, assignments, operators, flow control, assertions, string handling, I/O, parsing, formatting, generics, collections, inner classes, threads and the JDK tools. The test is available in English, Japanese, Chinese, German, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish.
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