Oracle Policy Automation Cloud 2019 Certification #2
I don’t normally comment on certification examinations – I don’t really feel that a website like this should focus on getting people certified – sure, we can help you prepare and give you lots of fun things to do while you get ready. But we are never going to be selling “certification dumps” or any nonsense like that. If you cannot prepare for an examination, you shouldn’t be taking it. End of story.
But, since I just took the Oracle Policy Automation Cloud 2019 Certification today, I thought I would give you some heads-up on the kinds of questions that I noticed (and bear in mind, that my memory is not what it used to be). Again, I’m not going to give you the questions, I’m going to give you some pointers as to the kind of question you might see.
Firstly, this is clearly an update of the 2017 Certification, so if you took it and passed, many of the question styles and content will be familiar to you. But the vast majority of them have undergone review, editing and minor changes.
Certification Question Styles That Might Bug You
You need to do X. Place the following things (1-9) in order of doing them to achieve X. If a step is required more than once, only mark the first time the step is used.
The steps are unclear, the answers are unclear, and some of the terminology used is dubious.
You have an entity model X to achieve Y. What kind of relationship is Z?
Beware your terminology – get in your head that it’s asking for a relationship even if the example provided is not obvious.
Which of the following is a good example of the correct phrasing for X
Be very clear about what that question style is asking. Many of them look like they are asking Y but they want X. Re-read the question several times!
Choose four things that are true about X functionality
Some of the examples I saw were completely generic – you know the sort of thing. They ask you about swimming 100 meters, and one of the answers is “a swimming pool is full of water” whilst all the other answers are about breathing, swimming technique, strokes. Watch out for these “sleeping choices”.
Which of the following are incorrect when talking about AND and OR
These questions require a certain amount of time to consider – which ones have the correct combinations of AND, OR, ANY, ALL, BOTH, EITHER and all the other combinations of grouping words. Read it slowly!
Poor Quality Graphics
Aside from these bugbears, the other thing that still annoys me is the quality of the screenshots used. And of course, this is dependent on the software used for the certification examination, I know that. But at least try and give clear, large images without any silly stuff (like the Word examples that have clearly gotten the grammar and spelling check with the blue line underneath the text). It’s a question of quality.
Web Page Not up to date
One thing that bothers me is that the Certification page on the Oracle Website does not specify which version this examination has been validated against. And I saw at least 1 question for which the answer would have been different, depending on the version.
Good Luck!
Good luck to you all. If I have any more thoughts, I’ll let you know. And yes, I did pass :). If you are interested in accelerating your learning, read about our workshops here.
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