Federal Public Service Commission
Sim Specifications
FPSC System Analyst (BS-18) Blueprint
The exam features structured subject-matter sections. Unanswered or skipped questions carry a 0.00 score penalty.
Part I - English (Grammar & Vocabulary)
20% weightage • 40 Questions
- Vocabulary in Context (Synonyms, Antonyms, Analogies, and Latin Legal Maxims).
- Grammar Mechanics (Mixed conditionals, Subjunctive usages, spelling rules, prepositions).
- Dangling modifiers, sentence structures, and active/passive conversions.
Part II - General Intelligence (Arithmetic & GK)
20% weightage • 40 Questions
- Quantitative Reasoning (Averages, age calculations, percentage changes, ratios, probability models).
- Arithmetic & Algebra (Clock mechanics, work rates, trains passing platforms, log bases, integrals, derivatives).
- General Knowledge (1973 Constitution of Pakistan Articles 58/95/112/245, Karakoram range, international AI summits).
Part III - Professional IT (Computer Science & SE)
60% weightage • 120 Questions
- Advanced Computer Architectures (Tomasulo's algorithm hazards, fully associative cache mappings, pipeline delay frequencies).
- Operating Systems (Working set models, thrashing limit formulas, Banker's matrix deadlock tools, zombie/orphan PIDs).
- Software Engineering Practices (SOLID components, Facade/Strategy pattern blueprints, Cyclomatic complexity equations).
- Data Structures & Databases (AVL tree rotations, B+ tree leaf linkages, BCNF superkey dependencies, ACID durability properties).
- Computer Networking (IPv6 blocks, IPsec architectures, Class B mask allocations, usable hosts in /28 subnets).
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