About the Exam...

Various versions of Java have evolved. Corresponding to the major versions, Sun Microsystems has provided different exams. Following is a brief overview of the exam.

Java 2 or jdk 1.4 is the most stable and the best version from Sun, still used by many companies in their projects. Major breakthrough came when Sun launched Java 5 or jdk 1.5 to step up to the competition from Microsoft’s c# .NET. The latest version now is Java 6.

However, as of know a proper syllabus and exam is in place for jdk 1.4 and jdk 1.5, as per my knowledge. Previous versions have been scraped and the future versions might be coming up soon. SCJP is a certification exam, which if you pass, will indicate that you are good in Core Java. Yes! That’s it! CORE JAVA! For Advanced java there are other certification exams.

Facts	Figures	My Figures	Remarks
Code	310-035	310-035
Duration	2 Hours (120 mins)	100 mins	I had attempted all the 61 questions in almost 80 minutes then went through all of them again and was still having 20 minutes in my hand!
No of Questions	61	61
Passing Req	52%	65%
Voucher Cost	5000 – 7000 INR	6500 INR	This depends on the scheme when you take the voucher from a particular prometric center… Now, SUN Microsystems has doubled the price of the exam, so it will now cost almost around 12,000 INR. When I had bought it almost an year back, I had bought it for 6500 INR

Technical information about the exam: - In actual certificate the score is not printed. The actual certificate is issued by the Sun Microsystems and mailed to you on the postal address that you had provided during the exam.