5 Free Java Exams From Sun

Sun offers 5 free proficiency assessment examinations. Read below for details and how you can take them.

Sun Certified Associate for the Java Platform, Standard Edition, Exam Version 1.0
Exam Objectives:

* Fundamental Object-Oriented Concepts
* UML Representation of Object-Oriented Concepts
* Java Implementation of Object-Oriented Concepts
* Algorithm Design and Implementation
* Java Development Fundamentals
* Java Platforms and Integration Technologies
* Client Technologies
* Server Technologies

Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 5.0
Exam Objectives:

* Declarations, Initialization and Scoping
* Flow Control
* API Contents
* Concurrency
* OO Concepts
* Collections / Generics
* Fundamentals

Sun Certified Business Component Developer for the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5
Exam Objectives:

* EJB 3.0 Overview
* General EJB 3.0 Enterprise Bean Knowledge
* EJB 3.0 Session Bean Component Contract and Life Cycle
* EJB 3.0 Message-Driven Bean Component Contract
* Java Persistence API Entities
* Java Persistence Entity Operations
* Persistence Units and Persistence Contexts
* Java Persistence Query Language
* Transactions
* Exceptions
* Security Management

Sun Certified Mobile Application Developer for the Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition, Version 1.0
Exam Objectives:

* JTWI (JSR 185) and Overview of JTWI-Compliant Wireless Applications
* CLDL 1.0 and 1.1
* Security (Both CLDC and MIDP)
* Networking
* Application Model, Delivery, Lifecycle, and Provisioning
* MIDP Persistent Storage
* Push Registry
* MIDP User Interface (UI) API

Sun Certified Developer for Java Web Services
Exam Objectives:

* XML Web Service Standards
* SOAP 1.1 Web Service Standards
* Describing and Publishing (WSDL and UDDI)
* JAX-RPC
* SOAP and XML Processing APIs (JAXP, JAXB, and SAAJ)
* JAXR
* J2EE Web Services
* Security
* Developing Web Services
* General Design and Architecture
* Endpoint Design and Architecture

These pre-assessment exams will also help you to determine which Java certification course is best suited to your current level of skill and knowledge.

You can take the exams here.