Any streams experts out there?

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Any streams experts out there?

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"The _________ function is great for monitoring a series of streams to determine when one or more of them will not block a particular type of stream operation."

This is a question on a mock PHP Certification exam. I couldn't find the answer on Google or PHP.net
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Not sure, but probably it's about stream_select function.

Coping and pasting the question in Google won't help, the idea of the test is to check if you are understanding the topic... And I found this one as a suitable answer with one look in the documentation, although I never used it.

P.S. Is this from the PHP 5 Certification person vue mock test? The streams were one of the 4 (out of 12 total) sections of those tests which I passed with "pass", not "excellent".
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This test can be found here:
http://www.phparch.com/c/product/vulcan/view

I believe it's the same one you are talking about, as the actual test is taken at a Pearson Vue center.

Did you take the real test? How does it compare to the mock tests?
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Yes, it's the same test. And yes, I passed the real test in 2007.
The real exam looked much harder than the mock test, but the good news is that only 50% correct answers are enough for certification :mrgreen:
So if you pass the mock test with score 'excellent', you are prepared for the real exam.
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Thanks for the info. How did you find the 50% number? What percentage of questions are multiple choice as opposed to fill-in-the-blank?
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Actually, another ZCE told me about the 50%... and I read the same couple of times at the forums.

By the way, do you have the zend certification guide? It is very good book actually.
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I have read that book once, but I will read it again before the actual test. At this point, I only receive a "pass" grade in the mock exams. I always fail the parts about streams.
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