SKILL BENCHMARK

CompTIA IT Fundamentals (ITF+): Software Development Literacy (Beginner Level)

  • 10m
  • 10 questions
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The CompTIA IT Fundamentals (ITF+): Software Development Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark assesses your understanding of fundamental software development concepts. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of various language types, object-oriented programming, branching and looping, variables and constants, arrays and vectors, and functions. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a solid grasp of key software development principles.

Topics covered

  • describe arrays and vectors and how they are used in computer programming
  • describe the role and types of programming languages
  • identify the purpose of query languages
  • outline functions and how they are used in computer programming
  • outline the role and types of markup languages
  • outline the role of assembly language
  • outline variables and constants and how they are used in computer programming
  • provide an overview of branching and looping and how they're used in computer programming
  • provide an overview of object-oriented programming
  • provide an overview of scripting languages