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SECTION 1 – KEY AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE

Section 1 is based and will be assessed on the following document. Please ensure you read and understand - The ACS Core Body of Knowledge for ICT Professionals (CBOK).You must clearly explain how your experience and qualifications meet the selected Areas of Knowledge and specifically how and where you acquired the knowledge.You are required to select one topic from the Essential Core ICT Knowledge (Topic 1 or Topic 2) and one topic from the General ICT Knowledge (Topic 3, Topic 4 or Topic 5).Please ensure you address at least 2 subtopics from each of the topics chosen.

The ICT Key Areas of Knowledge:

Essential Core ICT Knowledge

Topic 1. ICT Professional Knowledge

Sub Topics are ::

• Ethics
• Professional Expectations
• Teamwork Concepts and Issues
• Communication
• Societal Issues

Topic 2. ICT Problem Solving

Sub Topics are ::

• 1: Modelling Methods
• 2: Processes to understand problems
• 3: Methods and tools for handling abstraction

General ICT Knowledge

Topic 3.Technology Resources

Sub Topics are ::

• Hardware and Software Fundamentals
• Data and Information Management
• Data Communications and Networking

Topic 4. Technology Building

Sub Topics are ::

• 1: Human Factors
• 2: Programming
• 3: Information Systems Development and Acquisition

Topic 5. ICT Management

Sub Topics are ::

• 1: IT Governance and Organisational Issues
• 2: IT Project Management
• 3: ICT Service Management
• 4: Security Management

Important:

• 1: Identify the Area of Knowledge topic that you have chosen to explain by entering the name of the Area of Knowledge topic in the box.
• 2: Explain, in the expandable typing area, how you have acquired the knowledge and illustrate the depth of that knowledge.
• 3: You should NOT address all sub topics included in the Area of Knowledge in your explanation. Address at least TWO of the sub topics.Enter the sub topic name(s) in the box.
• 4: Be clear and concise in your explanation.
• 5: Limit each explanation to no more than one to one and a half pages.

In the following expandable typing areas, explain how you have acquired your in-depth knowledge in these topic areas through your professional experience.

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