Study guide
ISA CAP study guide
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Lessons
- Automation Boundaries, High-Level System Arc
- Process & Control Strategy Determination
- Functional Requirements Specification & Func
- User Requirements Specification & Stakeholde
- Baseline Cost Estimating, Financial Justific
- Preliminary Security Architecture & Industri
- Regulatory Compliance & Safety Criteria
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- Cutover Strategies, Legacy System Migration
- Site Acceptance Testing: Execution, Environm
- System Turnover, Operator/Maintenance Traini
- Field Installation Oversight, Wiring Practic
- Installation Punch List Management & Defect
- Pre-Commissioning Checkout: Cold Loop Checks
- Site Safety Protocols, Lockout/Tagout & Perm
- Factory Acceptance Testing: Planning, Test P
- Loop Tuning Methodologies & Dynamic Process
- Simulation, Emulation & Hardware-in-the-Loop
- Software Quality Assurance, Code Review & Va
- Discrete Control Logic, Sequencing, State Ma
- IEC 61131-3 Programming Languages: LD, FBD,
- Safety Logic Development, Burner Management
- Software Configuration Management, Version C
- Automation Opportunity Assessment & Technolo
- Benefit-to-Cost Analysis, Payback & Financia
- Business Needs, Scope Definition & Operation
- Preliminary Project Cost Estimating, Schedul
- Preliminary Risk Assessment, Process Safety
- Technical Feasibility Studies & Automation A
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- Asset Performance Management & Overall Equip
- Calibration Management, Proof Testing & SIS
- Maintenance Strategies: Reactive, Preventive
- Training Needs Analysis, Training Delivery &
- Spare Parts Strategy, Critical Spares Analys
- Troubleshooting Methodologies & Root Cause F
- Backup, Disaster Recovery & Disaster Recover
- Decommissioning Planning, Asset Retirement &
- Loop Auditing, Process Variability Analysis
- Management of Change Procedures & Software M
- Operational Cybersecurity: Patch Management,
- Control System Architecture Selection: PLC,
- Final Control Elements: Control Valves, Actu
- Hazardous Location Classification, Electrica
- Discrete Devices, Motor Control, Motion Cont
- Process Instrumentation, Sensor Selection &
- Alarm Management Lifecycle, Rationalization
- Data Flow Analysis, Historians, Relational D
- Enterprise Integration & Manufacturing Opera
- Human-Machine Interface & High-Performance G
- Batch Control Architecture, Recipes & Proced
- Continuous Control Strategies: Feedback, Fee
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- Industrial Fieldbuses & Digital Communicatio
- Industrial Cybersecurity by Design: Zones, C
- Safety Instrumented Systems & Safety Lifecyc
- SIL Determination, Verification & Layer of P
- Hardware/Software Specifications, Procuremen