The OCUP Intermediate Examination covers a broad range of UML
elements. Familiarity with these elements allows a user to read,
interpret, construct, and work with fairly complex UML models.
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COVERAGE
TABLE - INTERMEDIATE
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Composite
Structure Diagrams (Intermediate) .......... |
15% |
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Component diagrams
(Basic)........................................ |
15% |
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Action Model
(Intermediate)............................................. |
10% |
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Activity Diagrams
(Intermediate)..................................... |
15% |
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Interaction
Diagrams (Intermediate)............................. |
15% |
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State Machines
(Behavioral)........................................... |
15% |
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Deployment
diagrams (basic, without Components) ..... |
5% |
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Profiles................................................................................ |
10% |
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Total .............................. |
100% |
Here is the Coverage Map, showing which Chapters and
Sections of the UML specification are on the Intermediate Exam:
Topic Area
Details
1.0 Composite Structure
Diagrams (Actions, Ports, and Structured Classes)
Covers this material from Chapter 9
Composite Structures:
1.1 Demonstrate the
ability to understand internal structures.
Composite Structures::Internal Structures
1 Structured classifier (Figure 9.2)
2 Connectors (Figure 9.3)
1.2 Verify the
understanding of modeling ports.
CompositeStructures::Ports
1 Port (Figure 9.4)
2 Connector End (Figure 9.4)
1.3 Verify the
understanding of structure class.
CompositeStructures::StructuredClasses
1 Class (from StructuredClasses) (Figure 9.5)
1.2 Verify the
understanding of modeling invocations
CompositeStructures::InvocationActions
1 Invocation Action (Figure 9.8)
2 Trigger (Figure 9.8)
2.0 Component Diagrams
(Basic)
Covers this material from Chapter 8 Components:
2.1 Confirm the ability
to understand and represent basic components
Components::BasicComponents (Figures 8.2 and 8.3)
1 Component (without Packaging) (Sec. 8.3.1)
2 Connector (for components) (Sec. 8.3.2)
3 Realization (for components) (Sec. 8.3.3)
4 Other Basic Component concepts
3.0 Action Models (Intermediate)(Basic
Actions in Activity Diagrams)
Covers this material from Chapter 11
Actions:
3.1 Demonstrate
intermediate knowledge and comprehension of the UML Action
Language
Actions::IntermediateAction
1 Invocation Actions (Figures 11.4 and 11.5)
2 Object Actions (Figure 11.6)
3 Structural Feature Actions (Figure 11.7)
4 Link Identification (Figure 11.8)
5 Read Link Actions (Figure 11.9)
6 Write Link Actions (Figure 11.10)
7 VariableActions and VariableValueActions
8 Other Intermediate Action concepts
4.0 Activity Diagrams
(Intermediate)
Covers this material from Chapter 12 Activities:
4.1 Confirm the
intermediate ability to understand and represent activity
diagrams
Activities::IntermediateActivities
1 Object Nodes (Figure 12.8)
2 Controls (Figure 12.9)
3 Partitions (Figure 12.10)
4 Other Intermediate Activity concepts
4.2 Verify the skills
required to understand and represent structured activities
Activities::StructuredActivities ( Figures 12.21 through
12.23)
1 Structured Activity Node
2 Conditional Node
3 Loop Node
4 Other Structured Activity concepts
5.0 Interaction
Diagrams (Intermediate)
Covers this material from Chapter 14 Interactions:
5.1 Demonstrate the
knowledge and comprehension of using Interaction fragments
Interactions:Fragments
1 Combined Fragments (Figure 14.7)
2 Gates (Figure 14.8)
3 InteractionUse (Figure 14.9)
4 Other Fragment concepts
6.0 State Machine
Diagrams (Behavioral)
Covers this material from Chapter 15 State Machines:
6.1 Confirm the
intermediate ability to understand and represent behavior state
machines
StateMachines::BehaviorStateMachines (Figure 15.2)
1 State and Finite State
2 Pseudo State and Final State
3 Transition
4 Connection Point Reference
5 State Machine
6 Other Behavior State Machine concepts
7.0 Deployment Diagrams
(basic, i.e., without Components)
Covers this material from Chapter 10 Deployments:
7.1 Verify basic
understanding of modeling deployments
Deployments::Artifacts and Nodes
1 Artifacts (Figure 10.2)
2 Nodes (Figures 10.3 and 10.4)
8.0 Profiles
Covers this material from Chapter 18 Profiles:
8.1 Confirm the ability
to understand and represent profiles
Profiles (Chapter 18)
Covers these elements from Figure 18.2:
1 Profile
2 Extension
3 Stereotype and metaclass
4 Profile Application
5 Other Profile concepts