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Sun Certified Business Component Developer (SCBCD) is for Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) technology business component developers who are responsible for designing, developing, testing, deploying and integrating EJB applications. To achieve certifications, candidates must be a Sun Certified Java Programmer, SCJP (any edition) and successfully complete one exam.

The current certification exam covers only Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition 1.3 topics. The new certification exam upgrades the existing topics to include Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5.0. Prior to the announcement of the actual exam, free beta exam is open to the early birds to try out.

Unlike other Sun Microsystems certification exams, the beta exam does NOT require a voucher i.e. FREE. The normal exam fee is $200. To register for the beta exam, you may register by phone, by calling your regional Prometric registration office.

The beta exam is open for registration starting November 24, 2006. You can select any day in between December 8, 2006 – January 2, 2007 to sit for the exam.

The exam covers the following Java EE 5 topics:

• EJB 3.0 Overview
• General EJB 3.0 Enterprise Bean Knowledge
• EJB 3.0 Session Bean Component Contract & Lifecycle
• 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

The current exam includes 70 multiple choice and drag and drop questions. You need to score 45 out of 70 questions (64%) in 120 minutes to pass the exam. However, beta exam typically has a different format (e.g. include more questions and different passing score) that you need to take note during registration.

via Sun