Oracle Forms&Reports certification - choose the right path

Dear professionals,
I'm Oracle Forms and Reports developer for about 10 years. Now, I'm on the way to become Forms and Reports certified professional (either to be Forms Developer Professional or Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Forms Developer):
https://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=653&get_params=p_id:177#tabs-1-3
In order to achieve my goal, first I have to pass Oracle PL/SQL Developer Certified Associate exam:
http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=458&get_params=p_track_id:PLSQl
After I read one of @matthew_morris articles, I decided to choose in the step one exam (1Z0-051 Oracle Database 11g: SQL Fundamentals I). I prepared this exam.
Now, I'm preparing for the next step where I have to pass one of these exams:1Z0-147 Program with PL/SQL or 1Z0-144 Oracle Database 11g: Program with PL/SQL
What's your suggestion for me (since I'm developer and tend to be in the future)? I carefully read the next article but I still have some dilemmas:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Oracle-PL/SQL-Developer-Certification:-1Z0-147-or-1Z0-144?&id=7190832
Any suggestion will be highly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Adnan

I will say I am biased toward 1z0-144.
And very anti 1z0-147.
and believe 1z0-147 has bad practices (and training material certainly has), unless it has been overhauled to 2015 standards. It has probably introduced and left many newbies in the dinosaur ages.
I think 1z0-147 has some client size programming orientations, but that said i feel it is more to say Forms 4.5 standards. It is nowhere near 12c !
It also got scheduled for withdrawal at some point but got a last minute retrieve ( https://blogs.oracle.com/certification/entry/0864_01).
I wonder if was due to the oracle ODP programme still teaching for it much later than they should have been .... ( if my sarcasm continues i would get red carded so i shall shut up).

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