Should tricky questions exist on the OCPJP exam?

Question

When I practice to take the OCJP exam, I see that the questions that I'm suppose to practice on are often trick questions which try to fool my into answering wrong. The example is from the Bathes / Sierra book and a typical trick question is:

Now I wonder if you can tell me if the questions on the real exam also often are trick questions like these or if the actual exam has another style, or if this is close to what I should expect?

Answer 1

The given example is not tricky. It simply measures that whether you know the difference between constructors and methods. Constructors and methods might have the same name, it is not a compilation error.

The exam may contain questions like these to trip up the participants. However, you should keep in mind that every question in the exam is just for measuring your ability and knowledge in certain exam objectives. You should ask yourself while reading the question: "What objective might this question be measuring?"