More study Tips, one Last Time

We’re probably stating the obvious when we say that the practice exams in this book can only be used so often. If you keep taking them over and over again, you run the risk of memorizing the questions and answers and possibly not understanding the underlying Java concepts. So our advice is this: You can probably take each of these exams only a couple of times before they start to lose their value.

On the other hand, as we mentioned in Chapter 4, almost all of these questions CAN be used as jumping off points for your own exploration. If you want to do more studying (or if you’re sick of studying, but still need to do more of it , then a fantastic way to study is to find the questions in this book that focus on the topics with which you’re struggling. Take those questions, and type in the code. Compile the code, fix the errors, and run the code. Then, change the code. Ask yourself “what if” questions about the code… “What if doStuff() was static?”, “What if I did a peek() instead of a poll()?”… Try it! That’s how the exam creation team created the exam, and that’s how we created most of the questions in this book.

Good luck, and let us know on JavaRanch.com how you’re doing.