Certification questions / mock exams ?

I asked SpringSource this question and they replied that topics from the Core Spring 3.0 course could be used as the basis for what is needed in the exam:

http://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrreg/cou...d_course=68350

I successfully passed the exam, however I can tell that those course topics are rather coarse and not really enough to prepare for all the questions that you should expect to see in the exam. To pass the exam, I also prepared for the more detailed topics from Core Spring 2.5 exam:

http://www.springsource.com/files/u1...ation_Exam.pdf

While preparing, I did not read any books. My only resources were Spring 3.0 Reference Documentation (dived deeply into it, especially into topics included in 2.5 and 3.0 exams) and my own experience in building Spring applications.

I blogged on the topic of the exam. It includes all available study resources and the overall scope. (existing sample exams are all much harder than the exam.)

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Originally Posted by longbeach

Hi,
does anyone know where i can find examples of questions one might have at the Spring certification ?

Also, are there any mock exams available to prepare and get ready for the real exam ?

Any links to recommend ?

thanks a lot

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hi

i want to write spring 3.x certification, can any one help me , what is the first step for this exam,and how to prepare this exam, what will be the cost of this exam, i completed SCJP 6.0

hey can any one help please , how to write spring certification exam, what is the first step to write this exam,
what are reference books are avaliable

thanks in advance

hi

is spring reference document is enough to prepare spring certification exam

Moies,
Replying three times in ten minutes isn't likely to get you an answer faster. Keep in mind people are in different time zones.

In answer to your questions:
1) The first step is to take the Core Spring class. You can't take the exam without taking the class. The class is expensive. (maybe $2000-$3000). It's not something you do just to get certified.
2) The class covers everything you need to know. The Spring reference manual covers that and much more.

See my blog link five posts up - it contains much more information.

Hi,
I have cleared SFC 2.5 exam on 8th of jan. But till now i didn't hear anything from Springsource reg my certification confirmation and didn't receive any acknowledgement.

I request you to let me know how many days it will take to in general to receive the softcopy and hard copy of my certification details.

Thanks in advance.

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Originally Posted by boyarsky

You can't take the exam without taking the class.

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Actually, you can. I did. As I mentioned earlier, there are alternative ways of getting the voucher for taking the exam: either by somehow contributing to Spring community, or by proving to have successfully completed at least two real world Spring-based projects.

chandun4u: I got a printout from the exam center when I got my score.

Osvaldas: Have you checked recently? I thought SpringSource got rid of the grandfather option last year?

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Originally Posted by chandun4u

Hi,
I have cleared SFC 2.5 exam on 8th of jan. But till now i didn't hear anything from Springsource reg my certification confirmation and didn't receive any acknowledgement.

I request you to let me know how many days it will take to in general to receive the softcopy and hard copy of my certification details.

Thanks in advance.

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hi
can you tell me where did you take spring coaching and how did you prepare for spring certification[SFC] , and how long it take time to prepare for you

thank you