The following is a list of sample mock exams for the Sun Certified Java Programmer Exam (SCJP). Please check with Sun's site for the latest SCJP exam objectives, and other related information at
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| No. | Mock Exams | No. of Qstns | Comments |
| 1 | The JavaRanch Rules Round-up Game | 144 | This is a very simple set of questions that tests basic Java language rules by asking mostly yes/no questions. You should be scoring 100% on this exam before taking the actual SCJP2 exam. |
| 2 | The new and improved JavaRanch Rules Round-up Game (beta) | 144 | Give 'er a looksie and let Marilyn know what ya think. |
| 3 | Free Self Tester | 300 | Collection which grows with each course. |
| 4 | Marcus Green's Mock Exam 1 | 60 | Marcus Green has composed 3 Mock exams in .html format. The exams are often in Javaranch's Programmer Certification Forum |
| 5 | Marcus Green's Mock Exam 2 | 60 | - as above- |
| 6 | Marcus Green's Mock Exam 3 | 60 | - as above - |
| 7 | Sun's SCJP2 Site | 10 | Sun offers a few example SCJP2 test questions from their certification site. Don't miss them. |
| 8 | John Hunt's Mock Exam | 65 | This is considered to be a standard and easy sample question paper with questions covering all test objectives. |
| 9 | Deepak Bala's Mock exam | | for SCJP 1.5 |
| 10 | eXamulator | 62 | for SCJP 1.5 |
| 11 | Poddar's Questions | 42 | Poddar composed a set of questions which mostly deal with Strings. You should get all the questions correct in this test. |
| 12 | MindQ Mock Exam | 60 | This is another good set of practice questions. Warning: 3 questions have incorrect answers. You'll want to record your answers while taking the test as the page has a few javascript errors. MindQ Answers |
| 13 | Sreenivasa Kumar Majji's Questions | 30 | Majji has composed a good collection of questions. |
| 14 | Barry Boone's Mock Exam | 70 | Barry is the author of the a well known Java Certification book called the 'BB' book among SCJP circles. The questions are good. |
| 15 | JDCert | 131 | The questions are simple and good. You'll likely have to edit the classpath settings in the run11.bat and run2.bat files to match the setting in the run.bat file. |
| 16 | Jxam | 200 | This Java application is one of the best available. The author provides explanations for all of the questions and has made the source code available for downloading. Follow the link to the left or download it here. |
| 17 | ICE - IBM's Certification Exam Tool | 30 | The questions are mostly good, but a few of the questions have wrong answers. You have to register first to access the mock Exam. |
| 18 | Online Exam Simulator | 64 | 40 out of 64 questions are asked. Worth taking. |
| 19 | Valiveru's Mock Exam | 60+ | Good questions. |
| 20 | Mughal & Rasmussen's Mock Exam Engine | 59 | The questions are HARDER than the real SCJP2 Exam from Sun. So if you take this test and get low scores, don't be upset. Their 'Java Certification Book' is often praised by not just programmers studying for the SCJP2, but Java programmers in general. The authors do not directly provide the answers to the mock exam. You have to be tricky to get the answers. Just answer 1 question at a time and end the exam and see the results. If you get 1/59 correct, it means that your answer is correct; otherwise it was wrong. |
| 21 | Robert, Heller, & Ernest's Practice Questions | 10 | Sun offers the 10 sample questions on Chapter 6: Objects and Classes from the RHE Java Certification Book. |
| 22 | Jamie Jaworski's Certification Exam Preparation | 172 | The Questions are really good and little harder than the real thing. Jamie also provides a good SCJP review applet. |
| 23 | 4 Mock Exams | 207 | Note that the links to the mock exams on the referenced page weren't properly working at the time of this writing. The proper links for the four exams are here: test 1, test 2, test 3, and test 4. |
| 24 | Abhilash's Java Quizzes | 80 | Abhilash would appear to love the JLS. Most of his questions are very interesting and really test the understanding of the Java fundamentals explained in the JLS. Take it. It is really worth. You can get the answers from the author through email. |
| 25 | Naveen's JavaPrepare.com Test | 59 | A good practice test. |
| 26 | JavaCaps.com | 120 | JavaCaps is offering two good looking mock exams. |
| 27 | 4Tests.com | 40 | The questions look good. Definitely worth taking at least once. |
| 28 | TipSmart.com's Sample Questions | 27 | The questions are based on mostly Java language basics which is important for the SCJP 2 exam. |
| 29 | Sahir's TestCafe MockTest | 100 | Provides 10 questions under each SCJP objective. |
| 30 | Valentin's Mock Exam | 59 | No easy questions, only hard ones! Every answer comes with interesting links to relevant JLS sections, API classes and forum discussions and a brief explanation. |
| 31 | Dan Chisholm's Mock Exam | 197 | "The primary value of my exam is the fact it is organized as a set of single topic exams in addition to the traditional comprehensive exams. The single topic exams are most effectively used as a companion to any exam study guide. As a person works through a study guide chapter-by-chapter the topic specific exams may be used to verify and enhance the person's understanding of the material." |
| 33 | JavaCoding.net's Mock Exam | 100 | They recently released a 100-question free mock exam for the SCJP (and also one for the SCEA) certification. |
| 34 | Ashish Hareet's VooDoo Exam | 274 | The unique feature of this application is that users can make their own questions & databases & share it with others through email or from their websites. Users can also submit their databases to the parent site for them to be hosted. |
| 35 | JavaBlackBelt Basic Exam | 20 (out of 3000+) | JavaBlackBelt has a Java SE Basic exam which is easier than the SCJP (nice to prepare). You can comment/edit any question from the DB and add your own questions. |
avaBlackBelt has a Java SE Intermediate exam which is easier than the SCJP (nice to prepare). You can comment/edit any question from the DB and add your own questions. Other Java SE exams on JavaBlackBelt