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It is assessed through an automatically administered multiple-choice test system and consists of 60 questions which the candidate has 150 minutes to answer.<ref name="k&b">Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates, "Sun Certified Programmer for Java 6: Study Guide (Exam 310-065)", 2008, {{ISBN|978-0-07-159108-9}}</ref> At least 37 questions are needed to be correct to pass (around 61%).<ref name="k&b"/> To take the test a candidate must buy a [[voucher]] from Oracle (approximately US$300 in the US, £150 (excluding [[VAT]]) in the UK, AUD 316 plus tax in Australia, Rs. 8000 plus taxes in India) and book the test at least a week in advance.<ref name="k&b"/> The test consists of multiple choice questions. In June 2011, Oracle moved from [[Prometric]] to [[Pearson VUE]] as their test provider.<ref>Harold Green: "[http://blogs.oracle.com/certification/entry/0596 Java Certification Exams and Their Move to Pearson VU]", Oracle Certification blog, 17 June 2011.</ref>

The OCPJP 6 exam tests a candidate on knowledge of declarations, access control, object orientation, assignments, operators, flow control, assertions, string handling, I/O, parsing, formatting, generics, collections, inner classes, threads and the JDK tools.<ref name="k&b"/> The test is available in English, Japanese, Chinese, German, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.<ref>[http://www.sun.com/training/catalog/courses/CX-310-065.xml Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 6 (CX-310-065)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

The OCPJP 7 exam includes a few new Java 7 features such as NIO 2, try-with-resources, catching multiple exceptions, and fork/join framework.<ref name="G&S">Ganesh SG and Tushar Sharma, "Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 7 Programmer Exams 1Z0-804 and 1Z0-805: A Comprehensive OCPJP 7 Certification Guide", 2013, {{ISBN|978-1430247647}}</ref> The OCPJP 7 exam has 90 questions and one has to answer 65% of the questions to clear it. If you have an older version of Java Programmer certification (such as SCJP/OCPJP 6), you can take the upgrade exam (1Z0-805) to get your OCPJP 7.<ref name="G&S"/>

There will no longer be an OCA credential awarded for Java SE. The Java SE 11 Programmer I exam will set the foundation for passing the Java SE 11 Programmer II exam.<ref>{{cite web |title=Java SE 11 Certification Questions Answered |url=https://www.oracle.com/a/ocom/docs/dc/ou-5021-java-se11-faq-4.pdf}}</ref>

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