Core Java (Level-0) Information Summary (ATJEA6)

Core Java (Level-0) Eligibility: Programmers, Programmer Analysts, Associates, Sr. Associates and above About the Exam : There are 61 questions in this exam The Duration of this exam is 2 hours The Passing score is 65% Syllabus: 1. Declarations and Access Control a) Usage of arrays b) Classes and nested classes c) Usage of different modifiers and variables d) Constructors e) Method declarations and valid return types 2. Flow control, Assertions, and Exception Handling a) Usage of if, switch and loops b) Exception handling c) Usage of assertions 3. Garbage collection a) How garbage collection works b) Eligibility of objects for garbage collection 4. Language Fundamentals

a) Declaration of packages, import statements, classes, interfaces, variables and identifiers b) Implementation of interfaces c) Usage of command line arguments d) Java language keywords e) Data types and permissible values 5. Operators and Assignments a) Usage of operators b) Usage of boolean equals 6. Overloading, Overriding, Runtime Type and Object Orientation a) Encapsulated classes and relationships of is a and has a b) Usage of overloaded and overridden methods c) Instantiation of concrete classes and nested classes 7. Threading a) Usage of Thread class and Runnable interfaces b) Synchronization in threading 8. Usage of java.lang package a) Math class and its functionality b) String and related classes c) Usage of wrapper classes 9. Usage of Collections framework a) Appropriate selection of classes/interfaces to suit specific requirements b) Usage of hashcode methods Reference Material/Preparation for Study: General reference materials on Sun Certified Java Programmer for Java 2 Platform 1.4 certification as available in the library.