PCAP — Certified Associate Python Programmer Guide

The PCAP (PCAP-31-03) is the next step after PCEP, validating intermediate Python programming skills including OOP, file handling, and advanced data structures.

Exam Overview

Detail	Value
Code	PCAP-31-03
Questions	40 (MCQ + drag-drop)
Length	65 minutes
Passing Score	70%
Price	~$295 USD

Domains

Domain	Weight
Control and Evaluation	12%
Data Aggregations	17%
Functions	16%
Strings, Strings Methods	15%
Object-Oriented Programming	25%
Modules, Packages, and Exceptions	15%

Key Topics

OOP in Python

• Classes, objects, inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation
• __init__, __str__, __repr__, __eq__, other magic methods
• Instance vs class vs static methods
• Property decorators (@property, @setter, @deleter)
• Abstract base classes

Advanced Data Structures

• Lists comprehension, map(), filter(), lambda
• Generators and generator expressions (yield)
• itertools, collections modules
• *args, **kwargs

Files

• open(), read/write modes, with context manager
• os, os.path, pathlib modules

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