OpenEDG Python Institute
PCAP Associate
Certified Associate Python Programmer
Shows that you can design, develop, debug and refactor Python programs made up of several modules and solve problems with object-oriented programming.
- Exam
- PCAP-31-03
- Scope
- 65 min, 40 questions
- Pass mark
- 70 %
- Validity
- 5 Jahre
- Prerequisite
- None, PCEP recommended
- Where
- Test center or online
Your path in the Python programme
- Entry PCEP Entry-Level
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you are here PCAP Associate
- PCAP recommended PCPP1 Professional Level 1
No mandatory exam sequence: you can start at any level. The previous level is recommended in each case.
Who PCAP is for
- Aspiring programrs
- Career changers moving into junior developer, data analyst or tester roles
- Industry professionals as well as team and project leaders
Exam topics
- Modules, packages and pip
- Character encoding and strings
- Generators, iterators and closures
- Files and file processing
- Exception hierarchies
- Selected modules of the standard library
- Object-oriented programming basics
Exam languages: English, via TestNow also Spanish and Japanese. The exam is taken at a Pearson VUE test center, online with OnVUE or via TestNow. A new version (PCAP-31-04) is being prepared.
How to get PCAP
- Review the syllabus. It defines what the exam covers.
- Prepare. With a course at one of our partners or with the free courses of the Python Institute.
- Buy a voucher. In the OpenEDG Voucher Store.
- Take the exam. Depending on the exam, online via OpenEDG TestNow or with Pearson VUE.
trainings
Training for preparation
There is currently no course for PCAP.
Ask us: we will check with our training partners what is possible.
Information according to pythoninstitute.org, as of October 2026. PCAP is a trademark of OpenEDG.