Study guide

ISA CAP study guide

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Lessons

  1. Automation Boundaries, High-Level System Arc
  2. Process & Control Strategy Determination
  3. Functional Requirements Specification & Func
  4. User Requirements Specification & Stakeholde
  5. Baseline Cost Estimating, Financial Justific
  6. Preliminary Security Architecture & Industri
  7. Regulatory Compliance & Safety Criteria
  8. Commissioning & Startup Sequencing — Free Study Guide 2026
  9. Cutover Strategies, Legacy System Migration
  10. Site Acceptance Testing: Execution, Environm
  11. System Turnover, Operator/Maintenance Traini
  12. Field Installation Oversight, Wiring Practic
  13. Installation Punch List Management & Defect
  14. Pre-Commissioning Checkout: Cold Loop Checks
  15. Site Safety Protocols, Lockout/Tagout & Perm
  16. Factory Acceptance Testing: Planning, Test P
  17. Loop Tuning Methodologies & Dynamic Process
  18. Simulation, Emulation & Hardware-in-the-Loop
  19. Software Quality Assurance, Code Review & Va
  20. Discrete Control Logic, Sequencing, State Ma
  21. IEC 61131-3 Programming Languages: LD, FBD,
  22. Safety Logic Development, Burner Management
  23. Software Configuration Management, Version C
  24. Automation Opportunity Assessment & Technolo
  25. Benefit-to-Cost Analysis, Payback & Financia
  26. Business Needs, Scope Definition & Operation
  27. Preliminary Project Cost Estimating, Schedul
  28. Preliminary Risk Assessment, Process Safety
  29. Technical Feasibility Studies & Automation A
  30. About the ISA CAP Exam — Free Study Guide 2026
  31. Asset Performance Management & Overall Equip
  32. Calibration Management, Proof Testing & SIS
  33. Maintenance Strategies: Reactive, Preventive
  34. Training Needs Analysis, Training Delivery &
  35. Spare Parts Strategy, Critical Spares Analys
  36. Troubleshooting Methodologies & Root Cause F
  37. Backup, Disaster Recovery & Disaster Recover
  38. Decommissioning Planning, Asset Retirement &
  39. Loop Auditing, Process Variability Analysis
  40. Management of Change Procedures & Software M
  41. Operational Cybersecurity: Patch Management,
  42. Control System Architecture Selection: PLC,
  43. Final Control Elements: Control Valves, Actu
  44. Hazardous Location Classification, Electrica
  45. Discrete Devices, Motor Control, Motion Cont
  46. Process Instrumentation, Sensor Selection &
  47. Alarm Management Lifecycle, Rationalization
  48. Data Flow Analysis, Historians, Relational D
  49. Enterprise Integration & Manufacturing Opera
  50. Human-Machine Interface & High-Performance G
  51. Batch Control Architecture, Recipes & Proced
  52. Continuous Control Strategies: Feedback, Fee
  53. Industrial Ethernet & Open Protocols — Free Study Guide 2026
  54. Industrial Fieldbuses & Digital Communicatio
  55. Industrial Cybersecurity by Design: Zones, C
  56. Safety Instrumented Systems & Safety Lifecyc
  57. SIL Determination, Verification & Layer of P
  58. Hardware/Software Specifications, Procuremen