EPSO IT/ICT study guide
EPSO IT/ICT · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
This independent study page provides practice for EPSO IT/ICT. Its editorial learning areas include ICT quantitative and textual reasoning under supplied assumptions; Computing Systems; Cloud concepts, architecture and service models; Programming and Software Development; Data, Databases, and Information Retrieval; Intelligent search, learning and evaluation; Cyber-risk identification and analysis; Identity, access and cryptographic protection; Security operations, monitoring and response. The EPSO IT/ICT study guide has 9 sections and about 5,874 words.
01ICT quantitative and textual reasoning under supplied assumptions
A reasoning passage establishes a bounded set of claims. Distinguish what follows logically, what contradicts the passage and what remains unknown.
372 words, about 2 min02Computing Systems
This shared-core guide covers hardware, operating systems, storage, virtualization, system security, and networking. Practice explaining instruction execution, memory, resource management, and controls against specified risks.
727 words, about 4 min03Cloud concepts, architecture and service models
The Cloud Computing Foundations domain covers the vocabulary the rest of the exam builds on: what cloud computing actually is, the five essential characteristics that must all be present, and the economic logic behind adoption. Apply the stated definition carefully rather than assuming a marketing label establishes the operating characteristics.
926 words, about 5 min04Programming and Software Development
This shared-core programming guide covers language constructs, object-oriented design, development processes, and testing. Practice reading and debugging code: predict output, identify a scope or logic error, and choose tests that expose faults.
367 words, about 2 min05Data, Databases, and Information Retrieval
Data questions move from raw facts to organized, queryable information. In the relational model, tables have rows (records) and columns (attributes); keys enforce identity and relationships.
659 words, about 3 min06Intelligent search, learning and evaluation
Artificial intelligence questions should distinguish a search problem, a learned predictive model and a rule-based decision process. A system does not become reliable simply because it is described as intelligent.
416 words, about 2 min07Cyber-risk identification and analysis
IT risk assessment has three phases. Identification builds the inventory: assets, processes, data flows, threats, vulnerabilities, and existing controls, often through risk scenarios ("who or what could exploit which vulnerability, and with what consequence?").
747 words, about 4 min08Identity, access and cryptographic protection
This domain tests the identity lifecycle and the mechanisms that turn an identity into an authorised action. Expect questions that separate authentication from authorisation and that ask which access control model fits a scenario.
857 words, about 4 min09Security operations, monitoring and response
This domain is about running security as a repeatable service rather than a series of heroic acts. Questions target process ownership, change control and the operational metrics that show the programme is working.
803 words, about 4 min