IT SPECIALIST EXAM OBJECTIVES

JavaScript
Candidates for this exam should be able to recognize and write syntactically correct
JavaScript code that will logically solve a given problem and use data types supported by
JavaScript.
Candidates are expected to have at least 150 hours of instruction or hands-on experience
with the JavaScript programming language. Candidates should be familiar with JavaScript
features and capabilities, and understand how to write, debug, and maintain well-formed,
well-documented JavaScript code.
To be successful on the test, the candidate is also expected to have the following
prerequisite knowledge and skills:
• 8th grade reading skills
• Algebra I
• Fundamental knowledge of HTML
• Fundamental knowledge of CSS

1. JavaScript Operators, Methods, and Keywords

1.1 Complete and debug code that uses assignment and arithmetic
operators
• Assignment, increment, decrement, addition, subtraction, division,
multiplication, modulus, compound assignment operators (+=, -=, *=, /=,
%=)

1.2 Apply JavaScript best practices

• Comments, indentation, naming conventions, noscript, constants, reserved
keywords, debugger keyword, setting breakpoints, console.log

1.3 Evaluate the use of internal and external scripts

• When to use, how to use, and what happens when scripts are used at
multiple levels

1.4 Implement exception handling

• try, catch, finally

1.5 Complete and debug code that interacts with the Browser Object
Model (BOM)
• Displaying dialogs, determining screen size

2. Variables, Data Types, and Functions

2.1 Declare and use variables of primitive data types
• Number, Boolean, String, null, undefined, type of operator, type-checking
functions, use strict, converting between data types (parseInt, parseFloat),
formatting numbers, string operations, eval(), toFixed(), toLocaleString(),
toPrecision(), single quote vs. double quote (nesting), initialization

2.2 Declare and use arrays

• Single-dimensional arrays; multi-dimensional arrays; iteration; initialization;
defining, sorting, and searching an array; push, pop, shift, and unshift
methods; length property; accessing an array element

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2.3 Complete and debug code that uses objects

• Properties, methods, instantiation, Date object, retrieving date and time
parts, localizing date format (MM/DD vs DD/MM), adding and subtracting
dates

2.4 Complete and debug code that uses built-in Math functions
• random, round, abs, floor, ceil, min, max, pow, sqrt

2.5 Complete and debug functions that accept parameters and return
values
• Reusable code, local vs. global scope, redefining variables, passing
parameters, value vs. reference, return values

3. Decisions and Loops

3.1 Evaluate expressions that use logical and comparison operators
• !=, <, >, <=, >=, !, ==, &&, ||

3.2 Complete and debug decision statements

• Single alternative (if), dual alternative (if else), multiple alternative (switch),
nested if

3.3 Complete and debug loops

• for, for in, while, do while, break, continue

4. Document Object Model

4.1 Identify and construct the Document Object Model (DOM) tree
• window, document, body, other HTML elements

4.2 Identify and handle document, form, keyboard, and mouse events
• onload, onfocus, onblur, onchange, onkeydown, onkeyup, onkeypress,
onclick, onmouseover, onmouseout

4.3 Complete and debug code that outputs to an HTML document

• document.write, innerHTML, textContent

4.4 Complete and debug code that locates, modifies, and adds HTML
elements and attributes to documents
• getElementByld, getElementsByTagName, getElementsByClassName,
setAttribute, createElement

4.5 Create events using event handlers and listeners

• DOM events, HTML attribute event, addEventListener

5. HTML Forms
5.1 Complete and debug code that retrieves form input and sets form
field values
• Retrieving form values; identifying the DOM path; getting values from
different types of elements; prepopulating, masking, and updating values

5.2 Complete and debug code that performs input validation

• Case, string comparisons, Not-A-Number (NaN), not blank

5.3 Describe the form submission process

• onsubmit, POST vs. GET, potential targets for submission

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