SCEA 5 part 1 or OCMJEA Part1

SCEA 5 or

Oracle Certified Master part1 or

Java EE 5 Enterprise Architect Part1 or

OCMJEA 5 Part1

What to Read ?

You need to know the following subjects in order to clear Part1

1. J2ee Architecture (Terms like Scalibility, reliability, performance...etc)
2. Java security including applets security and web applications security.(http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-12-2000/jw-1215-security.html)
3. Java design patterns (Trust me this is the most easy ones to score as the questions are little straight forward. So know all patterns well) - Head first design patterns is good or you can google and read about each pattern.http://www.javacamp.org/designPattern/
4. J2ee design patterns. http://java.sun.com/blueprints/corej2eepatterns/Patterns/ Click on each and it has a good description.
5. Web tier technologies - Servlets, JSPS, JSF (Basics of JSF as why to use when to use).Head First Servlets book is good (But they will not ask questiosn like what JSP tag to use...Instead read how Web technologies in J2ee are used and know how web apps are deployed).
6. EJB tier - (EJB 3.0 so we need to know Message driven Beans,Session beans and entity beans -JPA as well) Head first EJB brush a bit and also be clear on why stateless session beans or better than stateful (scalability) ...etc
7. Intgeration layer - JAXP, JAX-RPC, JAX-WS, WSDL, SOAP, JCA, JAXB. Read each and every thing list here and know in what context to use the technology.
8. UML

Once you read the above you should start looking for Q&A on Part-1.I read lot of articles on the above subjects on net. I found java world website very useful for security related stuff.

Here are some useful links and in addition I will post around 120 questions with answers which I found very useful for Part1.

http://mycollectivematerial.blogspot.com/2009/02/scea-50-exam-questions-3.html

http://mycollectivematerial.blogspot.com/2009/02/scea15-few-questions.html

Book:

Sun certified enterprise Architect for Java EE study Guide second edition

by Mark Cade and Humphrey Sheil is a good book to read at the end after you done your preparation.

This book gives summary of all subjects we need to know for the exam and I suggest to READ ONLY AT THE END after you have in depth articles on each of the subject mentioned above.

SCEA5/OCMJEA 5/ Java Enterprise Edition 5 Enterprise Architect Certified Master/
OCMJEA/Oracle Certified Master, Java EE 5 Enterprise Architect, has 3 parts

Before June 1st 2011 Sun had the following exams

1.Part1 :310-052 (multiple-choice),

2. Part2 : 310-301A (downloadable project),

3. Part3 : 310-062 (essay).

From June 1st 2011 we have the following exams from ORACLE

1. Part 1EXAM - 1Z0-864 Java Enterprise Edition 5 Enterprise Architect Certified Master Exam (Step 1 of 3)

2. Part2 ASSIGNMENT1Z0-865 Java Enterprise Edition 5 Enterprise Architect Certified Master Assignment (Step 2 of 3)

NOTE: (For those who had taken part1 before June 1st 2011 and now want to take part -2 1Z0-848(T1) if we have voucher with prometric and then got an exchange voucher to take exam through pearsonvue.com/oracle)

3.ESSAY 1Z0-866 Java Enterprise Edition 5 Enterprise Architect Certified Master Essay Exam (Step 3 of 3)

4. Part4. Mandatory training from oracle (Frankly I did not like this idea from Oracle as I feel folks like me who are doing the certifications on there own (not company) sponsored cannot afford it.)

You need to complete Part1 and then download part -2 exam. Once you are ready with part-2 (Earlier oracle would give 1 year to complete now its just 6 months )

See: http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=41&p_org_id=15946&lang=US&p_exam_id=1Z0_865

More details at

http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=326

Beginning October 1, 2011, Java Architect certification path requirements will include a new mandatory course attendance requirement.

http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=449