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The Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Platform 1.4 certification exam is for programmers experienced in using the basic syntax and structure of the Java programming language. Certification is available for the Java
I took the 1.4 exam which was fair. The 5.0 exam got me in its Beta-Phase and I have to admit: due to lack of proven daily hands-on working knowledge of generics, this particular section was fairly hard to score high on.
Maybe the current 5.0 exam is easier than what i had to go through, because the number of questions on each topic is smaller compared to the beta-exam.
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