• Describe and identify the main components found in the typical computer architecture.
• Describe and identify the steps used to develop software.
• Understand the basic tenet of the object-oriented model (i.e., the coupling of attributes and methods).
• Suggest possible attributes and methods of simple everyday objects.
• Apply the rules for identifier naming used in C++ at a level sufficient to suggest valid names and to identify invalid names.
• Declare and initialize simple data objects of the following types:
  • short int
  • int
  • long int
  • char
  • float
  • double
  • bool
• Apply the rules for constants of the types listed above.
• Understand and apply the concept of just-in-time declaration.
• Identify the lifetime of data objects from a code listing.
• Write and analyze expressions involving the following operators: =,+,-,*,/,%,++,--,+=,-=,/=,*=,%=
• Use the cin and cout objects to perform simple I/O.
• Describe and apply the difference between the pre and post forms of the ++ and -- operators.
• Write and analyze boolean expressions involving: ==,<,>,>=,<=,!=.&&,||,!
• Describe and apply the precedence and association rules for any operator listed in the objectives above.
• Describe the effects that the keyword static has on object in terms of lifetime and behavior.
• Write and analyze short sections of C++ that use strings for the following operations:
  • Declaration and initialization
  • I/O
  • Concatenation
• Write and interpret C++ code involving selection statements of the following types:
  • if
  • if else
  • if else if ...
  • switch ... case
  • ?: (conditional operator)
• Write and interpret C++ code involving loop statements of the following types:
  • while
  • for
  • do...while
• Understand and describe the role of the code block {} in C++.
• Describe the usage of the break statement in a switch...case and looping statements.
• Describe the effects that the modifier unsigned has on integer data types.
• Write short C++ programs including the use of #include and using namespace std;
• Analyze short C++ programs and describe what they do.

• Meet all of the above education objectives.
• Implement simple C++ programs using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.
• Write simple use cases.
• Understand the implicit type conversions of C++ and be able to use static_cast to perform an explicit type conversion.
• Describe the difference between the declaration (prototype) and definition of a function.
• Understand and use the C++ parameter passing mechanism for functions.
• Use the #define preprocessor directive in its simplest form.
• Explain the difference between "" and <> with the #include directive.
• Describe the differences between endl, flush, and '\n' as they apply to cout.
• Describe the role and purpose of cerr and clog.
• Use simple stream manipulators like dec, hex, oct, setw, fixed, scientific, setprecision, setfill, left, right, noboolalpha, and boolalpha.
• Explain the similarities between iostream and file streams.
• Use file streams to open files, read from them, and write to them.
• Know how to test a file stream for a failed operation or to detect when the end of a file has been reached.
• Use the basic functions in the cmath library.
• Use the assert function/macro to do simple error checking.
• Write and interpret simple C++ functions including proper documentation.
• Demonstrate proper use of the return statement.
• Describe the difference between the scope and lifetime of objects and functions.
• Identify the scope of objects and functions in a program.
• Describe a name conflict and C++'s way of dealing with it.
• Describe the difference between value and reference parameters and the syntax for each.
• Know when to use reference and const reference parameters.

• Meet all of the above educational objectives.
• Describe and apply the variations in functions due to default parameters and overloading.
• Identify the signature of a function.
• Describe the organizational differences between console mode and graphical user interface (GUI) programs.
• Describe the differences, advantages, and disadvantages of the following container objects (including their storage mechanisms):
  • arrays
  • strings
  • vectors
  • lists
• Declare and index arrays of up to two dimensions.
• Describe the differences between char arrays, c-style strings, and ANSI string objects.
• Describe, understand, and perform basic operations using vectors:
  • creating
  • indexing
  • push_back
  • resize
  • clear
  • size
  • empty
• Describe and understand, and perform basic operations using strings:
  • creating
  • indexing
  • concatenating
  • substrings
  • comparison
  • insertion
  • replacement
  • erasing
  • substring search
  • I/O
• Describe and use stringstreams to format and parse character data.
• Describe and apply the syntax of iterators to simple applications.

This page was based on a similar set of pages developed originally by Dr. Henry Welch.