Things you need

to know before
The INCOSE
Knowledge Exam
(ASEP/CSEP)
Your Certification
Route
Not sure if you want to be Associate
Systems Engineering Practitioner (ASEP)
or Certified Systems Engineering
Practitioner (CSEP)?

You need to know your certification

route! The knowledge exam is
mandatory for both.

First you sit the exam and become

ASEP.

Then you fill out the CSEP application

with your experience and apply for
CSEP.

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Your exam method
In person exam or remote online exam?

Knowing your intended exam method

before hand is a must before studying!

Are you a process of elimination type of

person that needs to scribble on paper?

Or are you a rote from memory who

can select the right option from the
start?

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Your exam date
Are you sitting the hybrid exam or the
V5 exam?

Hybrid exam uses mutual content from

v4 and v5 handbooks and runs up until
Aug 2024.

Sep 2024 is v5 handbook content only.

Know which handbook to study from! v4

is fine until Sep 2024!

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The Handbook Content
Know the INCOSE SE Handbook content
inside out.

Most of the handbook is tested on the

exam!

Make sure you learn all of the

necessary material!

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Practice Quizzes
Know where you can find practice
quizzes and questions to test your
knowledge of the material!

Or else come up with a self test method

to assess your knowledge of the
content!

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structured
study course?
Enroll in our ‘How to Nail the INCOSE
ASEP Exam’.

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