C1000-135 Exam Information and Outline
IBM Certified Developer - IBM i 7.x (C9002700)
C1000-135 Exam Syllabus & Study Guide
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Exam Code: C1000-135
Exam Name: IBM Certified Developer - IBM i 7.x
Number of questions: 62
Number of questions to pass: 42
Time allowed: 90 minutes
Status: Live
- Section 1: Overview
- Section 2: Environment
- Section 3: Databases
- Section 4: Languages
- Section 5: Tools & Utilities
- IBM i Platform Fundamentals: Overview of IBM i as an integrated operating system (OS/400 evolution to IBM i 7.1+)- its object-based architecture- and single-level storage model.
- Technology Independent Machine Interface (TIMI)
- Integrated File System (IFS)
- Power Systems hardware
- PTF (Program Temporary Fix) for updates.
- Development Paradigms: Modern vs. traditional development on IBM i- including integration with open-source tools and cloud-hybrid models.
- Integrated Language Environment (ILE)
- Activation Group
- Service Program
- Open Access (for data integration).
- Application Lifecycle: High-level concepts of application design- deployment- and maintenance in IBM i environments.
- Library List
- Job Queue
- Subsystem (e.g.- QUSRWRK)
- Commitment Control.
- System Configuration and Management: Partitioning- user profiles- and system values for development setups.
- Logical Partition (LPAR)
- System Value (SYSTVAL)
- User Profile (QSECURITY)
- Authorization List.
- Job and Batch Processing: Managing jobs- spooling- and scheduling for application execution.
- Job Description (JOBD)
- Output Queue (OUTQ)
- Spool File
- Job Log (QLICDATA)
- Submit Job (SBMJOB).
- Integration and Connectivity: Networking- APIs- and access to external resources like Db2 for i and IFS.
- Host Servers (e.g.
- QZDASQL for JDBC)
- Network File System (NFS)
- Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
- Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) integration.
- Security and Monitoring: Basic security setup and performance monitoring tools.
- Object Authority (e.g.- *USE- *ALL)
- Audit Journal (QAUDJRN)
- Performance Explorer (PEX)
- WRKSYSSTS (Work with System Status).
- Database Design and Structures: Creating and managing physical/logical files- schemas- and constraints.
- Physical File (PF)
- Logical File (LF)
- Source Physical File (QSYS/QSOURCE)
- Multiformat Logical File (MLF)
- Referential Integrity.
- SQL Programming and Querying: Embedded SQL- dynamic SQL- and query optimization.
- Structured Query Language (SQL)
- Common Table Expression (CTE)
- Join Types (INNER
- LEFT)
- Run SQL Scripts (RUNSQLSTM)
- Query/400.
- Data Access Methods: Native I/O- embedded SQL in languages like RPG- and ODBC/JDBC connectivity.
- Externally Described File
- Keyed Access Path
- Commitment Control (STRCMTCTL)
- Update Statistics (UPDATST).
- Advanced Features: Indexing- partitioning- and data integrity for large-scale applications.
- SQL Index
- Encoded Vector Index (EVI)
- Journaling (STRJRNPF)
- Rowsize Errors
- Check Pending Constraint.
- RPG IV Programming: Modern free-format RPG- procedures- and modular development.
- RPGLE (RPG IV source type)
- Free-Format Operations (D-specs- C-specs)
- Procedure Prototype
- Data Structure (DS)
- Built-in Functions (BIFs like %CHAR- %TRIM).
- ILE Concepts and Modular Programming: Creating reusable modules and binding directories.
- Integrated Language Environment (ILE)
- Module (*MODULE)
- Binding by Copy (BNDC)
- Export/Import procedures
- Service Program (*SRVPGM).
- COBOL
- CL (Control Language)
- embedding SQL/JavaScript.
- CLP (Control Language Program)
- Embedded SQL (SQL in RPG/COBOL)
- Java Open Edition (JOE)
- Node.js runtime on IBM i.
- Modern Development: Full-stack development with open-source integration.
- Rational Developer for i (RDi)
- VS Code with IBM i extensions
- RESTful APIs
- JSON/XML parsing in RPG.