ITEE IT Passport study guide
ITEE IT Passport · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Information Technology Passport Examination (IT Passport, abbreviated IP) is a Japanese national IT examination administered by IPA, the Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan. It is aimed at working professionals and people preparing to become professionals who should hold common foundational IT knowledge - people who either work in IT-related roles or intend to apply IT within their own assigned work. According to IPA, examinees are expected to grasp the information devices and systems they use, understand their assigned work and solve problems within it, collect and use information safely, support business analysis and systemization under a supervisor's guidance, and promote the use of new technologies (AI, big data, IoT, etc.) and new approaches (agile, etc.). The examination is delivered by CBT and is held at any time. The ITEE IT Passport study guide has 5 sections and about 1,539 words.
01Computer Systems, Databases, Networks, and Information Security
The IT Passport treats hardware, software, data, and networks as one integrated stack. Know the roles of CPU, main memory, and auxiliary storage; the difference between volatile (RAM) and nonvolatile storage; and how bits, bytes, and binary/hexadecimal representation work.
283 words, about 1 min02Corporate Activities, Business Operations, and Office Tools
This domain connects business operations to the information systems that support them. Understand the typical corporate functions-sales, procurement, production, accounting, human resources-and the management cycle of plan-do-check-act (PDCA).
256 words, about 1 min03Data Utilization, Systems Thinking, and Logical Thinking
This domain tests how you reason with data and about systems. For data utilization, understand the difference between data, information, and knowledge; qualitative vs quantitative data; and basic descriptive statistics: mean, median, mode, and range.
248 words, about 1 min04Problem Analysis, Problem Solving, and Related Laws and Ethics
Problem-solving frameworks: identify the problem, analyze causes, generate and evaluate solutions, implement, and review. Tools include cause-and-effect (fishbone) diagrams, Pareto analysis (focus on the vital few), and root-cause analysis-fixing symptoms is not solving the problem.
250 words, about 1 min05Information System Development and Operation
Development models: waterfall (sequential, rigid, clear requirements) vs agile (iterative, incremental, adaptive to change). Understand prototyping, and the purpose of requirements definition, design, implementation, and testing.
502 words, about 3 min