quarta-feira, 4 de outubro de 2023

How to study for 1Z0-770 - Oracle APEX Cloud Developer Professional

Hi everyone,

I decided to take all the 2023 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in taking these certifications.

Well, not all exams. I will do only the ones that I did in 2019 to 2022 and are the things that I work on a day-to-day basis 🙂


I'm not an APEX Developer, but a few weeks ago, I developed an internal tool using APEX and I was very impressed with the tool evolution. The last time that I used APEX to develop something was in 2014 using APEX 4.


This exam consists of 58 questions and you have 1.5 hours to finish.


A good starting point is here:



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

Don't forget to read the topics:

https://mylearn.oracle.com/ou/learning-path/become-an-oracle-apex-developer-professional-2023/121230

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





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

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa

segunda-feira, 18 de setembro de 2023

How to study for 1Z0-1122-23 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2023 AI Foundations Associate

Hi everyone,

I decided to take all the 2023 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in taking these certifications.


This is a new exam and consists of 30 questions, you have 1 hour to finish, 15 attempts and it's not proctored.


A good starting point is here:


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

Don't forget to read the topics:

https://education.oracle.com/oracle-manufacturing-cloud-2023-certified-implementation-professional/trackp_OCI23AIFCA

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






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

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa

terça-feira, 12 de setembro de 2023

How to study for 1Z0-1041-23 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2023 Enterprise Analytics Professional

Hi everyone,

I decided to take all the 2023 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in taking these certifications.

Well, not all exams. I will do only the ones that I did in 2019 to 2022 and are the things that I work on a day-to-day basis 🙂


This exam consists of 55 questions and you have 1.5 hours to finish.


A good starting point is here:


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

Don't forget to read the topics:

https://education.oracle.com/oracle-cloud-infrastructure-2023-enterprise-analytics-professional/pexam_1Z0-1041-23

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







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

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa

sexta-feira, 1 de setembro de 2023

How to study for 1Z0-1104-23 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2023 Security Professional

Hi everyone,

I decided to take all the 2023 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in taking these certifications.

Well, not all exams. I will do only the ones that I did in 2019 to 2022 and are the things that I work on a day-to-day basis 🙂


This test has a new format, with hands-on questions. Which is great in my opinion :)

After the hands-on, you will need to answer 25 questions (same as previous exam format).


On this test, I expected to see some new things(comparing the course topics with the previous years). And that's true, I got a lot of new questions.

A good starting point is here:


Reading the Official documentation is always a plus for the exams:


I also recommend you take a deep look at network features, peering, NSGs, SLs, connectivity, and how they relate to security. Don't forget to go deep on Vault, Keys, Secrets, WAF, etc.

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

Don't forget to read the topics:

https://education.oracle.com/oracle-cloud-infrastructure-2023-security-professional/pexam_1Z0-1104-23

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

If you are not finding available slots until September/30, just keep trying.
They keep adding slots and this is the answer that I got after opening an SR (Thanks Mónica Godoy for the tip):











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

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa

terça-feira, 29 de agosto de 2023

How to study for 1z0-1067-23 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2023 Cloud Operations Professional

Hi everyone,

I decided to take all the 2023 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in taking these certifications.

Well, not all exams. I will do only the ones that I did in 2019 to 2022 and are the things that I work on a day-to-day basis 🙂


This test has a new format, with hands-on questions. Which is great in my opinion :)

After the hands-on, you will need to answer 15 questions (same as previous exam format).


On this test, I expected to see some new things(comparing the course topics with the previous years). And that's true, I got a lot of new questions.

The focus for this test is day-to-day activities, you need to know the commands/syntax and not only concepts. Of course, concepts are very important to understand the questions.

What do you need to focus on?
  • OCI-CLI
  • Terraform
  • Policies
  • MQL
  • Quotas
  • What and how you can move Cross-region
  • Budgets and Alerts
  • What is related to Compartments and what is related to the Tenancy
  • Upload and Download files using the cli and the console
  • Tags
  • NVMe - Performance and how to protect
  • Object Storage life cycle
  • VPNs

You can find everything here:

https://mylearn.oracle.com/ou/learning-path/become-a-oci-cloud-operations-professional-2023/122065

But I recommend you to have a free account and test everything you can!

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.

Don't forget to read the topics:

https://education.oracle.com/oracle-cloud-infrastructure-2023-cloud-operations-professional/pexam_1Z0-1067-23

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

If you are not finding available slots until September/30, just keep trying.
They keep adding slots and this is the answer that I got after opening an SR (Thanks Mónica Godoy for the tip):








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

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa

quarta-feira, 23 de agosto de 2023

How to study for 1Z0-997-23 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2023 Architect Professional

Hi everyone,

I decided to take all the 2023 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in taking these certifications.

Well, not all exams. I will do only the ones that I did in 2019 to 2022 and are the things that I work on a day-to-day basis 🙂


This test has a new format, with hands-on questions. Which is great in my opinion :)

After the hands-on, you will need to answer 14 questions (same as previous exam format).


On this test, I expected to see some new things(comparing the course topics with the previous years). And that's true, I got a lot of new questions.

A good starting point is here:


What do you need to focus on? 
  • EVERYTHING :)

Official Documentation:


User guide:


But I recommend you to have a free account and test everything you can! The biggest problem will be testing cross-region features because a free account allows subscribing to only one region.

On ULS, you can also find some examples of questions and they are very helpful in understanding what to expect on the real test. You can see the demos for the hands-on labs.

Take an extra look at the Azure integration with OCI.



Extra tip: Don't be Alex and waste some precious time. Remember to set the correct network on the Cloud Shell console. It will help you with testing :)

If you are not finding available slots until August/31, just keep trying.
They keep adding slots and this is the answer that I got after opening an SR (Thanks Mónica Godoy for the tip):








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

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa

quinta-feira, 3 de agosto de 2023

How to study for 1Z0-1042-23 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2023 Application Integration Professional

Hi everyone,

I decided to take all the 2023 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in taking these certifications.

Well, not all exams. I will do only the ones that I did in 2019 to 2022 and are the things that I work on a day-to-day basis 🙂


A good starting point is here:


https://mylearn.oracle.com/ou/learning-path/become-a-application-integration-professional-2023/122249


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


Some 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.


Don't forget to read the topics:

https://education.oracle.com/oracle-cloud-infrastructure-2023-application-integration-professional/pexam_1Z0-1042-23

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

But I recommend you to have a free account and test everything you can!






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

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa


sexta-feira, 14 de julho de 2023

How to study for 1Z0-1111-23 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2023 Observability Professional

Hi everyone,

I decided to take all the 2023 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in taking these certifications.

Well, not all exams. I will do only the ones that I did in 2019 to 2022 and are the things that I work on a day-to-day basis 🙂


A good starting point is here:


https://mylearn.oracle.com/ou/learning-path/become-an-oracle-cloud-infrastructure-observability-professional-2023/122103


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


Some 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.


Don't forget to read the topics:

https://education.oracle.com/en/learning-paths/pexam_1Z0-1111-23

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

But I recommend you to have a free account and test everything you can!

Another thing to take a look at is the Dynatrace documentation.
Some concepts you can clarify there because their documentation is very compressive.


1st attempt: Failed by one question
2nd attempt:



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

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa

quinta-feira, 6 de julho de 2023

How to study for 1Z0-1084-23 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2023 Certified Developer Professional

Hi everyone,

I decided to take all the 2023 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in taking these certifications.

Well, not all exams. I will do only the ones that I did in 2019 to 2022 and are the things that I work on a day-to-day basis 🙂


On this test, I was expecting to see a lot of new things(comparing the course topics with the previous years and OCI database improvements) and that was true, a lot of new questions. 

A good starting point is here:


https://mylearn.oracle.com/ou/learning-path/become-an-oci-developer-professional-2023/121998


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


What do you need to focus on?

  • Cloud-Native Architecture
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • Microservices
  • Software Testing
  • OCI Logging Services
New Topics:
  • OCI Service Mesh
  • Serverless Queues

Some 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.

Don't forget to read the topics:

https://education.oracle.com/oracle-cloud-infrastructure-2023-developer-professional/pexam_1Z0-1084-23

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

But I recommend you to have a free account and test everything you can!

Additional material:




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

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa

sexta-feira, 30 de junho de 2023

How to study for 1Z0-1109-23 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2023 DevOps Certified Professional

Hi everyone,

I decided to take all the 2023 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in taking these certifications.

Well, not all exams. I will do only the ones that I did in 2019 to 2022 and are the things that I work on a day-to-day basis 🙂


On this test, I was not expecting to see new things, since the 2022 exam is very recent. But unfortunately, it was not true, I got a lot of topics not covered in the videos and especially on the PDFs. 

This exam consists of 55 questions and you have 1.5 hours.

If you have ULS, this is a good starting point:


These are good documentation to read and understand the concepts:

You can also find some examples of questions in this link and they are really helpful to understand what to expect on the real test.

Review the exam topics, everything will be at the exam:



1st attempt:

2nd attempt:



One interesting thing about his test, if you go to the Oracle official practice test, you will find a lot of questions that you will not find the answer in Oracle's material/documentation. And the worst part, you can find these answers on AWS, GCP, AZURE, and to my surprise, Alibaba Cloud.


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

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa 

quarta-feira, 28 de junho de 2023

How to study for 1Z0-1110-23 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Science 2023 Professional

Hello everyone,

I was not planning to take this certification, since it's not something I work with and/or have contact with daily. But, when I was studying for GCP certifications, I was introduced to some tools and concepts and decided to learn more about them.

This exam consists of 55 questions and you have 1.5 hours.

If you have ULS, this is a good starting point:


These are good documentation to read and understand the concepts:


Review the exam topics, everything will be at the exam:


You can also find some examples of questions in this link and they are really helpful to understand what to expect on the real test.



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

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa 

sexta-feira, 23 de junho de 2023

How to study for 1Z0-1096-23 - Oracle Machine Learning using Autonomous Database 2023 Associate

Hi everyone,

I decided to take all the 2023 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in taking these certifications.

Well, not all exams. I will do only the ones that I did in 2019 to 2022 and are the things that I work on a day-to-day basis 🙂


I'm not working with OML, but when I did the GCP Certifications and OCI Data Science I became interested in these topics. Then, this was the first time that I took this exam.

A good starting point is here:


The material is very simple, you have 2 hours of videos and 3 hours of hands-on lab.

You can also find some examples of questions in this link and they are really helpful to understand what to expect on the real test.

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

Official Documentation:











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

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa

terça-feira, 20 de junho de 2023

How to study for 1Z0-1072-23 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2023 Architect Associate

Hi everyone,

I decided to take all the 2023 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in taking these certifications.

Well, not all exams. I will do only the ones that I did in 2019 to 2022 and are the things that I work on a day-to-day basis 🙂


On this test, I was expecting to see a lot of new things(comparing the course topics with the previous years and OCI database improvements) and that was true, a lot of new questions. 


A good starting point is here:


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

Official Documentation:



User guide:











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

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa

terça-feira, 13 de junho de 2023

How to study for 1z0-1093-23 - Oracle Cloud Database Services 2023 Professional

Hi everyone,

I decided to take all the 2023 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in taking these certifications.

Well, not all exams. I will do only the ones that I did in 2019 to 2022 and are the things that I work on a day-to-day basis 🙂


On this test, I was expecting to see a lot of new things(comparing the course topics with the previous years and OCI database improvements) and that was true, a lot of new questions. 

A good starting point is here:

I recommend you to have a free/trial account and test everything you can, especially NoSQL and MYSQL.

You can also find some examples of questions in this link and they are really helpful to understand what to expect on the real test.

Make sure you understand all the differences between ExaCS and ExaCC.
Also, have a good understanding of Monitoring and especially Performance Hub.






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

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa 

quinta-feira, 8 de junho de 2023

How to study for 1z0-931-23 - Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud 2023 Professional

Hi everyone,

I decided to take all the 2023 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in taking these certifications.

Well, not all exams. I will do only the ones that I did in 2019 to 2022 and are the things that I work on a day-to-day basis 🙂


On this test, I was expecting to see a lot of new things(comparing the course topics with the previous years and autonomous database improvements) and that was true, a lot of new questions. 

A good starting point is here:

You can also find some examples of questions in this link and they are really helpful to understand what to expect on the real test

Make sure you understand all the differences between Autonomous Shared and Autonomous Dedicated.

Study hard:
  • Autonomous Dedicated
  • Autonomous JSON
  • Autonomous Apex
  • Autonomous Data Guard
  • Graph
  • Oracle Text
  • Data Insights
  • Data Lake
  • Spatial




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

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa 

quarta-feira, 7 de junho de 2023

How to study for 1z0-1105-23 - Oracle Cloud Data Management 2023 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 year, we have free OCI Certifications again and some good prizes.

You can find more details here.


Here you can find the list of live sessions to help you with the preparation.

About the OCI Cloud Data Management 2023 Foundations Exam, this is a simple test (only generic concepts) and you have about 6 hours of videos to watch and 2 PDFs to read.

The starting point is here: https://mylearn.oracle.com/ou/learning-path/become-an-oracle-cloud-data-management-foundations-associate-2023/122101

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.

Some 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 (55 questions in 1.5 hours ) for free (15 attempts to pass) and it's not even proctored! 

You can do this exam in English and Brazilian Portuguese.





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

Alex Zaballa




terça-feira, 6 de junho de 2023

How to study for 1z0-1085-23 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2023 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 year, we have free OCI Certifications again and some good prizes.

You can find more details here.


Here you can find the list of live sessions to help you with the preparation.

About the OCI Foundation Exam, this is a simple test (only generic concepts) and you have about 5 hours of videos to watch, 2 hours of hands lab, and 2 PDFs to read.

The starting point is here: https://mylearn.oracle.com/ou/learning-path/become-an-oci-foundations-associate-2023/122043

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.

Some 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 (35 questions in one hour ) for free (15 attempts to pass) and it's not even proctored! 

You can do this exam in English, Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish.






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

Alex Zaballa








segunda-feira, 5 de junho de 2023

How to study for 1z0-1094-23 - Oracle Cloud Database Migration and Integration 2023 Professional

Hi all,

I decided to take all the 2023 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in taking these certifications.

Well, not all the exams. I will do only the ones that I did in 2019 to 2022 and are the things that I work on a day-to-day basis 🙂


On this test, I was expecting to see a few new things(comparing the course topics with the previous years) and that was true, a lot of new questions. 

This exam privileges the knowledge acquired on a daily basis much more than the knowledge acquired in preparation for the test.
In this preparation material, I missed having something about analyzing the workload of environments before migration and how this impacts the decision of choosing the shape and type of service to be used in the Cloud.
It's also missing some checks you have to do before working on a big production migration.
And I think they should share more about Cloud Premigration Advisor Tool.

Since I created mig360 and I'm working on Cloud migration projects, the "regular" database migration topics on this test are ok.

For sure you will need some real-world experience to clear most of the ZDM related questions.

About the ODI topics, It was very deep (much more than I expect).
Even working in environments where I have to deal with ODI every day, A lot of questions are difficult to answer if you are not an ODI Developer.


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


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




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

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa



sexta-feira, 2 de junho de 2023

How to study for 1Z0-1115-23-Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2023 Multicloud Architect Associate

Hello everyone,

After a long time without taking certifications (4 months), I decided to study and try this new exam from Oracle. 

The exam consists of 30 questions and you have 1 hour to finish.

The course is very comprehensive and the certification questions are very well elaborated!

If you have ULS, this is a good starting point:


These are good documentation to read and understand the concepts:


Review the exam topics, everything will be at the exam:


On the ULS course, you can also find some examples of questions in this link and they are really helpful to understand what to expect on the real test.

Be sure you have a good understanding of FastConnect and ODSA.

Here you can find great notes from https://twitter.com/BrokeDba about what to study.



I far as I remember, this is the first time in my life that I achieved this score in a certification exam :)






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

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa 

quarta-feira, 25 de janeiro de 2023

How to study for 1Z0-1110-22 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Science 2022 Professional

Hello everyone,

I was not planning to take this certification, since it's not something I work with and/or have contact with daily. But, when I was studying for GCP certifications, I was introduced to some tools and concepts and decided to learn more about them.

This is a new exam e a brand new content, the exam consists of 55 questions and you have 1.5 hours.

If you have ULS, this is a good starting point:


These are good documentation to read and understand the concepts:


Review the exam topics, everything will be at the exam:


You can also find some examples of questions in this link and they are really helpful to understand what to expect on the real test:











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

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa 

segunda-feira, 9 de janeiro de 2023

How to study for 1Z0-1109-22 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2022 DevOps Certified Professional

Hi all,

I decided to take all the 2022 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in taking these certifications.

This is a new exam e a brand new content, the exam consists of 50 questions and you have 1.5 hours.

If you have ULS, this is a good starting point:


These are good documentation to read and understand the concepts:

Review the exam topics, everything will be at the exam:







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

Best of luck
Alex Zaballa