Bhutan Civil Service Main Examination (ICT Category) case studies
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The Bhutan Civil Service Main Examination (ICT Category) is the competitive written stage through which the Royal Civil Service Commission selects graduate candidates for professional information and communication technology posts in the Bhutanese civil service. It is intended for candidates who already hold a relevant degree and who have cleared the earlier screening stage; it is not an entry-level certification and it does not test vocational tool skills in isolation. Instead, the paper probes whether you can reason like a professional: explain why a database is normalised to a particular form, compare routing or security approaches, justify a software process choice, and situate technical decisions within Bhutan's e-government and ICT policy environment. Expect a mix of objective items, short structured answers and longer descriptive responses, with marks weighted across ten syllabus domains rather than concentrated in one. The Bhutan Civil Service Main Examination (ICT Category) case studies are 5 cases and about 2,387 words.
1The Dzongkhag Network Upgrade Dilemma
A dzongkhag administration in eastern Bhutan is upgrading its network. The current setup uses a single 100 Mbps leased line shared by 120 staff across five departments.
540 words, about 3 min2Securing the National Data Center
The Royal Government of Bhutan is setting up a national data center to host e-government services. The center will house servers for citizen services, land records, and health information.
543 words, about 3 min3E-Government Portal Adoption in Rural Bhutan
The government launched an online portal for issuing rural land-use certificates. After 6 months, adoption is low: only 15% of applications come through the portal, while 85% are still submitted manually at the gewog office.
432 words, about 2 min4Legacy System Modernization for Civil Service Payroll
The civil service payroll system was developed 15 years ago using COBOL and a hierarchical database. It processes payments for 25,000 employees monthly.
465 words, about 2 min5IoT for Smart Agriculture in Bhutan
The Ministry of Agriculture wants to pilot an IoT-based smart irrigation system in a remote valley. The system will use soil moisture sensors, weather stations, and automated valves, connected via LoRaWAN to a gateway, and send data to a cloud platform for analysis.
407 words, about 2 min