Jeanne Boyarsky - OCP Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 17 Developer Study Guide

Your laptop or desktop computer must meet certain minimal requirements, must include a camera/microphone, and must not have any additional monitors. Tablets and touchscreens are not permitted.

You must have a stable Internet connection (wired Ethernet recommended) and not be behind a corporate firewall or VPN.

You will be closely monitored live by a proctor during the entire exam, as well as being recorded. Moving out of view of the camera, looking at your cell phone, or using the restroom is strictly prohibited.

Your work area must be well lit and your desk clear of all material. Prior to starting the exam, the proctor will ask you to turn your camera around your area to ensure that no inappropriate materials are in reach or in view.

Writing material during the exam is provided in the form of an online digital whiteboard within the exam software.

You should take the test at a location where you can ensure privacy. No one else is permitted to be in the room or see your exam. If someone does enter inadvertently, you must tell them to leave immediately.

The exam software monitors eye and head movements. You may get a warning message while taking the exam if it appears you are looking away from the screen too much.

The choice between taking the exam at a testing center or at home is a personal one. Think carefully about which is best for your needs.

The exam requires two forms of ID, including one that is government issued. See Pearson's list of acceptable IDs here:

www.pearsonvue.com/policies/1S.pdf

When taking the exam in person, try not to bring too much extra with you, as it will not be allowed into the exam room. While you are allowed to check your belongings, it is better to leave extra items at home or in the car.

You are not allowed to bring paper, your phone, and the like into the exam room with you. Some centers are stricter than others. At one center, even tissues were taken away from us! Most centers allow you to keep your ID and money. They watch you take the exam, though, so don't even think about writing notes on money.

As we mentioned earlier, the testing center will give you writing materials to use during the exam, either scratch paper or a whiteboard. If you aren't given these materials, remember to ask. These items are collected at the end of the exam.

While you cannot bring any belongings into the testing room, some noisy testing centers offer earplugs. If your testing center has a lot of background noise (like cars honking or construction), it doesn't hurt to ask the proctor for a pair of earplugs before you start the exam.

As soon as you complete your exam, you find out if you passed. To get your actual score, you'll need to wait until you can check online. Many test-takers check their score from a mobile device as they are walking out of the test center.

CertView usually updates shortly after you finish your exam but can take up to an hour in some cases. In addition to your score, you'll also see the objectives for which you got a question wrong. Once you have passed the 1Z0-829 exam and fulfilled the required prerequisites, the OCP 17 title is granted within a few days.

Oracle has partnered with Credly Acclaim, which is an Open Badges platform. Upon obtaining a certification from Oracle, you also receive a “badge” that you can choose to share publicly with current or prospective employers.

This book has been written to cover every objective on both the Developer and Foundation exams.

The following table provides a breakdown of this book's exam coverage for the Java SE 17 Developer (1Z0-829) exam, showing you the chapter where each objective or subobjective is covered.