Core Language: general syntax, primitive types and strings, classes and interfaces, etc.

Collections APIs: core interfaces (Collection, List, Set, Map), implementations and their
performance characteristics, etc.
Concurrency: Thread and Runnable basics, the synchronized keyword and its semantics, the
"java.util.concurrent" API, etc.
Relevant APIs, Libraries, and Frameworks: Swing, J2EE (Servlets, JSP, JDBC), MVC,
ORM, RMI, ImageIO, NIO, etc. Choose a couple that are important to your organization/project
and see what they know.