PL/SQL

Certification Preparation

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Objectives
This lesson covers the following objectives:
Review key terminology to prepare for the
Certification exam.
Demonstrate your understanding of PL/SQL
code by answering questions about the PL/SQL
code.
Demonstrate your understanding of PL/SQL
code by identifying errors within the PL/SQL
code.

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Certification Exam Prep

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PL/SQL Certification Preparation

Completing this course was a necessary step
towards becoming an Oracle PL/SQL Developer
Certified Associate. Oracle Certification is one of
the best ways of demonstrating your knowledge
and skills in Oracle Database Systems.
To prepare you for the Certification exam, this
lesson contains pointers to activities to prepare
yourself for the exam.

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Certification Exam
Two certification exams are required to obtain the
Oracle PL/SQL Developer Certified Associate.
The first exam could have been one of the
following exams:

1Z0-007 Introduction to Oracle 9i SQL

1Z0-047 Oracle Database SQL Expert

1Z0-051 Oracle Database 11g SQL Fundamentals I

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Certification Exam
The second exam could be one of the following
exams:

1Z0-147 Program with PL/SQL

1Z0-144 Oracle Database 11g Program with PL/SQL

The exams have approximately 65 questions that

you must complete in 90 minutes. Answer all of the
questions you understand first, so you do not run
out of time. You must get 77 percent to pass, which
means you must correctly answer approximately
50 questions.
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Consider these points when taking the exam:
Read the questions carefully, and then study the
answers before you make your choice. Many of the
questions have answers that look identical.
Make sure you understand the question;
do not jump to conclusions.

Answer all questions.

There is no negative scoring, so a guess is always better
than not even trying to answer a question.
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Consider these points when taking the exam:
Use a process of elimination to eliminate the obvious
incorrect answers first, as this greatly improves your
chances of guessing the correct answer from the
remaining choices.
Mark questions for review when you are unsure and
move on to the next one. When you have finished the
test, you can then revisit all of the questions you
marked before you score your test.

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Preparation
The more you study and prepare yourself, the
easier you will find the Certification exam. At the
very least you should make sure you:
Are familiar with all of the overall concepts of the
language
Know the difference between similar components (local
and global variables or procedures, functions and
packages). This document contains a list of key
phrases, concepts, and keywords.

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Preparation
Tasks you should have completed at this point
include:

Completed all of the quizzes at least once. It would be

a good idea to run through them all again as part of
your certification exam preparations.
Completed all of the PL/SQL exams for both
semesters of the PL/SQL course.
Completed all of the PL/SQL practices for both
semesters of the PL/SQL course.
Created several pieces of PL/SQL code.

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Certification Resources
Oracle has additional resources available to help
you prepare for the exam. To find the latest
information, go to the Oracle Education web page
(www.oracle.com/education) and select the
Certification Link from the left-hand menu.
From either of these links you can read the latest
news about the exams, find a test center, and
download test questions which will help you
prepare for the Certification exam. These test
questions are similar to the real exam questions.
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Certification Resources
You can download the test questions and work
through them, not only to test your knowledge, but
also to get used to the format of the exam.
Doing so will help you to become familiar with the
slightly different look and feel of the exam
question screens, because these screens are
slightly different than the ones you are used to
from the Oracle Academy exams.

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Review Checklist
The next slides contain words, concepts, and
phrases that you should be familiar with as part
of your preparation for the Certification exam.
None of these topics should be confusing or
unknown when you take the exam.
When you feel comfortable with all of them,
proceed to the next section where you will review
PL/SQL code samples.

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Words, Concepts, and Phrases

Topic

Reference

Topic

Reference

Topic

Reference

Cursors

Commit, Savepoint, and

Rollback

Packages

Exceptions

Conditional Control

Persistent state of
Package Variables

Procedures

CURSOR for Update

INSTEAD OF Trigger

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Triggers

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Iterative Control

OLD and NEW in

Triggers

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Functions

RAISE_APPLICATION_
ERROR

Data Dictionary
information re Triggers

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Insert, Update,
Delete

Nested Blocks

UTL_FILE

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Words, Concepts, and Phrases

Topic

Reference

Topic

Reference

Topic

Reference

Dependencies

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PRAGMA_EXCEPTION_
INIT

Migrate LONG to LOG

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Distinct

Formal Parameters

BFILES

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SQL Functions

Object Privileges

PL/SQL Records

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Lexical unit

Actual Parameters

INDEX BY Table

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Scalar,
Composite and
LOB datatypes

Invokers and Definers

Rights

Dependencies

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Variable
assignment

Oracle-Supplied
packages

UTLDTREE

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Joins

Native Dynamic SQL

Automatic
recompilation

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Coding Examples
In the Course Resources, you will find a link to a
document titled Certification Preparation PL/SQL
Code Samples and Questions.
Part 1 of this document contains two pieces of
PL/SQL code with a number of questions after each
piece of code.

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Coding Examples
Make sure you can read and understand the code
and can answer each of the questions.
Ideally, each question should not take you more
than a maximum of 2 minutes to answer.
Time yourself to better understand how quickly
you can answer PL/SQL code-related questions.

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Extra Practice Questions

Part 2 of the Certification Preparation PL/SQL
Code Samples and Questions document contains
a number of questions which allow you to practice
some techniques which were not included in earlier
practices.
You should complete these questions before
attempting the Certification exam.
Take your time, and make sure you thoroughly
understand these concepts and techniques.
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Summary
In this lesson, you learned to:
Review key terminology to prepare for the
Certification exam.
Demonstrate your understanding of PL/SQL
code by answering questions about the PL/SQL
code.
Demonstrate your understanding of PL/SQL
code by identifying errors within the PL/SQL
code.
We wish you success with the
Certification Exam!
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