1Z0-051 advise

Hi All ,
     I took 1Z0-051 last night after several months of studying and failed by 3 percentage points. I basically ran out of time. I knew how to answer most questions, but the queries were just too time consuming for me.  Any advise? i did not expect 2 hours of extreme concentration having most questions to be queries with several close answers.  I'm not even sure how else to study or what i did differently.  Is there a good strategy that I'm not seeing?   I basically ran out of time and had to mark the last 10 questions randomly.  I mean common Oracle , what is the wisdom here?

Time management is always a factor in certification exams.  1Z0-051 isn't the worst (so far in my experience, that title goes to 1Z0-144).  However, because it is an unproctored exam, Oracle University had to ensure that the time limit was short enough that it would not be feasible for someone to look up answer to each question.  John's suggestion is reasonable, although I always recommend that when 'skipping' questions that you always put in your best guess, mark the question, and then move on to the next one.  That way if you don't have time to come back, there is at least a chance you got it correct.  I haven't read John's technique article, but here is one I created a few months ago that was published at GoCertify.  The last three tips are most relevant here.
Oracle Certification: 10 Tips for any Exam | GoCertify
However, from your note, you are indicating that most of the questions were taking you too much time.  That unfortunately is just a matter of familiarity with SQL.  Someone who can read SQL, but does not have much experience with it might take three minutes answering a given question while a person who has worked with Oracle SQL for years would complete it in one.  There is no cure for that except practicing writing queries until you are more comfortable with it.  You can also check out some of the study resources I have gathered at my site for that exam.    All of them are certification safe and most are free.  In particular, there are links to a number of videos on YouTube of Oracle SQL intro courses.
Oracle Certification Prep: Exam details and preparation resources for 1Z0-051
One suggestion that I can make when trying to pick the correct answer from a list of similar SQL statements is not to look for the right one initially but rather identify the obviously wrong ones.  Generally there will be at least one or two with an obvious flaw -- the wrong number or order of columns in the SELECT clause -- an invalid comparison in the WHERE clause, etc.  I'll scan through them and quickly eliminate these from consideration before turning to the remaining ones

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    user12108967 wrote:
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    The should already have been practice exams on the CDROM with the book you have bought. These are less useful the more you use them, as you remember the answers.
    Additional practice tests can be purchased from [http://www.oracle.com/global/us/education/certification/sts.html] (Either buy transcender or SelftestSoftware, not both).
    You may be able to speed up your calculations with time, however if you are having trouble with them permanently then perhaps this is not the career for you, as you may have trouble if you get a job also.
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    Rgds - bigdelboy

  • 1Z0-047 vs 1Z0-051

    Hi every one,
    i have IT background but I am a beginner in Oracle Database, and intend to go for OCP DBA,
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    you response would highly appreciated,
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    Edited by: 905510 on May 2, 2012 8:14 PM

    1Z0-047 is a much harder test and for that reason, the more valued to have. It 'covers' all of the topics from 1Z0-051 largely in that questions from any of those areas is fair game, but it concentrates more on those topics that are unique to it. I've written study guides for both tests. My 1Z0-047 guide devotes a bit under 40% of the book to reviewing the topics from 1Z0-051 and the rest on the new material for 047. I'd say that the test itself was weighted more like 25% or less to the 051 topics to 75%-plus to the 047 ones. That's very much a ballpark estimate, though.
    Both tests have a very high percentage of questions that involve SQL as either part of the question or part of the answer. In the 051 test, the SQL is more straightforward, and 'bad' SQL generally has reasonably obvious flaws. In 047, the difference between 'right' and 'wrong' answers is often much more subtle. the 047 questions are also much trickier in that they will present perfectly functional SQL that 'looks' flawed because it has been presented in a weird fashion. Which test is better for you is something I can't answer. 047 will automatically get you a certification -- namely the SQL Expert even before you get your OCP. There is no similar 'interim' certification for 051.
    As a beginner in Oracle, I'd have to suggest that you take the 1Z0-051 exam. It's a better foundation in the essentials. The 1Z0-047 exam was written specifically to try to pass only people with several years of experience in Oracle SQL. While I won't argue that it's not possible to study sufficiently to pass the 047 exam without that experience, I will say that it's going to be consderably harder to do.
    Both of my guides are available in Kindle or paperback. If you have a Kindle and are an Amazon Prime member, you can borrow them for free.
    http://www.amazon.com/Study-Guide-1Z0-051-Fundamentals-Certification/dp/1475204663/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336018405&sr=1-3
    http://www.amazon.com/Study-Guide-1Z0-047-Database-Certification/dp/1475152434/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336018405&sr=1-5

  • Contents of 1z0-051 exam in all-in-one book?

    Hello everyone,
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    978037 wrote:
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