I’ve done quite a few certification exams, so I’ve seen a lot of OCP questions in my time. In the past I’ve been openly critical of some of the OCP questions, but always said that it must be a really tough job to create the exams. With that in mind, when Steven Feuerstein asked me if I would be interested in providing the October questions for the SQL quizzes on the PL/SQL Challenge, my first reaction was OMG!
After the initial panic/fear/denial had subsided I decided to bite the bullet and get a feel for how hard a job it really was. I would love to say it was really simple, but that would be a complete lie. 🙂 The initial questions themselves were pretty easy to write, but the fine tuning to make sure they were properly focussed and reduce the chances of accidentally misleading people was quite a big job. The team of question reviewers deserve medals for helping me knock the questions into shape. Big thanks to all those involved.
During October, you will be able to judge for yourself how well I got on by trying the SQL Quizzes. In addition to the normal feedback channels, feel free to contact me directly and let me know. Please be gentle. 🙂
Cheers
Tim…
If tough to write these questions, hey. I’ve done a few for PL/SQL and one for Apex – any I envy Steven for trying to get it right so many times!
I look forward to the … challenge.
Welcome on board 🙂
Hope we will enjoy your quizzes and have no reasons of not being gentle 🙂 🙂
Otherwise, I am often visiting oracle-base and find it always very useful, many congratulations !
Good luck for a lasting collaboration with the PL/SQL Challenge !
Yours respectfully,
Iudith Mentzel
PL/SQL Challenge player and, sometimes also quiz author