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Exam 98 388 Introduction To Programming Using Java Skills Measured

This document summarizes the skills measured in the Exam 98-388: Introduction to Programming Using Java certification exam. It is intended for application developers, students, and entry-level developers with at least 150 hours of Java experience. The exam will test candidates on Java fundamentals, data types, flow control, object-oriented programming, and debugging. It will cover topics like main method syntax, input/output, variables, strings, arrays, casting, arithmetic, branching statements, loops, class definitions, methods, exceptions handling, and troubleshooting errors.

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Exam 98 388 Introduction To Programming Using Java Skills Measured

This document summarizes the skills measured in the Exam 98-388: Introduction to Programming Using Java certification exam. It is intended for application developers, students, and entry-level developers with at least 150 hours of Java experience. The exam will test candidates on Java fundamentals, data types, flow control, object-oriented programming, and debugging. It will cover topics like main method syntax, input/output, variables, strings, arrays, casting, arithmetic, branching statements, loops, class definitions, methods, exceptions handling, and troubleshooting errors.

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Exam 98-388: Introduction to Programming Using Java

– Skills Measured

Audience Profile
Candidates for this exam are application developers working with Java 6 SE or later, secondary
and immediate post-secondary level students of software development, or entry-level software
developers.

Candidates should have at least 150 hours or instruction or hands-on experience with Java, are
familiar with its features and capabilities, and understand how to write, debug and maintain
well-formed, well documented Java code.

Skills Measured

NOTE: The bullets that appear below each of the skills measured are intended to illustrate how
we are assessing that skill. This list is not definitive or exhaustive.

NOTE: In most cases, exams do NOT cover preview features, and some features will only be
added to an exam when they are GA (General Availability).

Understand Java fundamentals (15-20%)


Describe the use of main in a Java application

 signature of main, why it is static; how to consume an instance of your own class;
command-line arguments

Perform basic input and output using standard packages

 print statements; import and use the Scanner class

Evaluate the scope of a variable

 declare a variable within a block, class, or method

Work with data types, variables, and expressions (40-45%)


Declare and use primitive data type variables
 data types, including byte, char, int, double, short, long, float, boolean; identify when
precision is lost; initialization; how primitives differ from wrapper object types such as
Integer and Boolean

Construct and evaluate code that manipulates strings

 string class and string literals, comparisons, concatenation, case and length; String.format
methods; string operators; converting a primitive data type to a string; the immutable
nature of strings; initialization; null

Construct and evaluate code that creates, iterates, and manipulates arrays and array lists

 one- and two-dimensional arrays, including initialization, null, size, iterating elements,
accessing elements; array lists, including adding and removing elements, traversing the
list

Construct and evaluate code that performs parsing, casting and conversion

 implementing code that casts between primitive data types, converts primitive types to
equivalent object types, or parses strings to numbers

Construct and evaluate arithmetic expressions

 arithmetic operators, assignment, compound assignment operators, operator


precedence

Implement flow control (15-20%)


Construct and evaluate code that uses branching statements

 if, else, else if, switch; single-line versus block; nesting; logical and relational operators

Construct and evaluate code that uses loops

 while, for, for each, do while; break and continue; nesting; logical, relational, and unary
operators

Perform object-oriented programming (10-15%)


Construct and evaluate a class definition

 constructors; constructor overloading; one class per .java file; this keyword; inheritance
and overriding at a basic level

Declare, implement, and access data members in a class


 private, public, protected; instance data members; static data members; using static final
to create constants; describe encapsulation

Declare, implement, and access methods

 private, public, protected; method parameters; return type; void; return value; instance
methods; static methods; overloading

Instantiate and use a class object in a program

 instantiation; initialization; null; accessing and modifying data members; accessing


methods; accessing and modifying static members; importing packages and classes

Compile and debug code (5-10%)


Troubleshoot syntax errors, logic errors, and runtime errors

 print statement debugging; output from the javac command; analyzing code for logic
errors; console exceptions after running the program; evaluating a stack trace

Implement exception handling

 try catch finally; exception class; exception class types; display exception information

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