About the SCBCD exam
Do I first have to pass the SCJP?
Yep. The Business Component Developer exam, the Web Component Developer exam, and the Developer exam all require you to be a Sun Certified Java Programmer.
How many questions?
You’ll get 70 questions when you take the exam. Not everyone gets the same 70 questions; there are many different versions of the exam. But everyone gets the same degree of difficulty, and the same balance of topics. On the real exam, expect to see at least one question from each exam objective, and there are a few objectives where you’ll get more than one question.
How much time do I get to complete the exam?
You get two hours (120 minutes). Most people don’t find this to be a problem, because these questions don’t lend themselves to long, complicated, puzzles. Most questions are very short multiple-choice, and you either know the answer or you don’t.
What are the questions like?
They are almost exactly like our mock exam questions, with one big difference—the real exam tells you how many answers are correct, where we do not. You will see a handful of drag-and-drop questions, however, that we can’t do here. But drag-and-drop questions are just the interactive way of matching one thing to another.
How many do I have to answer correctly?
You must get 45 questions right (64%) to pass the exam. When you finish answering all of the questions, hold your mouse cursor over the done button until you have the courage to click it. Because in, like, six nanoseconds, you’ll ...
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