Sun Certification (JAVA and Solaris Sertification)

Sun Certified Professional is a professional test held by Sun Microsystem to verify developer's skill on a particular field, especially on Java Programming Langauge or Oracle Operating System.

There are various type of Sun Certified Professional (SCP) Test, based on developers' level.

A. JAVA CERTIFICATION

1. Sun Certified Java Associate(SCJA) : test the basic knowledge of Object Oriented Programming, UML, and essentials of Java Programming language and platform. The targeted test takers are newcomers to Java who are not working in technical positions


2. Sun Certified Java Programmer(SCJP) : SCJP tests more detail on basic knowledge of essentials of Java Programming Language. SCJP Exam tests how well a programmer understand the language syntax of Java.
   Materials tested on SCJP Exam including the knowledge of declarations, access control, object oriented programming, assignments, operators, flow control, assertions, string handling, Input Output (I/O), parsing, formating, generics, collections, inner classes, threads, and JDK tools.
   
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3. Sun Certified Java Developer(SCJD): SCJD is more advanced Java Programming test which evaluates the capability of developer to write a real-world commercial application and to solve all typical problems. This test is the highest level for Java Standard Edition.


4. Sun Certified Java Business Component Developer(SCBCD): the objects of this test based on information related to Java components in distributed applications, in particular, Enterprise Java Beans (EJB).


5. Sun Certified Java Developer for Java Web Services(SCDJWS): The test takers of this exam are those who have been working with Java for web-services application using Java technology, such as Web Services Developer Pack, JAX-WS, and JAXB.


6. Sun Certified Java Mobile Application Developer(SCMAD): As its name, SCMAD evaluates programmers' understanding in developing Mobile application through J2ME, Java 2 Micro Edition.


7. Sun Certified Java Enterprise Architect(SCEA): SCEA expects the test takers to possess a skill of software architecture in Java Enterprise Edition, in which they have to pass 3 tests (multiple choice exam on basic concepts, a UML design project, and an essay regarding to design project

B. SOLARIS OPERATING SYSTEM CERTIFICATION

1. Sun Certified Solaris Associate: this certification tests the very basic understanding of UNIX OS performed in Solaris OS environment.


2. Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris Operating System : focuses on keep knowledge of Solaris OS, including understanding of basic UNIX and Solaris OS commands in file system management.


3. Sun Certified Network Administrator for Solaris Operating System: Emphasis networking skills in Solaris OS.


4. Sun Certified Security Administrator for Solaris Operating System: Newly developed by Sun. This mechanism is to evaluate depth knowledge of security features of Solaris OS.

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