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All topics of the exam mentioned below are covered through these practice exams.

Section 1- Modules and Packages

PCAP-31-03 1.1 – Import and use modules and packages

• import variants: import, from import, import as, import *

• advanced qualifying for nested modules

• the dir() function

• the sys.path variable

PCAP-31-03 1.2 – Perform evaluations using the math module

• functions: ceil(), floor(), trunc(), factorial(), hypot(), sqrt()

PCAP-31-03 1.3 – Generate random values using the random module

• functions: random(), seed(), choice(), sample()

PCAP-31-03 1.4 – Discover host platform properties using the platform module

• functions: platform(), machine(), processor(), system(), version(), python_implementation(), python_version_tuple()

PCAP-31-03 1.5 – Create and use user-defined modules and packages

• idea and rationale;

• the __pycache__ directory

• the __name__ variable

• public and private variables

• searching for/through modules/packages

• nested packages vs. directory trees

Section 2- Exceptions

PCAP-31-03 2.1 – Handle errors using Python-defined exceptions

• except, except:-except, except:-else:, except (e1, e2)

• the hierarchy of exceptions

• raise, raise ex

• assert

• event classes

• except E as e

• the arg property

PCAP-31-02 2.2 – Extend the Python exceptions hierarchy with self-defined exceptions

• self-defined exceptions

• defining and using self-defined exceptions

Section 3- Strings

PCAP-31-03 3.1 – Understand machine representation of characters

• encoding standards: ASCII, UNICODE, UTF-8, code points, escape sequences

PCAP-31-03 3.2 – Operate on strings

• functions: ord(), chr()

• indexing, slicing, immutability

• iterating through strings, concatenating, multiplying, comparing (against strings and numbers)

• operators: in, not in

PCAP-31-03 3.3 – Employ built-in string methods

• methods: .isxxx(), .join(), .split(), .sort(), sorted(), .index(), .find(), .rfind()

Section 4- Object Oriented Programming

PCAP-31-03 4.1 – Understand the Object-Oriented approach

• ideas and notions: class, object, property, method, encapsulation, inheritance, superclass, subclass, identifying class components

PCEP-31-03 4.2 – Employ class and object properties

• instance vs. class variables: declarations and initializations

• the __dict__ property (objects vs. classes)

• private components (instances vs. classes)

• name mangling

PCAP-31-03 4.3 – Equip a class with methods

• declaring and using methods

• the self parameter

PCAP-31-03 4.4 – Discover the class structure

• introspection and the hasattr() function (objects vs classes)

• properties: __name__, __module__ , __bases__

PCAP-31-03 4.5 – Build a class hierarchy using inheritance

• single and multiple inheritance

• the isinstance() function

• overriding

• operators: not is, is

• polymorphism

• overriding the __str__() method

• diamonds

PCAP-31-03 4.6 – Construct and initialize objects

• declaring and invoking constructors

Section 5- Miscellaneous

Objectives covered by the block (9 exam items)

PCAP-31-03 5.1 – Build complex lists using list comprehension

• list comprehensions: the if operator, nested comprehensions

PCAP-31-03 5.2 – Embed lambda functions into the code

• lambdas: defining and using lambdas

• self-defined functions taking lambdas as arguments

• functions: map(), filter()

PCAP-31-03 5.3 – Define and use closures

• closures: meaning and rationale

• defining and using closures

PCAP-31-03 5.4 – Understand basic Input/Output terminology

• I/O modes

• predefined streams

• handles vs. streams

• text vs. binary modes

PCAP-31-03 5.5 – Perform Input/Output operations

• the open() function

• the errno variable and its values

• functions: close(), .read(), .write(), .readline(), readlines()

• using bytearray as input/output buffer

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• Want to increase their confidence before taking the PCAP exam.
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• Have a foundational understanding of Python programming.