While taking my first test exam from Enthuware for 1Z0-809 I came a cross several topics that weren't mentioned in the book at all. Those topics are also not mentioned by Oracle in the list of exam topics or at least in some cases not explicitly.
Here is a list of topics not in the book and not in the oracle list of exam topics:
- RandomAccessFile class Question enthuware.ocpjp.v8.2.1715, enthuware.ocpjp.v8.2.1717
- DataInputStream class Question enthuware.ocpjp.v8.2.1774
- volatile keyword Question enthuware.ocpjp.v8.2.1483
- StandardOpenOption enum Question enthuware.ocpjp.v8.2.1541
- wait() yield() notify() notifyAll() the book on page 326 specifically mentions that managing thread life cycles was on previous versions of the exam but not anymore on 1Z0-809. Question enthuware.ocpjp.v8.2.1225, enthuware.ocpjp.v8.2.1595, enthuware.ocpjp.v8.2.1514
- ResultSetMetaData interface Question enthuware.ocpjp.v8.2.1347
- SimpleDateFormat and Date classes. Book explicitly mentions (p240, p273) that the old way is not on the exam. Question enthuware.ocpjp.v8.2.1156, enthuware.ocpjp.v8.2.1191
- FileSystem.getRootDirectories and FileSystem.listRoots methods Question enthuware.ocpjp.v8.2.1577
- AWT Frame and Button this one was the strangest of all Question enthuware.ocpjp.v8.2.1443
It would be very helpfull if I can get some feedback about the above list and if they really are or are not on the exam. It seems that some questions in the test bank are recycled questions from the OCP 6 or 7 exam which did include those topics?
Note that I have also use the book by the same authors for the OCA exam and your test bank. I had a better experience there almost no mismatches between the book and the test questions. I actually scored 92% for OCA thanks to the book and the Enthuware test questions.