2. Fundamental Programming Concepts

Label	KSAC Description		Bloom's Taxonomy Level	Cross-Cutting
a	Describe uses of primitive data types.	knowledge	1
b	Write programs that use primitive data types.	skill	3
c	Demonstrate fundamental programming skills including the use of variables, loops, conditional branching, and program logic.	skill	3	Cybersecurity 3a, Data Management 1m
d	Design, implement, test, and debug a program that uses each of the following fundamental programming constructs: basic computation, simple I/O, standard conditional and iterative structures.	skill	3	Cybersecurity 3b
e	Analyze the behavior of simple programs involving the fundamental programming constructs variables, expressions, assignments, I/O, control constructs, functions, parameter passing, and recursion.	knowledge	3
f	Design and implement a program that defines functions and passes parameters.	skill	3
g	Write a program that uses file I/O to provide persistence across multiple executions.	skill	2	Cybersecurity 3c
h	Choose appropriate conditional and iteration constructs for a given programming task.	skill	4
i	Identify the base case and the general case of a recursively-defined problem.	knowledge	2
j	Describe the concept of recursion and give examples of its use.	knowledge	1