Oracle 11g OCP 1Z0-050

Hi Guys
Any idea why that test is so hard?
It will be the third time i will try to get pass that exam, i feel it simply too difficult.
Any methods or idea to get it done? *dumps are excluded and banned in my world!!!!!!
Oracle 11g is quite complicated and in general Oracle gains a lot in complexity....
Please share your methods here....

Hi,
I managed to pass this test at the first attempt.
I prepared using the book "OCP Oracle Database 11g: New Features for Administrators Exam Guide (Exam 1Z0-050)" by Sam Alapati.
This book was full with errors. I'm quite sure I would have failed the test miserably if I only prepared using this book.
Fortunately I noticed that there's a lot of conflicting information in this book. There are also errors in the tests (wrong answers).
So I ended up spending a lot of time double checking all information in the online documentation.
If you're using this book, I would strongly advise you to read it very sceptical and only as a guide to create your own notes.
Also, if any books are out by e.g. Sybex, have a look at these instead. They can never be as worse as the one by S. Alapati ;-)
And remember to practice all topics.
I also found the upgrade exam to be more difficult than the 10g OCA/OCP exams.
So in short, my preparation was:
1) Read all information in the exam cram book sceptically, verify in the online documentation and create my own notes. => this took a lot of time, but provided a global knowledge of all topics
2) Test each topic and verify my notes are correct.
3) Study own notes. => detailed knowledge of topics
4) Only take the tests at the end of each chapter when I studied everything thoroughly. => verify knowledge
5) Check if errors were due to misunderstanding some topics + corect notes, or just wrong answers in the book...
6) Keep track of topics with poor understanding, create notes for these, and study these extra.
Success with the next attempt. If you pass it, you'll be proud you didn't use brain dumps.
Greetz,
David

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