Re: RPG Certification - Assessment tests

Yes, there were some pointer questions (pretty basic stuff), and I think I 
saw some stuff about subprocedures. If you have a basic working knowledge of 
these items, you should have no problems answering the questions. 

One of the problems I had was that I have been using /free for quite awhile 
now, and some of the questions relate to fixed format. For the most part, 
this isn't a problem, but when you have an opcode that uses factor 1 and 
result, I sometimes catch myself forgetting which slot is used. I am spoiled 
with /free -- it goes after the second parameter, period. 

On 6/17/05, Mike Wills <koldark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> So they dumbed it down? Do they cover subprocedures and pointers?
> 
> On 6/17/05, Tony Carolla <carolla@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I have recently taken the certification test, at the IBM Technology
> > Conference in San Francisco. The test consisted of basic RPG, with a bit
> > of
> > ILE concepts, topics such as binding, new BIFs, etc. I think what 
> prepared
> > me best was regular usage of the language. The topics were pretty 
> varied,
> > so
> > it's hard to say which book to read to prepare.
> >
> > On 6/14/05, Igor.Beslic@xxxxxxxxxxxx <Igor.Beslic@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello everybody!
> > >
> > > I have some questions about assessment tests for IBM Specialist ILE 
> RPG
> > > Programer.
> > > Last year I tried assessment test for IBM RPG Programer on
> > > http://www.testrac.com/ibm/. I passed it and decided to take real
> > > certification test but in the meantime both RPG Programer and RPG
> > > Developer tests were withdrawn.
> > >
> > > Recently IBM have merged RPG Programer and RPG Developer tests in one
> > test
> > > ILE RPG Programer. It took them almost 5 months to launch new RPG 
> based
> > > exam and now I can't find any assessment test for 268 certification
> > test.
> > >
> > > Do anybody has any fresh expirience with this certification? As I saw 
> in
> > > test description at IBM's certification pages, example questions are
> > > similar/same as questions last year.
> > > Have you maybe better idea for literature than RedBook-Sourcers Guide,
> > ILE
> > > RPG Programmer's Guide and ILE RPG Reference??
> > >
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Igor Bešlić, dipl. ing. rač.
> > > VOLKSBANK d.d.
> > > OJ Informatika
> > > Zelinska 2, 10000 Zagreb
> > > tel: +385 1 6326422
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