New Updates in July 2011

Newly Released PrepKits

  • 1Z0-864 – Oracle Certified Master Java EE 5 Enterprise Architect Practice Test
  • 231 Questions, 101 Quiz, 148 Study Notes
    The Java Enterprise Edition 5 Enterprise Architect Certified Master Exam validates your knowledge and skills in architecting and designing Java EE compliant applications with an emphasis on making the best use of Java EE features to create flexible, scalable, secure designs. This exam help you to achieve Oracle Certified Master, Java EE 5 Enterprise Architect certification.

  • 70-582 – Windows Embedded Standard 7 for Developers Practice Test
  • 194 Questions, 101 Quiz, 82 Study Notes
    The Microsoft’s 70-582 exam measures a candidate’s skills and ability to accomplish technical tasks . This is a Technical Specialist exam, designed to assess candidates hands-on skills building and deploying Windows Embedded Standard 7 images.

  • 1Z0-514 – Oracle DBA 11g: Essentials for Implementors Practice Test
  • 241 Questions, 100 Quiz, 42 Study Notes
    This Oracle Database 11g Essentials exam is for those candidates who use Enterprise Manager to quickly accomplish the required database tasks. After passing this exam, you will get Oracle Database 11g Certified Implementation Specialist certification.

  • 640-132 – Leading Virtual Classroom Instruction Written Exam Practice Test
  • 221 Questions, 100 Quiz, 274 Study Notes
    The 640-132 Leading Virtual Classroom Instruction written exam is required for Cisco WebEx Virtual Classroom Instruction Specialist certification and must be passed before the candidate can schedule the practical exam 640-133 LVCIP.

  • 70-506 – TS : Silverlight 4 Development Practice Test
  • 217 Questions, 119 Quiz, 135 Study Notes
    The Microsoft‘s 70-506 exam is desinged for candidates who are preparing and maintaining rich Internet-based applications using Silverlight. Microsoft Silverlight is an application framework for writing and running rich Internet applications, with features and purposes similar to those of Adobe Flash.

  • 98-362 – Windows Development Fundamentals Practice Test
  • 147 Questions, 51 Quiz, 104 Study Notes
    This Microsoft’s exam validates an individual’s knowledge and skills on developing applications to run on the Microsoft Windows operating system. After passing this exam you will become Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) Professional.

  • 1D0-635 – CIW JavaScript Specialist Practice Test
  • 220 Questions, 100 Quiz, 88 Study Notes
    1D0-635 is known as CIW Javascript Specialist Exam. CIW Javascript Specialist Exam teaches a professional about JavaScript language essentials, including program flow control, developing interactive form, image animation, JavaScript Document Object Model etc.

  • 1Z0-530: Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Essentials Practice Test
  • 226 Questions, 101 Quiz, 45 Study Notes
    1Z0-530 Enterprise Manager 11g certification is intended to prove that the successful candidate has the knowledge and skills for implementing, and using Enterprise Manager 11g.

  • 70-681 – Windows 7 and Office 2010, Deploying Practice Test
  • 199 Questions, 100 Quiz, 58 Study Notes
    Microsoft 70-681 test validates your skills and knowledge to efficiently install, configure and manage the Microsoft Windows 7 and Office 2010 in an enterprise environment.

  • 1Z0-533 – Oracle Hyperion Planning Practice Test
  • 201 Questions, 100 Quiz, 48 Study Notes
    The Oracle Hyperion Planning 11 Essentials (1Z0-533) exam is designed to test in-depth knowledge of an examinee on Hyperion Planning. Oracle Hyperion Planning is defined as a centralized, Excel and Web-based planning, budgeting, and forecasting solution.

PrepKit Upgrades

PMI introduces ACP certification

PMI is about to release the new PMI Agile Certified Practitioner certification in the third quarter of 2011. Agile practices help PMI professionals and their organizations deliver projects more quickly faster and more efficiently. This certification is especially beneficial for those who are already making use of  Agile practices in their projects.

This new PMI Agile certification helps employers demonstrate to their employees a higher degree of professionalism as required by Agile practices for project management, and helps at the individual level by increasing a project management professional’s professional versatility.

For more information please see:
http://www.pmi.org/en/Certification/New-PMI-Agile-Certification.aspx

CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician Certification

CompTIA recently introduced a new Healthcare IT technician certification that validates the skills and knowledge necessary to provide hardware and software support for medical environments that use an electronic health record (EHR) system.

The CompTIA Healthcare IT certification closely maps to two job roles identified by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, i.e. implementation support specialists and technical and software support staff for skilled health IT specialists. This certification is expected to be in big demand with the federal government estimating that 50,000+ new healthcare IT professionals will be needed to implement and support EHR systems in the coming years.

CompTIA recommends that individuals interested in the healthcare IT certificate also hold the CompTIA A+ certification, which validates foundation-level knowledge and skills for PC support, installation, preventative maintenance, networking, security, and troubleshooting.

The CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician certificate exam covers the following areas:
• Regulatory requirements
• Organizational behavior
• IT operations
• Medical business operations
• Security

For more information on the CompTIA Healthcare Certification, please see:

ISACA & EC-Council sign MOU

From past few years, ISACA has actively increased the opportunities to present themselves to make an impact on ever broader constituencies in the IT field. The CEO of ISACA, Susan M. Caldwell announces that ISACA has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the EC-Council.

This bilateral agreement between ISACA and EC-Council was drawn up to advance the information security profession, with special focus on certifications. Specifically, the agreement stipulates that ISACA’s Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) certification will take the place of EC-Council’s Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) credential for those CISAs applying to become Licensed Penetration Testers (LPT). CISAs pursuing the LPT certification can instead take EC-Council’s Certified Security Analyst exam. In addition, ISACA will grant one CPE hour credit toward the CISA certification for each hour of the CEH exam.

This agreement is really beneficial to busy professionals who have the commitment and motivation to pursue credentialing to advance their careers, but have limited time to apply to it. Enabling those individuals to bypass a step or gain CPE credit for activities that previously did not earn CPE is a way to help them and help the profession.

For more info and FAQ click here :
ISACA and EC-Council sign MOU

 

Move to Pearson VUE Brings Changes to Java Exams

Oracle has migrated all SUN based certification  exam from Prometric’s exam center to Pearson VUE. This has given way to some minor changes to the examination pattern, as listed below:

  • Oracle has renamed the exams according to its numbering structure (1Z0..)

  • Exam scorecards provide more detailed result feedback that includes, exam objectives of incorrect answers and more

  • Lengthy, time consuming exams of JAVA are replaced by their shorter counterparts.

  • To maintain the same level of difficulty, the passing score of revised exams was  readjusted to the former passing score

  • The exam objectives /questions wasn’t changed from its base form, so the previous study material and objectives can be used to prepare for the exams.
  • Oracle has created several specific paths to accommodate candidates who were at varying stages of completion of their master path when the transition occurred.

For more information and FAQ please click here:
Java Certification Exams and Their Move to Pearson VUE