In late 2016, Scott Selikoff and Jeanne Boyarsky were approached by Wiley Publishing to create a brand new book of practice exam questions for the Oracle Certified Associate (OCA) and Oracle Certified Professional (OCP), Java SE 8 Programmer, exams. The new book, OCA / OCP Java SE 8 Programmer Practice Tests, serves as a worthwhile addition to our existing OCA 8 and OCP 8 book lineup, for those who have read the material thoroughly, but desire additional help practicing for the exams.
The book is divided into two parts, one half for the OCA 8 exam and the other half for the OCP 8 exam, with each chapter corresponding to a different set of Oracle objectives. The new book includes over 1,000+ hand-crafted and peer reviewed practice questions, including two full mock exams. With our two Study Guides and or
With our new Practice Test book, we are confident our readers have everything they need to pass both exams! Oh, and if you haven’t purchased either of our Study Guides but are interested in taking the exams, Wiley has released a boxed set OCA / OCP Certification Kit, due in large part to how the book was been received by our readers.
OCA / OCP Java SE 8 Programmer Practice Tests is now available and shipping via Amazon!
Where to buy it:
- Amazon Paperback and Amazon e-book
- Amazon Practice Test Digital Access Code: Download code for online practice tests.
- Barnes and Noble paper and nook
- Wiley Publishing
- Goodreads (links to many book sellers)
- How to access the online mock exams
Length/score/changes to the objectives since the exam was launched
Oracle has a tendency to change this information from time to time. See the following page for your exam:
- OCA 8 (1Z0-808)
- OCP 8 (1Z0-809)
- OCP 8 Upgrade from Java 7 (1Z0-810)
- OCP 8 Upgrade from Java 6 or earlier (1Z0-813)
Errata
The table is sortable so you can see focus on the errata by criticality, chapter or see the ones added since you last checked. To report a potential error, please create a thread at http://www.coderanch.com/forums/f-24/java-programmer-SCJP. Be sure to include “Sybex” and the chapter and/or page number in the subject. Note that we’ve removed online only errata (conversion errors) from this table after they were fixed. Errata in the book will remain posted of course!
Online materials:
| Page | Chapter/ Question # | Error | Type of error | Reported by/via | Confirmed on | Reported to Wiley | Listed on Wiley’s errata | Fixed in online exam software |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Ch 1 #4 | This question is missing all the words in code font. It should say “Given that a Date class exists in both the java.util and java.sql packages, what is the result of compiling the following class?” Also, the table shouldn’t be in this question. | Conversion error | Jeanne Boyarsky | 2017-04-10 | 2017-04-10 | n/a – correct in book | Pending |
| 10 | Ch 1 #29 | theInput[2] should be deerParams[2] | Typo | Noorul Hameed | 2017-05-17 | 2017-05-17 | Pending | Pending |
| 30 | Ch 2 #47 | Answers A & B should say “static TennisBall” rather than “TennisBall static”. This does not affect the correct answer. | Typo | Juerg Bauman | 2017-12-02 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 30 | Ch 2 #48 | car.play(); should be car.play(); car = null; | Typo | Pawel Pusz | 2018-07-28 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 35 | Ch 3 #9 | “1: package exam; public class Election {” should be one line. | Formatting | Jeanne Boyarsky | 2017-04-10 | 2017-04-10 | Pending | Pending |
| 36 | Ch 3 #36 | Option D is incorrect if you have extra knowledge. So you give yourself credit if you wanted to choose “none of the above” | Formatting | Nurettin Armutcu | 2017-10-28 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Ch 4 #32 | “java EchoFirst” should be java unix.EchoFirst” | Conversion error | Jeanne Boyarsky | 2017-04-10 | 2017-04-10 | n/a – correct in book | Pending |
| n/a | Ch 5 #14 | The incorrect question is online | Conversion error | Charles O’Leary | 2017-05-28 | 2017-05-28 | n/a – correct in book | Pending |
| 82 | Ch 6 #8 | “Long” should be “long” in Option B | Typo | Nurettin Armutcu | 2017-10-28 | 2017-10-28 | n/a | n/a |
| online only | Ch 7 #10 | Option D should be “A checked exception thrown by a method in the child class must be the same or narrower than the exception thrown by the method in the parent class.” This is correct in the printed book | Translation error | Jens van Groeningen | 2021-02-23 | 2021-02-23 | n/a | n/a |
| 102 | Ch 7 #14 | main() should be main(String[] args) | Typo | Nurettin Armutcu | 2017-10-28 | 2017-10-28 | n/a | n/a |
| 111 | Ch 7 #40 | Options A/B/C should be 2.0/4.0/8.0 | Typo | Scott Selikoff | 2020-06-14 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 113 | Ch 7 #48 | “return 12” should be “return null” | Question unanswerable | Jeanne Boyarsky | 2017-04-10 | 2017-04-10 | Pending | Pending |
| 118 | Ch 8 #9 | “throw t” should be throw aioobe” | Question incorrect | Charles O’Leary | 2019-12-15 | 2019-12-15 | Pending | Pending |
| online only | Ch 8 #32 | In Option C “m4” should be “m3” (This is correct in the physical book) | Online answer incorrect | Noorul Hameed | 2017-05-26 | 2017-05-26 | Pending | Pending |
| 127 | Ch 8 #35 | street.toString() + “:” should be street.toString() + “-“ | Question incorrect | Noorul Hameed | 2017-05-26 | 2017-05-26 | Pending | Pending |
| 127 | Ch 8 #35 | street.toString() + “:” should be street.toString() + “-“ | Question incorrect | Noorul Hameed | 2017-05-26 | 2017-05-26 | Pending | Pending |
| 237 | Ch 13 #40 (ch 12 online) | This question can’t be answered. To fix, change the question to be “Why can’t String::charAt be used as a method reference with a Function. | Question incorrect | Ilkay Polat | 2017-06-09 | Pending | Pending | Pending |
| 176 | OCA #63 | Typo | Remove “package unix;” from the question | Jens van Groeningen | 2021-01-23 | Pending | Pending | Pending |
| 182 | OCA #76 | Typo | LocalDate.of(1, 11) should be LocalDate.of(1, 11, 22) | Vlad Alin | 2021-12-07 | Pending | Pending | Pending |
| 2023 | OCA #34 | Error | Add “Assume o is never null” to the question | Jayme Kirchner | 2023-09-09 | Pending | Pending | Pending |
| online only | OCA #79 | in | Question incorrect | Rune Thode | 2021-01-23 | Pending | Pending | Pending |
| 237 | Ch 13 #40 (ch 12 online) | This question can’t be answered. To fix, change the question to be “Why can’t String::charAt be used as a method reference with a Function. | Question incorrect | Tamas Szekeres | 2017-06-09 | Pending | Pending | Pending |
| 304 | Ch 18 #10 (ch 17 online) | “The absolute is” should be “The absolute path is” | Typo | Juerg Bauman | 2018-05-20 | 2018-05-20 | Pending | Pending |
| 329 | Ch 19 #28 | ! p.isAbsolute() should be p.isAbsolute(). With the typo, give yourself credit if you answered Option D | Typo | Pallavi Sadit | 2017-10-15 | Pending | Pending | Pending |
| 361 | Ch 21 #18 (ch 20 online) | “select * from cert” should be “select * from books” | Typo | Juerg Bauman | 2018-05-20 | 2018-05-20 | Pending | Pending |
| 395 | OCP mock #19 | Option C should say “map” instead of “mapToInt”. This doesn’t affect the answer to the question. | Typo | Tamas Szekeres | 2017-06-09 | Pending | Pending | Pending |
| 407 | OCP mock #44 | “updatable” should be “updatable and scrollable” | Typo | Mushfiq Mammadov | 2019-09-21 | Pending | Pending | Pending |
| 429 | Ch 1 #21 | “yesterday” is static. Not “tomorrow” |