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.
Best of luck
Alex Zaballa
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Thanks, Alex for this excellent article, I am preparing for taking the exam, and this information has been very useful.
Hi Alex, if i dont complete "Tuning Workshop 19C" (as you said, it isnt in prereqs), could i take the exam?? or is it allowed?
Thanks in advance for you time and your answer
Hi,
The course is not mandatory!
You can take the exam without it!
Good luck!
Hi Alex,
Thanks for your post. How long it took you to prepare for this exam? I am also getting preparing to take it.But there not so many materials some of the links you shared seems like are not working anymore.
Hi,
About 3 months studying this topic 2 hours a day!
I just updated the links and it should be working now!
Thank you
Thanks for the post Alex, I´ve took the exam and failed once, I know this one is hard, but even with that and based on the report you get after the exam, do you feel some answers are not good?
I´m almost sure some of the reported failed topics were related to good answered questions. For me this is beeing one of the harder exams, specially because the questions are sometimes short and you have to assume certain information (what do you assume? default configuration? best practice?).
The way that question are written and the different points of view for the answers is the most dificult part for me.
Thanks for sharing your experience — I completely agree. This type of exam can definitely have more than one “reasonable” answer, especially when the questions are short and you have to assume things like default configuration or best practices. That’s what makes it one of the harder exams in my opinion.
If you’re confident that some of the items you missed were actually answered correctly, you can open a case with Oracle University. They’re usually very flexible and open to reviewing questions.
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