Državni ispit study plan

Map the full syllabus of Ustavno i upravno pravo into a one-page topic tree, marking the constitutional-law half versus the administrative-law half

List the constitutional sources you must cite (Ustav RH, Ustavni zakon o Ustavnom sudu, relevant zakoni) and write a two-line note on what each governs

Summarise the structure of state power (legislative, executive, judicial) and the control mechanisms over administration in your own words

Solve 30 practice questions on constitutional foundations and log every wrong answer with the reason it was wrong

Explain the general principles of administrative law (zakonitost, proporcionalnost, legitimno očekivanje) with one Croatian example each

Draft a comparison of upravni akt, upravni ugovor and materijalni akt, stating the legal consequence of each

Trace the hierarchy of administrative bodies and identify which body decides in first and second instance in a typical case

Answer 40 mixed questions from domain 1 and re-test every item you previously got wrong

Reconstruct the phases of upravni postupak in order (pokretanje, ispitivanje, dokazivanje, odlučivanje, pravni lijekovi) and note the time limits for each

Identify the parties, their capacity and the rules on zastupanje in administrative procedure

Write out the requirements of a valid rješenje (forma, obrazloženje, uputa o pravnom lijeku) and spot missing elements in three sample decisions you draft yourself

Distinguish redovni and izvanredni pravni lijekovi and state when each is available

Explain the scope and grounds of upravni spor, including when upravni spor is excluded

Draft a short tužba structure: stranke, predmet, razlozi, predlog

Summarise the core institutes of radno pravo (ugovor o radu, otkaz, radno vrijeme, godišnji odmor) with the governing statute for each

Outline the civil-service framework: prijam u službu, službenička prava i obveze, stegovna odgovornost

Complete 30 practice questions across domains 2 and 3 and log errors

Map the EU institutional triangle and the sources of EU law (uredbe, direktive, odluke) and state how each enters Croatian law

Explain the principles of subsidijarnost, proporcionalnost and izravni učinak with one case-style example each

Trace the Croatian budget cycle from prijedlog to izvršenje and identify who approves and who supervises

Distinguish državni proračun, proračunski korisnici and izvanproračunski fondovi and note the control role of Državna revizija

Answer 25 questions across domains 4 and 5 and review each wrong answer against the source text

Reconstruct the lifecycle of a document (zaprimanje, evidentiranje, razvrstavanje, čuvanje, otprema) and name the register used at each step

Apply the rules on uredsko poslovanje to classify five sample documents by office class and retention period

Explain the legal requirements for electronic records and e-signature and how they change the paper workflow

Demonstrate the core IT skills the exam tests: file management, spreadsheet formulas, secure password and email practice, and data protection basics

Write a short procedure note for handling an incoming request from receipt to reply

Identify the ethical duties of a public servant (sukob interesa, integritet, povjerljivost) and give a compliant response to three dilemma scenarios

Draft a short written reply to a difficult citizen enquiry using clear, non-defensive language

Practise the foreign language under exam conditions: one reading and one writing task within the time limit

Build a personal glossary of 40 exam-relevant terms in the foreign language, including the Croatian equivalents

Record and review a two-minute spoken summary in the foreign language on a public-administration topic

Re-run a full timed mock exam under exam conditions and score every domain separately

Re-test the entire error log from weeks 1 to 7 and confirm each item is now answered correctly

Revisit the two weakest domains by weight and close the specific gaps the mock exam exposed

Condense all notes into a single revision sheet of no more than four pages covering every domain

Plan exam-day logistics: timing per question, order of answering, and the rule for guessing versus skipping