Državni stručni ispit study plan

Map the official syllabus of the Opći dio into a checklist of every listed unit and mark each as known, partial, or unknown

Define the constitutional framework by listing the hierarchy of legal sources and locating where each type of regulation fits

Summarize the core institutions of the state (legislature, executive, judiciary) and state one function of each in your own words

Set up a spaced-repetition deck and enter the first 60 terms from the syllabus checklist

Explain the principles of public administration and the general administrative procedure in writing, without notes

Distinguish administrative acts from contracts, decisions, and internal instructions by classifying 15 short examples

Describe the basic rules on administrative procedure deadlines, parties, and remedies in a written summary

Complete 40 practice questions on the general part and log every error with its cause

Outline the rules on civil servants: rights, duties, recruitment, and disciplinary responsibility, as a structured diagram

State the main principles of labor and employment relations relevant to public-sector employment

Explain the basics of public finance, budgeting, and public procurement in a short written note

Recite the key provisions on access to information and data protection from memory in a five-minute self-test

Complete a full timed mock exam of the general part and score it against the official answer key

Identify the three weakest syllabus units from the mock results and rewrite their summaries from scratch

Draft a personal list of the specific professional-area units you must master, based on the job description for your target post

Build a 4-week schedule for the professional part that allocates time in proportion to the number of units per area

List every legal source governing your professional area and annotate each with the articles most likely to be tested

Summarize the core substantive rules of the professional area in a structured outline of no more than three pages

Define the 30 most important professional terms precisely and test yourself on them the next day

Solve 30 professional-area practice tasks and classify each mistake as knowledge gap, misreading, or time pressure

Apply the professional rules to five realistic case scenarios and write a short justified answer for each

Describe the procedural steps your professional area requires in a typical case, in correct order, from memory

Compare your case answers against the legal text and correct every deviation in writing

Complete 40 mixed practice questions from the professional part under timed conditions

Take two full timed mock exams, one per domain, under exam conditions and score both

Rewrite every incorrect answer from both mocks as a one-line rule you can recall later

Rehearse oral answers to 20 likely exam questions aloud, recording yourself and noting hesitations

Reduce your notes to a final two-page revision sheet per domain

Review only the revision sheets and error lists, cycling through them three times across the week

Complete one final timed mock exam per domain and confirm scores above your target threshold

Practice the oral component with a study partner, answering 15 questions without notes

Prepare exam-day logistics: documents, location, timing, and a written plan for the first ten minutes of the exam