OBIEE certification 1z0-526

Hi there,
i thought these lines would be helpful for anyone preparing Oracle BI Foundation 10.1.3 Essentials exam ( 1ZO-526), I have appeared for this exam recently and cleared it.This below information is given based on my memory for your reference in preparation .

About The Exam
This exam covers basics of implementation. syllabus is vast , you can check here (http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=41&p_org_id=15942&lang=US&p_exam_id=1Z0_526#3)

if you want to score good you should be thorough in basics of implementation in terms of OBIEE application and oracle recommended practices.Difficulty of exam is Average, Passing score 61%.I felt Timing and good understanding of basics are the key to clear.

After my examination i just taken a look at topics suggested by oracle and keep counting on # of questions from each topic(sorry cant remember any questions now,excuse for my bad memory), to my surprise they covered almost everything inTopic list! Many were from basics and best practices.So, there is no shortcut,if you want to achive top score you should scan and understand all above said topics.

next to topics is Timing, Total # Of Questions to answer are 70 and Time is 90 minutes..,i.e about 77.14 secs/Question, which is fair enough to select a best Answer but not in other two cases.The good part is i got about 50% of Questions from 'choose the best Answer' questions.In Choose Two /Choose Three Answering Type questions if you are not sure,i suggest mark the question for review(option will be there on top right of the exam screen),which can be reviewed before finishing the exam.

Area of Study	# Of Questions
Build Basic Repository	6
Implementation Methodology and Best Practices	6
OBI EE Architecture	5
Using Variables	5
Oracle BI Security	5
Cache Management	5
BI EE User Interface Overview	5
Hierarchies and Level Based Measures	4
Performance Tuning	4
Dimensional Modeling	4
Complex Repository Modeling	4
Dashboards and Answers Development	4
Oracle BI Installation	3
Using Non-Dimensional Data	2
Repository Testing and Deployment	2
Oracle BI Repository Overview	2
Building a Repository with Multiple Sources	2
Oracle BI and EPM System Overview	1
MS Office Integration	1
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Grand Total	70

Answering Type	# Of Questions
Choose Best Answer	36
Choose Three	14
Choose Two	20
Grand Total	70

Anybody have any questions, happy to answer.

Hope that helps :)

-Niranjan K