A LOOK AT THE SUN CERTIFIED ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT CERTIFICATION
One of the more interesting certifications from Sun is the Sun Certified Enterprise Architect (SCEA), an upper-level certification aimed at those working with Java EE-compliant applications. What makes it interesting is the way you go about obtaining it.
To become certified, you’re required to do a number of things:
- Pass the requisite testing-center exam (CX-310-052: Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5). Administered through Prometric, you have 120 minutes to answer 64 multiple-choice and drag-and-drop questions and get 57 percent correct to pass. The cost is $200.
- Pass an assignment exam (CX-310-301A). After passing the testing-center exam, you download an assignment directly to your computer and then have 12 months to complete it. There are several parts to the exam and you must get 71 percent of the assignment correct in order to pass. The cost is $250.
- After successfully completing the first two requirements, return to a Prometric testing center and take an essay exam (CX-310-062). The exam consists of eight questions based on your assignment and you have 90 minutes to answer them. The cost is $200.
What I like most about this approach is that it’s broken into three completely different parts, with a hands-on component to weed out those who only have knowledge-based skills from those who can actually apply what they know.
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