Guidance on ABAP Certification

Question

Hello Everyone,
I have a query regarding ABAP Certification and will be glad if anyone can help me out.
I am a I.T passout with one and half years in programming. I used VB 6 mostly and devoted last few months in .NET.
I have decent knowledge of OOP and its more theoritical than practical. I have developed programs in java but that was in uni few years ago.
Now I am planning to do SAP (ABAP) certification so I have enrolled in course provided by Siemens Information Systems. The course is 25 days and classes are 9 am - 6 pm. After the last day of the course is the certification. I did read about it and people said its not easy and so on.
I have 2 weeks prior to the course so if anyone can tell me what do i need to do so that when i am in course then I am at par with class and do not face any problem ??
I do have ABAP book and material with me. Should i study that now or study oops or what.
Guidance will be appreciated.
Thanks,
JG

Answer 1

SAP Consultant Certification Development Consultant SAP NetWeaver - ABAP Workbench (2003)
Software components: SAP Web Application Server 6.20
Certification duration: 3 hours
Number of certification questions: 80 multiple choice questions
Required certificates for participation in this certification test: None
Please note that you are not allowed to use any reference materials during the certification test (no access to online documentation or to any SAP system). The certification test Development Consultant SAP NetWeaver - ABAP Workbench (2003) verifies the knowledge in the area of SAP NetWeaver for the consultant profile ABAP Workbench. This certificate proves that the candidate has a basic understanding within this consultant profile, and can implement this knowledge practically in projects.
The certification test consists of questions from the areas specified below:
Topic Areas
1. SAP Technologies
SAP Systems
Navigation (system handling)
Technical setup of an SAP system
System-wide concepts
2. ABAP Workbench Basics (++)
Data types and data objects
Internal tables
Data retrieval (authorization check)
Subroutines
The ABAP Runtime System
Function groups and function modules
Program calls and data transfer
3. ABAP Objects (++)
Classes and objects
Inheritance
Casting
Interfaces
Events
Global classes and interfaces
Exception handling
Dynamic programming
4. ABAP Dictionary (++)
Database tables
Performance for table access
Consistency through input check (foreigh key dependency)
Dependency of ABAP Dictionary objects
Views
Search help
5. Techniqes for List Generation (++)
Data output to lists
Selection screen
Logical database
Program-specific data retrieval
Data formatting and control level processing
Storage of lists and background processing
Interactive lists
6. Dialog Programming (++)
Screen (basics)
User interface (GUI title, GUI status)
Screen elements for output (text fields, status icons, and group boxes)
Screen elements for input/output
Subscreen and tabstrip control
Table control
Context menu
Dialog programming lists
7. Database Changes
Database updates with Open SQL
LUWs and Client/Server Architecture
SAP locking concept
Organizing database changes
Complex LUW processing
Number assignment
Change-document creation
8. Enhancements and Modifications
Changes in SAP Standards
Personalization
Enhancements to Dictionary elements
Enhancements using customer exits
Business Transaction Events
Business Add-Ins
Modifications
Weighting Key in the Test:
+ = 1 - 10%
++ = 11 - 20%
+++ = over 20%