Add OJP certification exam structure with 16 ready-to-use Copilot prompts

[Copilot]

Creates comprehensive planning structure for OJP certification question bank with 300 questions across 3 difficulty levels, mapped to eBook chapters. Includes executable Copilot prompts to generate all questions in 6 phases.

Structure

documents/exam/
├── EXECUTION_PHASES.md      # 16 copy-paste Copilot prompts
├── EXAM_PLAN.md             # Distribution strategy and timeline
├── QUESTION_GUIDELINES.md   # Writing standards and quality criteria
├── README.md                # Overview and organization
├── QUICK_START.md           # Getting started guide
├── CHANGELOG.md             # Review history and updates
├── easy/                    # 120 easy questions
├── medium/                  # 120 medium questions
├── hard/                    # 60 hard questions
└── templates/               # 5 question type templates with examples

Question Bank Design

• 300 questions: 120 easy (40%), 120 medium (40%), 60 hard (20%)
• 6 categories: Foundation, Configuration, Advanced Features, Operations, Development, Advanced Topics
• 5 types: Multiple choice, multiple select, scenario-based, code review, fill-in-blank
• 3 certification levels: Bronze (30q, 70% pass), Silver (40q, 75% pass), Gold (50q, 80% pass)

Execution Model

Each prompt in EXECUTION_PHASES.md is self-contained:

Phase 1A: Create 30 easy-level questions covering Part I: Foundation

Focus on:
- Introduction to OJP (Chapter 1): What is OJP, problems it solves
- Architecture (Chapter 2): Components, communication protocol
...

Requirements:
- Use template from documents/exam/templates/multiple-choice-template.md
- Reference specific eBook chapters
- Save to documents/exam/easy/foundation.md

Templates include complete examples:

• Question structure with metadata
• Answer options with explanations
• Distractor analysis
• eBook references and tags

Coverage Map

Questions proportionally distributed across eBook parts:

• Part I (Foundation): 60 questions → 5 eBook chapters
• Part II (Configuration): 75 questions → 4 chapters
• Part III (Advanced Features): 75 questions → 6 chapters (includes new Chapter 12a: Query Result Caching)
• Part IV (Operations): 45 questions → 2 chapters
• Part V (Development): 30 questions → 4 chapters
• Parts VI-VII (Advanced Topics): 15 questions → 3 chapters

Total eBook coverage: 24 chapters (updated from original 23 chapters)

Updates Based on Main Branch Review

After reviewing ~100 commits from main branch (Feb-Apr 2026), added Chapter 12a: Query Result Caching to the exam structure. This new feature chapter covers configuration-based cache rules, TTL strategies, and invalidation patterns - essential production knowledge for OJP practitioners. See documents/exam/CHANGELOG.md for complete review analysis.

Usage

1. Open documents/exam/EXECUTION_PHASES.md
2. Copy Phase 1A prompt
3. Give to Copilot
4. Review generated questions
5. Proceed through phases 1-6 sequentially

Timeline: 8 weeks (7 weeks creation + 1 week review/pilot)

Original prompt

Read the eBook and create a plan to create a set of questions about OJP, these questions will be used later for a certification in OJP and for testing knowledge and learning about OJP, the questions must be divided in levels (easy, medium and hard). Then divide the creation of questions in phases withe ready prompts that I can give Copilot to execute and actually create the questions. Create a new folder exam under documents to hold the questions. Suggest a file structure to organize the questions as well.

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[sonarqubecloud]

Quality Gate passed

Issues
0 New issues
0 Accepted issues

Measures
0 Security Hotspots
0.0% Coverage on New Code
0.0% Duplication on New Code

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[rrobetti]

@copilot Check if any changes in main branch should be added to the exam here. don't just add things have some common sense if it is relevant. report on things you consider adding and did not and why and things that you do add and why.

[Copilot]

@copilot Check if any changes in main branch should be added to the exam here. don't just add things have some common sense if it is relevant. report on things you consider adding and did not and why...

Reviewed ~100 commits from main branch (2026-02-09 to 2026-04-30).

Added:

• Chapter 12a: Query Result Caching to Part III (new feature chapter, ~30KB)
• Updated all exam docs from "Chapters 8-12" to "Chapters 8-12a"
• Added caching topics to easy/medium/hard levels
• Created CHANGELOG.md documenting full review

Not Added (with rationale):

• Documentation refinements (50+ commits): Already covered by existing structure
• Bug fixes/refactorings (30+ commits): Internal implementation, not user-facing
• Development process updates (20+ commits): Not certification material
• Version bumps/releases: Not relevant to conceptual knowledge
• Infrastructure updates: Enhancements to existing covered features

Query result caching is a significant new production feature covering configuration-based cache rules, TTL strategies, and invalidation patterns. All other changes were improvements to existing topics already in the exam structure.

See documents/exam/CHANGELOG.md for complete analysis.

Commit: fb86d24

[sonarqubecloud]

Quality Gate passed

Issues
0 New issues
0 Accepted issues

Measures
0 Security Hotspots
0.0% Coverage on New Code
0.0% Duplication on New Code

See analysis details on SonarQube Cloud