How to study for 1z0-1085-22 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2022 Certified Foundations Associate

Hi all,

Usually, May is the month of the year to start renewing OCI Certifications to the latest version!

Oracle University took a little longer this year, but now, it's time :)

This is a simple test (only generic concepts) and you have about 11+ hours of videos to watch and 2 PDFs to read.

The starting point is here: https://learn.oracle.com/ols/learning-path/become-an-oci-foundations-associate/35644/108448

I hope Oracle is planning to allow us to download the PDFs again because the online reader is really bad. From 0 to 10, the usability of this tool is -1, especially on mobile devices.

A lot of the content of this test is not in the videos or PDFs, this is why it's always good to read the OCI Official documentation.

The practice exam is good and you can have a good feel of what to expect during the exam.

You can do the exam online for free (15 attempts to pass) and it's not even proctored! 

Good luck! And last but not least, stay away from Brain Dumps!

Alex Zaballa

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How to study for 1Z0-902 - Oracle Exadata Database Machine X9M Implementation Essentials

 Hi all,

About the level of the exam, it's hard! Much harder than I expected (compared with previous Exadata exams)!

Maybe that explains why we are seeing a few people with this certification!

I hope Oracle is planning to allow us to download the PDFs again because the online reader is really bad. From 0 to 10, the usability of this tool is -1, especially on mobile devices.

A good starting point is here:

https://learn.oracle.com/ols/learning-path/earn-the-oracle-exadata-x9m-certified-impl-specialist-credential/38560/95058

You have 26+ hours of videos and 1,140 PDF pages.

Some of the content of this test are not in the videos or PDFs, this is why it's always good to read the Exadata Database Machine Documentation.

Some of the questions are not in the Oracle University material.

I was not expecting to see questions about the Exadata rack Installation, but it's on the exam topics (I missed this).

In this case, I recommend you study the Installation and Configuration Guide for Exadata Database Machine

Unfortunately,  there is no practice exam to check what to expect during the exam.

And last but not least, stay away from Brain Dumps!

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa

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How to study for 1z0-084 - Oracle Database 19c: Performance Management and Tuning

 Hi all,

About this exam, the only thing that I can say is: "It's hard, very...very....very hard".

Maybe that explains why we are not seeing people with this certification!

I needed 2 attempts to pass!

I hope Oracle is planning to allow us to download the PDFs again because the online reader is really bad. From 0 to 10, the usability of this tool is -1, especially on mobile devices.

A good starting point is here:

https://mylearn.oracle.com/ou/course/oracle-database-19c-performance-management-and-tuning/112466

You have 30+ hours of videos and 1,200 PDF pages.

To my surprise, for this exam you also need to study Oracle Database 19c: SQL Tuning Workshop (It's not in the exam prereqs):

https://learn.oracle.com/ols/course/oracle-database-19c-sql-tuning-workshop/38560/80293

More 15+ hours of videos and 1,128 PDF pages.

Some of the content of this test are not in the videos or PDFs, this is why it's always good to read the Oracle Database 19c Performance official documentation.

1517 PDF pages.

A lot of questions are not in the Oracle University material or Oracle Documentation.

You need to read all the Optimizer Blob, Posts from Maria Colgan, and some MOS notes.

Unfortunately,  there is no practice exam to check what to expect during the exam.

And last but not least, stay away from Brain Dumps!

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa

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