Effective from June 1, 2011, Java certification exams will be offered through a new test delivery partner – Pearson VUE – and will no longer be available through Prometric. Pearson VUE (pearsonvue.com) provides computer-based testing for information technology, academic, government and professional testing programs around the world. It has secure network of test centers in 165 countries. Some important points to be considered: If you are planning to take an exam on/after June 1: Registration will begin at Pearson VUE on May 16, 2011 for all scheduled exams on or after June 1. If you are currently registered to take

As the exam is intended for Java beginners, the toughness level of questions is quite low, as compared to other Java certification exams. Freshers to Java can score well, if they can extensively read about the various Java-based technologies and also get hands-on practice on Java fundamentals for a couple of months. No certification study guides are yet available for this exam. Any good book which covers Java Language basics like Head First Java is sufficient for handling code-based questions. Take code examples from the books, go through them and experiment with various possibilities. For the UML part, the exam