One of the topics that we get a lot of questions about is beta exams. Questions like:
…why is the test so long? (i.e. so many questions)
…why don’t I get the score for my beta right away?
…how does Oracle use the beta exam results?
…why should I take a beta exam?
Many more too. And although we are certainly happy to answer these questions when they come into our customer service inbox (ocpexam_ww@oracle.com) and online forums, we thought you’d enjoy hearing the answers to these right here in our blog. We’re therefore beginning this new mini-series called “Beta Exams: What, Why and How?”
These posts will be sprinkled amongst our regular posts, so don’t worry – we won’t bore you with a consecutive assault of ‘posts about beta exams’.
Right now, there are still many Oracle exams that you can take in beta, so we encourage you to get out there and take them while they are still available. (Exam prices and availability window listed on each certification exam’s detail page.)
If you have a question about Oracle’s certification beta exams – please let us know here in the comments and we’ll see if we can address them right here. (please note – we will continue to refer specific customer service questions to our email address above)
Comments (1)
There are indeed a lot of questions asked by certification candidates regarding beta exam since the concept is relatively new. It's great to have the OCP team answer them and thus build a referenceable FAQ for the future.
For those who are ready to take up the beta exam challenge, there's a prize announced on the ebizocp blog - http://tinyurl.com/69bh9z
Also there are on-going discussions regarding the difference in exam content of the EBS 11i production exams and EBS R12 beta exam -
[a] One World, One Dream, One Exam: http://tinyurl.com/67tjho
[b] What's the Diff: http://tinyurl.com/6ab5km
Best of Luck to all Beta exam participants!
Posted by OCP Advisor | August 22, 2008 3:05 PM