Certification
OCP: Oracle9i DBA Fundamentals II Study Guide
Format: Hardcover
Author: Doug Stuns
ReleaseDate: 24 April, 2002
Publisher: Sybex
Rating:
Good for a brush-up, kind 
The CD also quizzes you on Recovery Manager (RMAN), parameter files, Import, Export, SQL Loader and Listener Control utility. You're not going to get certified with this book, but the CD is pretty good at testing your Backup and Recovery knowledge. Everyone here is accurate; that Oracle DBA II test is very difficult to pass with this book alone, but any practice test helps.
Waste of Money 
The practice exams include topics that are not covered anywhere in the book. If you use only this book, you will not pass the exam. The level of detail provided by both the exams and the content is not sufficient to pass the real exam. I scored 95% - 100% consistently on all exams in this book including the 3 bonus exams on the cdrom and still did not pass the real exam. I found that the real exam covered several topics that either were not covered at all in this book or did not provide the level of detail or understanding necessary to pass the exam.
Does not meet the Exam objectives 
Velpuri) as main reference. I used this book as supplement and the oracle press book (R. This book published by sybex does not account for all the objectives covered in the exam (1z0-032). The books covers some of the topics but not into details. I read the whole book twice and gained some knowledge out of it but I believe it is not a complete study guide for preparing for the exam. I also used the practice exam questions on the CD.
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