Sun Certified Business Component Developer (SCBCD)

Question

The Sun Certified Business Component Developer (SCBCD) certification targets information regarding Java components related to distributed applications, specifically Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs). To achieve this certification, the candidate must pass a computer-based test available world-wide at Prometric test centers.
SCBCD 1.4 exam covers Java2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) version 1.3 code, including EJB version 2.0.
As of 2008, the SCBCD covers the Java2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) version 5 code, corresponding to EJB version 3.0.
The pre-requisite for this certification is that the candidate should be a Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Platform (any edition).
SCBCD for J2EE version 1.3 is now no longer offered (starting February 2008). However, the upgrade exam from SCBCD for J2EE version 1.3 to J2EE version 5 is still available.
310-090：Sun Certified Business Component Developer for J2EE1.3
It comes from blog.killtest.com

Answer 1

Team,
#1: I understand that this is Sun's Training / learning / Certification forum, which I believe is a good place to ask such a question. I believe the answer would be beneficial to a few more people than me.
#2
I do understand the true nature of the examine. Application Design, Patterns, UML - an Architects view of a project. But the test requirements also states a few item that differ in EJB 3.0 over EJB 1.1, 2.0, 2.1 - for instance::
Section 4: Enterprise JavaBeans Technology
* List the required classes/interfaces that must be provided for an EJB technology.
* Distinguish Session and Entity beans.
* Recognize appropriate uses for Entity, Stateful Session, and Stateless Session beans.
* State benefits and costs of Container Managed Persistence.
* State the transactional behavior in a given scenario for an enterprise bean method with a specified transactional deployment descriptor.
* Identify costs and benefits of using an intermediate data-access object between an entity bean and the data resource.
Section 5: Enterprise JavaBeans Container Model
* Explain how the EJB container does lifecycle management and has the capability to increase scalability.
I have recently passed the Sun Certified Business Component Developer (SCBCD), and work in an EJB 3.0 environment. I wish to the certification to reflect the current technology.
If there is someone more appropriate to ask or place to ask, please direct me to the resource. Thank you.
Tony McClay