OCA / OCP Java SE 8 Programmer Practice Tests

I have never worked as a professional programmer but was able to pass the OCP by a significant margin using Jeanne and Scott's study guides. To prepare I used their OCP book and the OCA/OCP Practice Test book. For each objective I read the chapter, did the questions in the Practice Test book, and then did the questions in the OCP book. I am pleased with the Practice Test book questions because they ensured I did not miss key points from the chapter before doing the harder questions in the OCP book. I don't recall any questions on the exam that were not covered at some point in their books so I highly recommend both study guides for anyone preparing for their OCP: Java SE8.

I passed my Java certification exams thanks to this book.

An excellent cross section of questions on all topics on the java 8 exam. Highly recommended, particularly paired with the authors' previous exam prep books.

I have to be careful complaining when its Jeannie B. 1st - I think the book & its overall presentation - is awesome & the authors code is always awesome. 4 stars instead of 5 because - like 1 other reviewer said - the errors - are pretty bad. 1 Example - Chapter 6: Working with Methods and Encapsulation - question 36 = wrong info. The culprit - I believe - is careless editing from the publisher. In part of the Answer to Question 36 - Chapter 6, it indicates that the optional specifier of an instance variable cannot come before the access modifier. I'm looking at the code in my IDE: final protected int thursday = 4; It compiles just fine on my computer. However, it's listed as a compile-time error in the book. The explanation says; "the final modifier cannot appear before the access modifier". That's beyond the bounds of errata - imho. Nevertheless, there's an incredibly generous amount of info provided & I believe the book can help one accomplish its stated objective, of honing skills already built, from other materials/sources.

Passed OCA with 81% largely due to this book. Unlike a lot of the other books that throw a lot of information at you then give you a handful of review questions, this book segregates the questions and drills you on specific subject areas. This is not really a study guide though. It's a practice handbook. You'll need another book to learn the main subject areas, then use this book to practice what you learn. The online test bank was very good too. I felt the questions in here were more representative of what I saw on the exam.

This book gives you 40-50 practice questions for each exam objective - 9 for the OCA and 12 for the OCP. These help test better on the subject. There were also a full mock exam for each of the two exams. They said how many answers were correct for each questions so well simulated the real exam.I like that all book questions are available in the online engine that comes with the book. It lets me mix and match questions and even focus on the ones I got wrong.

Annoyingly the answers are not in line with the practice questions. You have to constantly flip to the back of the book in order to study the correct answer

A must read if you want to pass the test the first time, I recommend this book along with "OCP: Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 8 Programmer II Study Guide: Exam 1Z0-809" from the same author.