Certified Associate in Python Programming (PCAP) Examination

Credential Source Contact Information

Source Company Name:
Open Education and Development Group, LLC
Contact:
Roobed Trejo, Chief Business Development Officer
Phone:
302498.9037
Website:
www.openedg.org

Credential Contractor

Credential Contractor:
Same as source
Contact:
Same as source
Phone:
Same as source
Email:
Same as source

Test Administration

Test Site:
  • School: Online
  • Contractor's location
  • Testing facility
Paper & Pencil
No
Can the instructor take this test?:
Yes
Number of Test Items:
40
Time Allowed (minutes):

65

Passing Score (percent):

70

Cost Per Test:

$295 (discounts available)

Additional information:

PCAP – Certified Associate in Python Programming certification (Exam PCAP-31-0x) is a professional, high-stakes credential that measures the candidate's ability to perform intermediate-level coding tasks in the Python language, including the ability to design, develop, debug, execute, and refactor multi-module Python programs, as well as measures their skills and knowledge related to analyzing and modeling real-life problems in OOP categories with the use of the fundamental notions and techniques available in the object-oriented approach. The PCAP certification shows that the individual is familiar with the following concepts: modules, packages, and PIP, character encoding, strings and string processing, generators, iterators, closures, files, file streams, and file processing, exception hierarchies, and exception classes and objects, working with selected Standard Library modules, and the fundamentals of the Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) approach.

Timing

Multiple test sessions:
No
Time of day
Yes
Order of tasks
No
Planned breaks during test
No
Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
Yes
Extended time offered
25%, 50%, 100% time extension

Setting

Test location
Yes
Adaptive or special furniture
Yes
Special lighting
Yes

Presentation

Written directions accompanying oral directions
No
Specific verbal prompts
No
Visual aids
No
Amplification equipment
Yes
Headphones, earmuffs, or earplugs
Yes
Large-print test
No
Braille test
No
Read-aloud test
No
Audio test
No
Interpreting/transliterating testing directions
Yes
Interpreting/Transliterating the test
Yes

Response

Enlarged copy of the answer document
No
Communication board or choice cards
No
Examiner records responses
No
Brailler
No
Word processor or word processor with speech-to-text
No
Augmentative communication device
No
Word prediction software
No
Spelling aids
No
English dictionary
Yes
Dictation using a recording device
No
Dictation to a scribe
No
Read back student response
No
Calculator and arithmetic tools
Yes
Calculator with additional functions
No
Math aids
No
Dry erase board
Yes
Additional writing implements
No

Audio test
No
Bilingual dictionary
Yes
Dictation to a scribe
No
English dictionary
Yes
Examiner records responses
No
Flexible Schedule
Yes
Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
Yes
Extended time offered
25%, 50%, 100% time extension
Multiple test sessions
No
Read-aloud test
No
Test directions delivery
No
Visual aids
No

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