Develop code that declares classes.
Develop code that implements or extends one or more interfaces.
Develop code that declares an abstract class.
Develop code that extends an abstract class.
Develop code that declares, initializes.
Develop code that declares both static and non-static methods.
Develop code that declares and uses a variable-length argument list.
Determine if a method is correctly overriding or overloading another method.
Identify legal return values (including covariant returns), for the method.
Given a set of classes and superclasses
Develop constructors for one or more of the classes.
Given a class declaration, determine if a default constructor will be created.
Given a nested or non-nested class listing, write code to instantiate the class.

Develop code that implements an if or switch statement.
Develop code that implements all forms of loops and iterators
Develop code that makes use of assertions
Develop code that makes use of exceptions and exception handling clauses.
Recognize the effect of an exception arising at a specified point in a code fragment.
Recognize situations that will result in any of the following being thrown.

Develop code that uses the primitive wrapper classes.
Given a scenario involving navigating file systems.
Develop code that serializes and/or de-serializes objects.
Use standard J2SE APIs in the java.text package to correctly format
Write code that uses standard J2SE APIs in the java.util and java.util.regex packages

Write code to define, instantiate, and start new threads.
Recognize the states in which a thread can exist, & identify ways
Write code that makes appropriate use of object locking to protect static
Write code that makes appropriate use of wait, notify, or notifyAll.

Develop code that implements tight encapsulation, loose coupling
Given a scenario, develop code that demonstrates the use of polymorphism.
Determine when casting will be necessary and recognize compiler vs. runtime errors
Explain the effect of modifiers on inheritance.
Develop code that declares and/or invokes overridden or overloaded methods.
Develop code that implements "is-a" and/or "has-a" relationships.

Determine which collection classes should be used to properly implement that design.
Distinguish between correct and incorrect overrides of corresponding hashCode
Write code that uses the generic versions of the Collections API.
Develop code that makes proper use of type parameters
Use capabilities in the java.util package to write code to manipulate a list by sorting.

Given a code example and a scenario, write code
Given an example of a class and a command-line, determine the expected runtime
Recognize which an object becomes eligible for garbage collection.
Determine what is and is not guaranteed by the garbage collection system.
Recognize the behaviors of System.gc and finalization.
Given the fully-qualified name of a class that is deployed inside & outside a JAR file.
Write code correctly applies the appropriate operators including assignment operators.