Measured data
Oracle PL/SQL Developer Certified Professional
We scored 65 real Oracle PL/SQL Developer Certified Professional exam questions 1-10 on question complexity and broke the result down by exam domain.
- 65 questions scored
- 7 domains
- 1.9/10 overall complexity
certilumComplexity by exam domain
Higher scores mean more demanding question formats. The exam score is computed over the whole bank, not averaged across domains.
- Code Management6 questions · complexity 2.7/10 · Gentle
50% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Dynamic SQL and Advanced Topics10 questions · complexity 1.8/10 · Gentle
30% multi-select · 0% scenario · 30% interactive
- Exception Handling6 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- PL/SQL Fundamentals10 questions · complexity 1.8/10 · Gentle
30% multi-select · 0% scenario · 30% interactive
- SQL in PL/SQL7 questions · complexity 1.7/10 · Gentle
29% multi-select · 0% scenario · 29% interactive
- Subprograms and Packages16 questions · complexity 1.9/10 · Gentle
31% multi-select · 0% scenario · 31% interactive
- Working with Data10 questions · complexity 1.8/10 · Gentle
30% multi-select · 0% scenario · 30% interactive
Full per-domain breakdown
Blueprint weight, bank size and question format mix for every domain of the exam.
| Domain | Blueprint | Questions | Single | Multi | Interactive | Complexity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code Management | 10% | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.7/10Gentle |
| Dynamic SQL and Advanced Topics | 15% | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1.8/10Gentle |
| Exception Handling | 10% | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.0/10Gentle |
| PL/SQL Fundamentals | 15% | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1.8/10Gentle |
| SQL in PL/SQL | 10% | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1.7/10Gentle |
| Subprograms and Packages | 25% | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1.9/10Gentle |
| Working with Data | 15% | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1.8/10Gentle |
How the score is calculated
The formula is fixed and public, so anyone can reproduce these numbers from the same bank.
Every question in the Oracle PL/SQL Developer Certified Professional bank is measured on four signals that can be read directly from the database. Each signal is expressed as a share of the questions in the domain, and the four shares are combined with fixed weights:
- Multi-select questions (40% weight). Items with more than one correct answer. The candidate has to find all of them, which is the single hardest format in the bank.
- Scenario questions (30% weight). Questions longer than 150 characters, which describe a situation instead of a definition and therefore test reasoning rather than recall.
- Interactive questions (20% weight). Items that require reading code or a configuration snippet.
- Deep explanations (10% weight). Questions whose explanation runs past 300 characters, which signals a concept with real nuance behind it.
The combined share is multiplied by ten to produce a 1-10 score. The exam-level score is computed over the whole bank rather than averaged across domains, so a small domain cannot distort the total. Figures on this page are recomputed from the live bank on every crawl.
Data set: Certilum Oracle PL/SQL Developer Certified Professional Foundation question bank, 65 questions, 7 domains. Published by CERTILUM. This is Certilum’s own measurement of its own question bank and is not an official Oracle statistic.
- Questions analysed
- 65
- Exam domains
- 7
- Hardest domain
- Code Management (2.7)
- Most approachable domain
- SQL in PL/SQL (1.7)
- Question mix
- 25 single · 20 multi · 20 interactive
- Measured on
- Foundation
Frequently asked questions
What our Oracle PL/SQL Developer Certified Professional complexity numbers mean and how they are produced.