Spring Certification : Feed back

[Jesus Angeles]

Hi, May I ask if web flow is part of the exam?

It is not in the pdf of ~'Suggested Topics of Study for the Spring Framework Certification'.

I just want to make sure.

[posta07]

Web Flow is not part of the core spring 2.5 exam.

[Jesus Angeles]

Web Flow is not part of the core spring 2.5 exam.

Thanks for the reply.

[kparekh78]

I would like to ask is attending the core Spring training a prerequisite to take the exam?

Thanks.

The only other option available is to convince the spring community that you are helping them (may be by answering forum questions, helping projects with spring implementation, posting spring related articals on net etc ..)...

[Jesus Angeles]

(I saw 2 posts in this thread where they passed with 85 and 78 % scores.)

What is the passing score?

I think I saw somewhere in Springsource certification site that the passing is somewhere in 70 or 75?

However, I cannot find it now in Springsource site about what is the passing score.

Can anyone direct me to which webpage is the passing score mentioned?

[Tuno]

I had the same question and it is answered by the SpringSource.
Quote from the e-mail:

There are 50 questions worth two marks each. The pass rate is 76% so you need to answer 38 questions correctly to pass the exam. You will find out immediately if you have passed or not.

[Jesus Angeles]

I see. Thanks.

I passed yesterday.

[Tuno]

Great, congratulations!

Could you post your feedback. I am doing self study now. Any advice would be helpful.

Does anyone know a book, test tool or another way that would help learning.
I use the book "Spring in Action" and have done the Core Training.

Thanks.

[Jesus Angeles]

Based on the suggested topics to study at 'cert_study_topics2.pdf':

1. Spring in Action 2nd ed. and did hands on on its code samples.
2. Above should have been enough but it is based on Spring 2.0. So to be safe, I read also the latest 2.5.x Spring pdf I found in
\spring-framework-2.5.5\docs\reference\pdf
3. Did the 50 samples questions from Spring - 'sample_2_5_cert_qs.pdf'
4. I searched for mock exams, and I found none nowhere except at javablackbelt.com. You can take exams there either using credit points (you gain as an active member) or by paying cash. I was asked to pay 100US$ for all the Spring exams. The exams were tough like it expects you to think like a compiler, but it helped me identify some of my weaknesses. Note: the questions there are submitted by members. You may find questions that you think are wrong.

That's all. I wish I did a lot more mock exams. But there's none out there.

[Tuno]

Thank you for your feedback.

One more question. Did you pay and did the exams from javablackbelt.com?