C++ Institute CLA Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | C++ Institute |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | CLA – C Certified Associate Programmer |
| Exam Number: | CLA-11-03 |
| Exam Duration: | 65 minutes |
| Exam Price: | From USD 325 |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Exam Format: | Single-select questions, Multiple-select questions |
| Passing Score: | 70% |
| Real Exam Qty: | 40 |
| Certificate Validity Period: | Lifetime (current policy) |
| Related Certifications: | CLP – C Certified Professional Programmer CLE – C Certified Entry-Level Programmer |
| Exam Way: | Delivered at Pearson VUE test centers (computer-based) |
| Pre Condition: | None |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://cppinstitute.org/cla |
C++ Institute CLA Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Environment | 8% | - Basic file I/O using fopen, fclose, fscanf, fprintf - Macro definitions and conditional compilation - Preprocessor directives: #define, #include, #ifdef, #undef - Formatted output with printf and format specifiers |
| Data Operations | 38% | - Type conversions, precedence, associativity - Pointer arithmetic and dereferencing - Scope, linkage, lifetime of variables - Arrays and pointers interchangeability - Pointers declaration, initialization, manipulation - Memory layout and storage duration - Expressions: arithmetic, relational, logical, bitwise |
| Control Flow | 25% | - Loops: while, do-while, for - Functions: declare, define, invoke - Loop control: break, continue, goto - Call by value and call by reference using pointers - Control statements: if, else, switch - Function parameters and return values |
| Language and Structures | 29% | - Storage classes (auto, static, extern) - Valid identifiers and naming rules - Data structures: arrays, structs, initialization - Lexical elements (tokens, separators) - Valid variable declarations and distinction between definition and declaration - Identifiers, keywords, constants |

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