- What the 19 Headings Actually Are
- Exam Format and Logistics at a Glance
- Foundation Domains: Environment, SQL Workshop and App Creation
- Building the UI: Pages, Reports, Forms and Controls
- Application Logic: Processes, Navigation and Data
- Themes, Extensions, Security and Extra Pages
- Dynamic Actions, Migration, Workflows, AI and PWAs
- Sequencing the 19 Domains Across Your Prep
- Version and Blueprint Caveats
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Oracle publishes 19 exam-topic headings for 1Z0-771, but no percentage weights, so no domain can be called the heaviest.
- The exam is 50 multiple-choice questions in 90 minutes, with a 68% passing score.
- Oracle's learning path identifies the exam as validated on Oracle APEX 24.2, so practice on that release.
- Domains 17-19 (workflows, Generative AI, PWAs) are the newest areas and often get skipped in older study material.
What the 19 Headings Actually Are
The Oracle APEX Cloud Developer Professional (1Z0-771) exam page lists 19 exam-topic headings. These are Oracle's own objective headings, not an editorial grouping invented by a prep vendor, and not simply a training syllabus. That distinction matters because many third-party pages blur the exam objectives with course outlines or even with other certifications that share the same code number. For a plain-language orientation on the credential itself, see What Is 1Z0-771?
Because there are no official weights, the smartest approach is breadth first, depth second. With only 50 questions spread across 19 headings, you can expect a small number of questions per area, which means a single weak domain can cost you several points while a single strong domain cannot make up for gaps elsewhere. The sections below walk through every heading by name and describe what hands-on competence looks like.
Exam Format and Logistics at a Glance
| Item | Verified detail |
|---|---|
| Exam | Oracle APEX Cloud Developer Professional (1Z0-771) |
| Questions | 50 multiple-choice (scored/unscored split not disclosed) |
| Duration | 90 minutes |
| Passing score | 68% |
| Delivery | Proctored online via Oracle MyLearn (Oracle University) |
| Published U.S. price | US$245 for one Oracle Technology Exam Subscription attempt; six-month subscription term |
| Reschedule/cancel | At least 24 hours before the appointment |
| Recommended training | Optional; Oracle training plus hands-on experience recommended |
The proctoring rules are strict. You need a personal computer with reliable internet, a webcam and microphone, a matching government-issued ID, and a private, quiet room. Plan to check in 30 minutes early. Books, other reference materials, mobile devices, headphones and virtual backgrounds are not permitted, and Oracle's current instructions prohibit pen and paper and provide a digital whiteboard instead. Practice thinking through multi-step configurations without scratch paper.
For fee mechanics, note that the US$245 figure is the published store price for one subscription attempt; taxes and any member/nonmember differences were not verified, so check checkout before you commit. The six-month subscription term is not the same as credential validity. A fuller pricing discussion is in 1Z0-771 Certification Cost 2026, and score mechanics are covered in 1Z0-771 Passing Score 2026.
Foundation Domains: Environment, SQL Workshop and App Creation
Domain 1: Getting Started with Oracle APEX on the Oracle Autonomous Database
Know how APEX is provisioned and accessed in an Autonomous Database environment and how the development environment is organized.
- Workspaces, developer accounts and how you sign in to the builder
- Where APEX sits relative to the database and Oracle REST Data Services
- Navigating App Builder, SQL Workshop, Team Development and administration areas
Domain 2: Using SQL Workshop
SQL Workshop is the database toolkit inside APEX, and the exam expects practical fluency rather than memorized menu names.
- Object Browser: creating and inspecting tables, views, indexes and constraints
- SQL Commands versus SQL Scripts and when each is appropriate
- Quick SQL for rapid data-model prototyping
- Utilities such as data loading and reviewing object details
Domain 3: Creating an APEX Application
Understand the different ways to create an app and what each approach generates.
- Creating from scratch, from a spreadsheet or data file, and from sample or packaged apps
- Application-level settings, features selection and the creation wizard options
- Application attributes, definition settings and shared components overview
These first three headings are the on-ramp. Candidates who have built even a couple of small applications generally find them approachable, but questions often probe the details of wizard choices and where a setting lives. If you are new to the platform, start with these and use the sequencing advice in the 1Z0-771 Study Guide 2026.
Building the UI: Pages, Reports, Forms and Controls
Domain 4: Managing Pages and Regions
Pages and regions are the structural building blocks of everything you see in an APEX app.
- Page Designer layout, the rendering tree and component properties
- Region types and their configuration, including source and template options
- Page modes, page attributes and how regions are positioned and displayed
Domain 5: Developing Reports
Reports are the core read experience of most APEX apps.
- Classic Report, Interactive Report and Interactive Grid: strengths and trade-offs
- Source SQL, column attributes, link columns and formatting
- End-user features such as filtering, saved reports and downloads in interactive components
Domain 6: Creating and Using Forms
Forms handle data entry and editing and tie closely to processes and validations.
- Form region types and the form creation wizard output
- Master-detail patterns and how they relate to reports and grids
- Automatic row processing versus custom processing
Domain 7: Creating Application Page Controls
Page items and buttons are small objects that generate many exam questions.
- Item types: text fields, select lists, popup LOVs, checkboxes, date pickers and more
- Lists of values, both static and dynamic, and item source and default settings
- Button actions and how they submit or redirect
Application Logic: Processes, Navigation and Data
Domain 8: Adding Computations, Processes, Validations and Branches
This is where application behavior is defined declaratively.
- Computations versus processes and the points in page processing where each executes
- Validation types and error message display options
- Branches and conditions that control page flow after submit
- Server-side conditions and how they gate components
Domain 9: Implementing Navigation in your Application
Navigation ties pages into a coherent user experience.
- Navigation menu, breadcrumbs and list-based navigation
- Link builders, URL targets and passing item values between pages
- Shared components that drive menus and navigation bars
Domain 10: Managing Application Data
This heading covers how an application sources, shares and manages data beyond a single page.
- Shared components for data: lists of values, REST data sources and related definitions
- Working with local and remote data sources
- Application items, substitution strings and session state concepts
Session state and substitution syntax appear across several headings, so mastering them pays off repeatedly. Domain 10 is also where REST data sources come into play, a topic worth practicing in a live environment rather than only reading about. For a sense of how hard these topics feel in practice, see How Hard Is the 1Z0-771 Exam?
Themes, Extensions, Security and Extra Pages
Domain 11: Using Themes and Theme Styles
- Universal Theme concepts, theme styles and the Theme Roller
- Templates and template options that change component appearance
- How a theme style change affects the whole application
Domain 12: Extending Application Capabilities
- Adding functionality beyond the default wizard output
- Using PL/SQL and JavaScript where declarative options end
- Application-level features that extend behavior
Domain 13: Implementing Security in your Application
Security questions reward precision, so learn the vocabulary exactly.
- Authentication schemes versus authorization schemes and what each controls
- Session state protection and URL tampering concepts
- Access control concepts and securing pages, regions and components
Domain 14: Adding Additional Pages to your Application
- Adding specialized pages such as charts, calendars, dashboards, maps and other page types
- Using the Create Page wizard to extend an existing app
- Understanding which page type fits a given requirement
Candidates frequently underestimate Domain 13 because it feels like "just settings." Yet the difference between authentication and authorization, or between a page-level and a component-level control, is exactly the sort of distinction a multiple-choice question can test cleanly.
Dynamic Actions, Migration, Workflows, AI and PWAs
Domain 15: Creating and Using Dynamic Actions and Plug-ins
- Dynamic action anatomy: event, selection type, condition, true/false actions
- Common actions such as show/hide, set value, refresh and execute code
- Plug-ins as reusable extensions and how they are imported and used
Domain 16: Migrating Application Development Between Environments
- Exporting and importing applications and related components
- Moving between development, test and production environments
- What is included in an export and what must be handled separately
Domain 17: Managing Workflows and Tasks
- Workflow definitions, activities, variables and participants
- Human tasks and task definitions, including assignment and outcomes
- How workflows and tasks are started, monitored and administered
Domain 18: Leveraging Generative AI in Oracle APEX
- Configuring generative AI services as a shared-component connection
- Using AI features in application development and in applications themselves
- Awareness of configuration, credentials and responsible use
Domain 19: Creating Progressive Web Apps
- Enabling PWA features and the install-to-device experience
- Application settings that affect installability and behavior
- What a PWA provides to end users compared with a standard web app
Sequencing the 19 Domains Across Your Prep
Because Oracle publishes no weights, schedule by dependency, not by guessed importance. Later domains assume you already understand earlier ones, so a logical order saves time. This is the one place a week-by-week frame is useful, tied directly to the headings above.
Foundations (Domains 1-3)
- Provision or access an APEX workspace and tour the builder
- Build tables in SQL Workshop and create a first app from a data file
Core UI (Domains 4-7)
- Build all three report types and compare them
- Create a form and experiment with item types and LOVs
Logic and data (Domains 8-10, 13)
- Add validations, processes and branches to your forms
- Configure authentication and authorization schemes; add a REST data source
Polish and extend (Domains 11, 12, 14, 15)
- Switch theme styles and adjust template options
- Add dynamic actions and import a plug-in
Newest topics and review (Domains 16-19)
- Export and re-import an app; build a workflow with a human task
- Configure a generative AI connection and enable PWA features, then take a full timed practice set
Adjust the pacing to your experience. An experienced APEX developer may compress Weeks 1-2 into a few days, while a newcomer should expand them. For a fuller methodology see the 1Z0-771 Study Guide 2026 and the one-page 1Z0-771 Cheat Sheet. When you want exam-style repetition, the 1Z0-771 practice tests let you drill across all 19 areas under timed conditions.
Version and Blueprint Caveats
Be careful about which release your materials target. Oracle's "Become an Oracle APEX Pro" learning-path post, dated 19 June 2025, identifies 1Z0-771 as validated on Oracle APEX 24.2. No separately dated 2026 blueprint was verified, so treat 24.2 as the working reference and watch the official exam page for changes. Some public guides cite other APEX versions, and some confuse this exam with other credentials that share the same code, so confirm that any resource you buy is about Oracle APEX Cloud Developer Professional specifically.
Two further cautions. First, Oracle's official Oracle APEX Developer Professional course displays an archive notice dated 30 October 2026; that does not by itself mean the exam is retiring, so do not assume it does. Second, the older learning-path blog describes two courses as prerequisites and later as recommended training, while the current exam page marks training optional. Follow the exam page, and see 1Z0-771 Requirements 2026 for the eligibility picture. Questions about validity or renewal for this APEX credential were not established in the sources checked, so verify the current guidelines directly with Oracle rather than assuming another certification's policy applies.
Frequently Asked Questions
That cannot be determined. Oracle publishes the 19 headings without percentage weights, so any claim about a "highest-weighted" domain is unsupported. Prepare across all 19 areas.
The exam has 50 multiple-choice questions and a 90-minute written duration. The passing score is 68%. Oracle does not disclose how many questions are scored versus unscored.
Yes. Domains 17, 18 and 19 are official headings: Managing Workflows and Tasks, Leveraging Generative AI in Oracle APEX, and Creating Progressive Web Apps. Practice them hands-on, since older study material may not cover them.
No population pass rate appears in the official sources checked. The 68% figure is the passing score, not a pass rate. See 1Z0-771 Pass Rate 2026 for a careful discussion of what the data does and does not show.
The current exam page lists recommended training as optional and recommends Oracle training plus hands-on experience. No mandatory training hours or experience hours are listed. Hands-on time in the builder is the most valuable preparation.