Test 000-819: Rational Application Developer V8 Associate

The test consists of seven sections containing a total of approximately 60 multiple-choice questions. The percentages after each section title reflect the approximate distribution of the total question set across the sections. 

Section 1 - Workbench Basics (5%)

1. Set Workbench preferences
2. Work with perspectives and views
3. Create and manage projects
4. Use the import and export wizards
5. Use the Help feature to aid in development activities
6. Use the Local History to compare and replace resources

Section 2 - Java Development (5%)

1. Create Java projects packages, classes, and methods
2. Manage the Java Build Path
3. Use the Java perspective and views
4. Generate Javadoc
5. Use the Java scrapbook
6. Use the Java editor features for rapid application development

Section 3 - Web Development (30%)

1. Create dynamic and static Web projects
2. Understand classpath and module dependencies
3. Use Page Designer to add and modify HTML, XHTML, JSP, and JSF content
4. Configure Web project properties
5. Understand the available JSF (JavaServer Faces) development tools
6. Understand the available Struts development tools
7. Create and configure Servlets
8. Understand Web 2.0 architecture and technologies
9. Create Ajax components using the Dojo toolkit

Section 4 - Enterprise Components Development (15%)

1. Understand EJB component types and annotations
2. Create EJB projects
3. Invoke EJBs from web applications
4. Understand web services wizards
5. Create web services from existing JavaBeans, EJBs or WSDL
6. Generate a web service client

Section 5 - Databases Access and Persistence (10%)

1. Create database connection
2. Create SQL Statement and Java Stored Procedures
3. Understand the JPA persistence mechanism
4. Create a JPA project
5. Create and test JPA entities

Section 6 - Deploying and Testing (15%)

1. Perform unit testing using JUnit and TPTP
2. Test snippets using Java and SQL scrapbook pages
3. Understand component types, deployment modules and packaging formats
4. Create Servers and Server configurations
5. Test Ajax resources using the Ajax test server
6. Test EJBs using the Universal Test Client
7. Test web services using the Generic Service Client
8. Use WebSphere Application Server V7 to run web applications
9. Add and remove projects from the server
10. Understand application and server resources like data sources
11. Locate and view WebSphere application server logs

Section 7 - Debugging Applications (20%)

1. Running application in debug mode
2. Understand the debug perspective
3. Work with breakpoints
4. Debug web pages with Firebug
5. Debug Java EE applications
6. Tracing JSF applications using the JSF Trace view