13 March 2006
OCP: Oracle 10g upgrade, 1Z0-040 exam
I have been certified since 1998, when I got myself certified as an Oracle7 OCP DBA and every 2 years I pass an upgrade exam. I have passed the 1Z0-040 exam in 2005 and, now, I am an Oracle 10g Certified DBA . Nice!
The exam was not too hard, but it took me couple of weeks to prepare. I usually prepare by reading the Oracle documentation, trying out things at home and reading the articles from various Oracle magazines and sites.
Without revealing any real questions, I can say that the following areas comprised most of the exam:
- Disk groups
- Flash recovery area
- New automatic features
- Job scheduler
- ASM and
- plenty of questions about advisors.
