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Oracle SOA Foundation Practitioner Exam Study Guide

The Oracle SOA Foundation Practitioner Exam Study Guide is designed to provide students with the training information meant to help them pass the Oracle SOA Foundation Practitioner Exam (1Z0-451).

The exam audience is made of implementation consultants who are using SOA related technology

products in field, and/or have completed Oracle Service Oriented Architecture 11g Implementation Boot

Camp or equivalent knowledge acquired through alternate training or on-the-job experience.

The objectives for this exam are defined by learner or practitioner level of knowledge.

Learner-level: questions require the candidate to recall information to derive the correct answer

Practitioner-level: questions require the candidate to derive the correct answer from an

application of their knowledge

For each exam topic there have been identified alternative training options that are available at Oracle.

Please note that some of the training recommended can cover multiple exam topics.

The exam covers 11 topics:

Topic 1: Service-Oriented Architecture Concepts

Objectives Level

Describe Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) concepts Learner

Identify standards that enable SOA Learner

Review Service Component Architecture (SCA) Learner Describe Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) Learner

Training Options

o Boot Camp Oracle Service Oriented Architecture Suite 11g Implementation Boot Camp

o Instructor Led Training (delivered by Oracle University) Oracle SOA Suite 11g: Build Composite Applications Oracle SOA Suite 11g: Essential Concepts

o Online Training Oracle SOA Suite 11g: Overview Oracle SOA Suite 11g: New Features

Topic 2: SOA Composite Applications

Objectives Level

Understand the concepts of SCA Technologies Learner

Describe Oracle SOA Suite 11g components Learner

Describe the Service Components Learner

Define a composite application Practitioner

Describe SOA Composite Editor Learner

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Training Options



o Online Training Oracle SOA Suite 11g: Overview Oracle SOA Suite 11g: New Features Assembling SCA Composite Applications

Topic 3: Adapters

Objectives Level

Describe adapter concepts and framework Learner

Describe technology adapters: File, Database, JMS, etc Learner

Describe application adapters E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, Siebel, etc. Learner

Explain adapter run-time configuration Learner Explain adapter design-time configuration Learner

Training Options


o Instructor Led Training (delivered by Oracle University) Oracle SOA Suite 11g: Build Composite Applications

Topic 4: Orchestrating Services with BPEL

Objectives Level

Explain BPEL components activities and partner links Learner

Describe synchronous and asynchronous BPEL processes Learner

Describe message transformations and XSLT Learner

Explain parallel flow and conditional branching Learner

Explain BPEL integration with Java Learner

Training Options



o Online Training BPEL Component Overview

Topic 5: Advanced BPEL Concepts

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Objectives Level

Describe exception handling in composite applications Learner

Describe the Fault Management Framework Learner

Describe compensation handling within a BPEL process Practitioner

Describe correlation concepts Learner

Manage transactions with SDO Practitioner

Training Options



Topic 6: Working with Mediator Components

Objectives Level

Explain the Mediator component and its features Learner

Define business events and the Event Delivery Network (EDN) Learner

Create and configure a mediator service component Practitioner

Create mediator routing rules Practitioner

Training Options



o Online Training Mediator Component

Topic 7: Human Workflow

Objectives Level

Describe human workflow concepts, features and architecture Learner

Design human tasks and services Learner

Invoke a human task from a BPEL process Practitioner

Training Options



o Online Training Human Task Component

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Topic 8: SOA Composite Applications

Objectives Level

Explain business rules concepts Learner

Describe the Oracle business rules architecture Learner

Describe Oracle Rules Engine Learner

Create a rules with the JDeveloper rules designer Practitioner

Integrate a simple rule with a BPEL Process Practitioner

Training Options



o Online Training Business Rule Component Overview

Topic 9: Secure Services and Composite Applications

Objectives Level

Explain web services and composite security Learner

Describe the Fusion Middleware security architecture Learner

Understand security policy management, identity propagation Learner

Describe OWSM Agents Learner

Training Options



Topic 10: SOA 11g Integration Points

Objectives Level

Describe Oracle Service Bus concepts and architecture Learner

Describe Oracle Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) Learner

Describe Oracle B2B Learner

Describe EDA and Oracle Complex Event Processing (CEP) Learner

Training Options



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o Online Training Complex Event Processing Oracle SOA Suite 11g: Build Composite Applications

Topic 11: Monitoring and Managing SOA 11g Deployment

Objectives Level

Describe deploy and un-deploy of SOA composite application Practitioner Describe management of a SOA composite application using the Enterprise Manager Learner

Describe Enterprise Manager Grid Control SOA Management Packs Learner

Training Options



o Online Training Enterprise Manager Pack for SOA

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