EXAM KNOWLEDGE MAP
Section A builds breadth; Section B tests whether you can carry algorithms and security reasoning through to the end. Sixteen chapters separate shared concepts from section-specific solving moves.
Follows the current IPA FE Syllabus v9.2 and Sections A/B; excludes the proposed 2027 format.
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FINAL REVIEW BOARD
Twenty questions in 100 minutes: sixteen on algorithms and programming, four on information security.
Put inputs, assignment direction, loop boundaries, and variable changes on paper.
Identify assets, threats, vulnerabilities, controls, and log evidence separately.
QUICK REFERENCE
Section A concepts are indexed by chapter, while Section B algorithms and security are separated into solving methods for quick review.
SOLVING METHODS
Keep reading, calculation, verification, and review procedures in one place. Choose the format, then check only the steps you need.
SYLLABUS AT A GLANCE
Number systems, logic, probability, graphs, and algorithm efficiency.
Arrays, lists, stacks, queues, trees, and hashing.
Search, sorting, recursion, and control flow.
CPU, instructions, cache, memory, and I/O.
OFFICIAL REFERENCE
Processes, threads, scheduling, synchronization, and virtual memory.
Redundancy, reliability, capacity, cloud, and distributed systems.
Modeling, normalization, SQL, transactions, and indexes.
Protocols, addressing, subnetting, routing, and application communication.
Cryptography, authentication, vulnerabilities, attacks, and controls.
Requirements, UML, modularity, testing, and quality.
Schedule, cost, risk, service operations, and audit.
Business activity, strategy, accounting, law, and standards.
Data analysis, machine learning, generative AI, and business applications.
Agile, DevOps, configuration management, release, and maintenance.
Complete long items with pseudocode, trace tables, and boundary conditions.
Identify assets, threats, controls, and residual risk in business scenarios.
