Sybase Certification...

Preparation

Attaining a certification for Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) should not be taken lightly as this will really help your career and give confidence. All you need to do is spend time on studying the Sybase documentation: you'll find that there are many features you've never used, and you need to fill these gaps in your ASE knowledge.

In any case, you should check out the information about certification-related issues on Sybase's own web pages at http://www.sybase.com/education/profcert/, as this will answer many of your questions.

For preparation, make sure you have the ASE System Admin Guide and the Reference Manual handy especially Whats New in ASE document, as well as the Performance & Tuning Guide for the Professional-level exams. You can download these manuals as PDF documents from the Sybase web site.

The exam codes can be used when booking an exam with Prometric:

• Certified Administrator for ASE 12.5 - Associate Level
  In any case, this certification requires one exam (exam code 510-020), irrespective of any certifications you already may have.
• Note that this exam is based on the first version of ASE 12.5, i.e. 12.5 GA. It does not contain any questions about new or changed functionality in later 12.5 releases such as 12.5.0.1.

 Please check the cited URL for more info:

http://www.sybase.com/support/education/professionalcertification/adaptiveserverenterprise/adminassociate125

The exam questions fall into one of the following categories:

• "choose the best answer" : some questions are particularly nasty as all possible replies are valid in one way or another; still, you must choose only one (I recall a particularly ridiculous question like "The client-server architecture in Sybase SQL Server is designed to ..." and then all possible replies make sense). In cases like these, my recommendation is to try to select the reply that seems "best" from a Sybase company viewpoint; this seems to have worked for me.

• "choose N answers" : you must select the specified number of correct replies.

ASE 12.5 Administrators

Recommended Courses/Modules:

• Powering Up With ASE 12.5
•  Fast Track to Adaptive Server Enterprise: 12.5
•  System & Database Administration: ASE 12.5

ASE 12.5 Administrator Associate Exam Questions Topic wise:

What do I Study ?

            1. ASE Overview (4 questions - 7%)

            2. ASE 12.5 New Features (3 questions - 5%)

            3. Configuration, Upgrade & Installation (2 questions - 4%)

            4. Resource Allocation (4 questions - 7%)

            5. Database & Logs (7 questions - 13%)

            6. Backup & Recovery (6 questions - 11%)

            7. Extensible New Limits (4 questions - 7%)

            8. Cache Management (4 questions - 7%)

            9. Security (5 questions - 9%)

10. Transaction Management (4 questions - 7%)

            11. Dynamic Reconfiguration (4 questions - 7%)

            12. Parallel Performance Optimization (3 questions - 5%)

            13. Locking and Concurrency (3 questions - 5%)

            14. Object Resource Management (3 questions - 5%)

· It’s multiple choice exam of 56 Questions out of 37 to be answered correctly in 90mins to hit the target.

When do I know if I passed?

                       

Immediately.  After taking the test, your score is immediately printed out and also be sent to Sybase for record keeping.

What if I fail?

            The student is allowed to fail any of the two tests two times. If the student fails any of the two tests for the second time, the exam may not be taken again for the period of three months.

  

Taking is an exam is a stressful process, so try to limit your distractions during your study and test taking time. 

You can mail me for the Sybase exam sample Q's dump for better planning and preparation. 

Keep the hard-work and all the Best!!!