ACP/CCP Certifications

Description: The Institute for Certification of Computer Professionals(ICCP) was one of the first certifying authorities for computer professionals. The ICCP offers the Certified Computing Professionals(CCP).

Costs: The C and C++ courses from Learning Tree International as substitutions for the ICCP C and C++ exams. Sample tests are available from the ICCP. To take an ICCP test, send your application and $145 USD for a language test to ICCP. The exams are administered by Thompson Prometric.

Requirements: A CCP designation is conferred upon anyone who:

• Passes the examinations with a minimum passing score of 70% or higher.
• Meets the experience requirement.
• Signs a document agreeing to comply with the ICCP Codes of Ethics, Conduct and Good Practice.

The designation is conferred only when all the requirements are met. An individual can take the examinations whenever they so choose but the designation will not be earned until the experience requirement is satisfied. The experience requirement calls for 48 months of full-time work in computer-based information systems excluding clerical, data entry and classroom work. Up to 24 months of credit is given for Bachelor degrees in related fields. A complete statement of Certification Eligibility Requirements is also available.

To earn the CCP designation, you must pass the Core exam and two specialty exams at 70% or higher. Two language exams can be substituted for one of the specialty exams.

• Management
• Procedural Programming
• System Development
• Business Information Systems
• Communications
• Office Information Systems
• Systems Programming
• Software Engineering
• Systems Security
• Data Resource Management
• Microcomputing and Networks

The language exams offered are:

• Pascal
• BASIC
• RPG/400
• COBOL
• C and C++.