OCA - 1Z0-052

Hello guys,
I'm having the 1Z0-052 (11g Administration I) exam on monday to have my OCA certification. I already succeded the 1Z0-051 (11g SQL fundamentals) and 1Z0-047 (SQL Expert) and now I'm trying the 1Z0-052.
I read [this book|http://www.amazon.com/Oracle-Database-Administration-Guide-1Z0-052/dp/0071591028] and I find the content quite easy. I also managed to do/answer to all the lab questions without any solution. I have the feeling that it's a lot more easier than the SQL Expert and some of its content is more detailled in the 2 previous exams I took. For example, managing constraints, indexes, temporary and external tables, dealing with transactions, BFile datatypes... are more detailled in previous exams than this one.
Maybe the book is not complete? I checked with the [exam topics|http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=41&p_org_id=1001&lang=US&p_exam_id=1Z0_052] and the book covers them all. So I was wondering if anyone of you have some advice?
Thanks

user13117585 wrote:
Hello guys,
I'm having the 1Z0-052 (11g Administration I) exam on monday to have my OCA certification. I already succeded the 1Z0-051 (11g SQL fundamentals) and 1Z0-047 (SQL Expert) and now I'm trying the 1Z0-052.
I read [this book|http://www.amazon.com/Oracle-Database-Administration-Guide-1Z0-052/dp/0071591028] and I find the content quite easy. I also managed to do/answer to all the lab questions without any solution. I have the feeling that it's a lot more easier than the SQL Expert and some of its content is more detailled in the 2 previous exams I took. For example, managing constraints, indexes, temporary and external tables, dealing with transactions, BFile datatypes... are more detailled in previous exams than this one.
Maybe the book is not complete? I checked with the [exam topics|http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=41&p_org_id=1001&lang=US&p_exam_id=1Z0_052] and the book covers them all. So I was wondering if anyone of you have some advice?
Thanks1z0-047 and 1z0-052 cover different topic areas. 1z0-047 is designed to ensure a very good knowledge of SQL techniques are known ... 1z0-052 is designed to ensure a solid grounding in theory and practice of database administration has been achieved. Both are 'easy' after you gain a solid knowledge of the material, though the level of SQL in 1z0-047 would scare some DBA's to death ... some would be DBA's on this forum seem to want to avoid SQL completely.
Sometimes the book is not enough, sometimes experience counts, and always be preapred to goto the Oracle Documentation as an authorative source. However you do seem to have practiced hard so hopefully it is enough.
Good luck on monday and hopefully it does not give any surprises.

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    user3554032 wrote:
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