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Defensie Selectie study plan

Defensie Selectie · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Techniek & Gevechtseenheden

  • Define the core technical principles (forces, energy, electricity, materials) in your own words and map each to a Defence context

  • List the main weapon and vehicle systems categories used by land units and state the function of each

  • Explain the difference between offensive and defensive combat-unit roles with one concrete example each

  • Solve 20 basic technical calculation problems and record your error patterns

Your checkpoint

A one-page technical and combat-units concept map plus a scored 20-question practice set with an error log

Week 2

Techniek & Op het water

  • Apply technical principles to propulsion, buoyancy and ship systems with worked examples

  • Describe the main classes of naval units and their operational tasks

  • Explain how navigation, communication and radar systems support operations at sea

  • Complete 25 mixed technical questions under time pressure and review every miss

Your checkpoint

A timed 25-question technical quiz result with a written review of each incorrect answer

Week 3

Gevechtseenheden & In de lucht

  • Compare the organisation and equipment of the different combat-unit types

  • Explain the roles of air units (transport, reconnaissance, fighter, helicopter support) and match each to a mission type

  • Describe how air and land units cooperate in a joint operation

  • Summarise the safety and maintenance routines that keep combat and air units operational

Your checkpoint

A comparison table of combat and air unit types with mission, equipment and support partner columns

Week 4

Digitaal & Beveiliging

  • Explain core digital concepts: networks, hardware, software, data storage and cyber threats

  • Describe the principles of information security: confidentiality, integrity, availability and access control

  • Identify common security procedures for physical and digital protection of assets

  • Answer 30 mixed digital and security questions and categorise your misses by topic

Your checkpoint

A mid-plan practice test (30 questions) scored and broken down by domain, with a prioritised weak-topic list

Week 5

Beveiliging & Ondersteuning

  • Apply security procedures to realistic scenarios such as access control, incident reporting and perimeter protection

  • Explain the support role: logistics, supply chains, transport and materiel management

  • Describe how planning and coordination keep operations supplied and sustained

  • Draft short written answers to 10 scenario questions on security and support

Your checkpoint

Ten written scenario answers, each self-scored against a checklist of required elements

Week 6

Ondersteuning & Zorg

  • Outline the logistics chain from supply request to delivery on the ground

  • Explain the fundamentals of first aid: ABC approach, bleeding control, shock and burns

  • Describe how medical support is organised in the field, including triage and evacuation

  • Practise applying first-aid steps to three written casualty scenarios

Your checkpoint

A first-aid and medical-support summary sheet plus three solved casualty scenarios

Week 7

In de lucht & Op het water & Digitaal

  • Consolidate air, naval and digital knowledge by answering 40 mixed questions across these domains

  • Explain the interaction between digital systems and air/naval platforms (sensors, communication, data links)

  • Correct all remaining weak topics from the week-4 breakdown

  • Rehearse explaining three complex concepts aloud in under two minutes each

Your checkpoint

A 40-question mixed quiz scored above your week-4 baseline, with an updated weak-topic list showing closures

Week 8

Techniek & Digitaal & Ondersteuning & Zorg & Gevechtseenheden & In de lucht & Op het water & Beveiliging

  • Complete two full-length timed practice exams covering all eight domains

  • Review every error and write a one-line correction rule for each

  • Drill your weakest three topics until you can answer representative questions correctly

  • Finalise a personal exam-day strategy covering timing, question order and guessing rules

Your checkpoint

Two completed full-length practice exams with a final error-correction sheet and a one-page exam-day strategy

Milestones

Week 2: Score at least 70% on the 25-question technical quiz and show a written review of every miss

Week 4: Complete the 30-question mid-plan test and produce a ranked weak-topic list covering digital and security

Week 6: Correctly apply first-aid steps to all three casualty scenarios and explain the logistics chain end to end without notes

Week 8: Score at least 80% on both full-length practice exams and demonstrate that every previously weak topic now has a written correction rule