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How to prepare for 1z0-001 exam.

One should have a good knowledge about RDBMS concepts, SQL, and PL/SQL before taking the 1Z0-001 (Introduction to Oracle: SQL and PL/SQL) test, as this test focuses on one’s capability to design relational databases and write various types of SQL and PL/SQL statements to interact with databases. Practicing the following things will help a candidate to perform well in the test:

  1. Create tables and link them using different types of constraints.
  2. Create views, synonyms, and indexes.
  3. Use the SELECT statement to retrieve rows from tables and views.
  4. Insert, update, and delete rows from tables.
  5. Use the WHERE and ORDER BY clauses to restrict and sort rows retrieved by SELECT statements.

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How to prepare for 220-604 exam.

The CompTIA test 220-604 (A+ Depot Technician) is meant for individuals who work or intend to work in an environment with limited customer interaction where hardware related activities are emphasized. This test measures an individual’s ability to install, configure, and troubleshoot hardware on a computer. Before taking the 220-604 test, you should practice the following:

  1. Identify the name of different parts in a computer and their functions and characteristics.
  2. Install the motherboard in the computer case.
  3. Identify the components on the motherboard, such as hard disk controller, floppy disk controller, CMOS chip, expansion slots, etc.
  4. Install and remove memory modules on the motherboard.
  5. Install add-on cards, such as display card, sound card, internal modem, etc., on the motherboard.
  6. Install device drivers for add-on cards installed on the motherboard.

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How to prepare for CX 310-035 exam.

The CX310-035 (Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Platform 1.4) test checks your ability to use the basic syntax and structure of the Java programming language. This test requires you to have a good understanding of the Java language and the capability to write code for well-defined design applications. For this purpose, along with studying books and taking various practice tests, you should also practice with Java. While practicing with Java, you can learn a lot of things that are of great importance from the test point of view. The test asks all sorts of tricky questions that you might not consider in the real world. Practicing the following things with Java will make you confident enough of scoring well in the test:

  1. Write code that declares, constructs, and initializes arrays of any base type using any of the permitted forms both for declaration and for initialization.
  2. Write code using if and switch statements.
  3. Write code using all forms of loops including labeled and unlabeled, using break and continue statements.
  4. Write code that makes proper use of exceptions and exception handling clauses (try, catch, finally).
  5. Write code that makes proper use of assertions.
  6. Write code that explicitly makes objects eligible for garbage collection.
  7. Write code to invoke overridden or overloaded methods and parental or overloaded constructors.

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How to prepare cx310-066 exam

The CX310-066 (Sun Certified Programmer for the Java Platform, Standard Edition 6 Upgrade Exam) checks your real ability as a programmer. In fact, it is totally scenario based rather than knowledge based. The prerequisite for the test is that you must have successfully completed the previous version of the Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform exam. This test requires you to have a good understanding of the Java language and the capability to write code for well-defined design applications. For this purpose, along with studying books and taking various practice tests, you should also practice with Java. There will be less number of direct questions, and more questions of ‘find the output’ type. Drag-n-Drop questions will test your hold on your knowledge in writing code. A good number of questions will be based on new topics added to the language in J2SE 5 and J2SE 6 versions. These topics are as follows: generics, autoboxing/unboxing, covariant return, variable length arguments, static import, enums, Console class, NavigableSet, NavigableMap, and for-each loop. Although not many direct questions will be there in the test, practicing them will help clear your fundamentals. You should practice the following things with Java to be confident enough to score well in the test:

  1. Write code that declares, constructs, and initializes arrays of any base type using any of the permitted forms, both for declaration and for initialization.
  2. Write code using the if and switch statements.

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How to prepare 70-444 exam.

The Microsoft test 70-444 measures your ability to optimize, manage, and administer SQL Server databases. The test is designed to check your ability to use the SQL Server services and objects. It requires you to have a good knowledge of the SQL Server objects and troubleshooting issues related to SQL Server. Before taking the 70-444 test, you should practice the following:

  1. Use System Monitor.
  2. Manage counters and performance logs.
  3. Use SQL Server Profiler.
  4. Use Dynamic Management Views.
  5. Create and maintain statistics.
  6. Maintain transaction logs.
  7. Use Query Editor.
  8. Analyze queries using Graphical Execution Plan.
  9. Create and manage a trace.
  10. Trigger events and notification processes.
  11. Use different tools and services of SQL Server to diagnose database problems.
  12. Understand Failover Clustering.
  13. Understand Database Mirroring.
  14. Restore system databases.

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