Track PCAP practice status for Certified Associate Python Programmer, review OOP exam scope, and request IT Mastery coverage.
PCAP is Certified Associate Python Programmer, the Python Institute associate route for intermediate Python code reading, object-oriented programming, modules, packages, exceptions, strings, comprehensions, lambdas, generators, closures, and files.
This page tracks the PCAP practice-bank rollout for IT Mastery. Dedicated simulator practice is not live yet, but you can review the snapshot, topic fit, and related programming routes while coverage is being prioritized.
| Area | What to practise |
|---|---|
| OOP | classes, objects, inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation, and method behavior |
| Modules and packages | imports, namespaces, package structure, and standard-library use |
| Exceptions | class-based exceptions, propagation, handling order, and cleanup behavior |
| Strings and comprehensions | string operations, list comprehensions, lambdas, closures, and generators |
| Files | file modes, context managers, text processing, and common I/O edge cases |