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ISA offers a variety of resources to help you prepare for the Certified Automation Professional (CAP®) exam.
Primary Textbook
A Guide to the Automation Body of Knowledge is the primary text resource for the CAP test and provides a complete overview of all technical topics. Order the Guide to the Automation Body of Knowledge.
Study Guide
The CAP Study Guide is a comprehensive self-study resource that contains a list of the CAP domains and tasks, 75 review Questions and Answers complete with justifications. References that were used for each study guide question are also provided with the question. The Study Guide also includes a recommended list of publications that you can use to do further study on specific domains. Order the CAP Study Guide.
Review Courses
A CAP review course is available in several formats as preparation for taking the certification exam. This course is offered by ISA and can also be offered at your location.
ISA also has a variety of training courses that would be helpful in preparing for CAP. Visit the Automation Professional Training page for a complete list.
Additional Resources
Exam Topics
- Basic Continuous Control: Process Instrumentation, Analytical Instrumentation, Continuous Control, Control Valves, Analog Communications, Control System Documentation, Control Equipment
- Basic Discrete, Sequencing, and Manufacturing Control: Discrete Input & Output Devices and General Manufacturing Measurements, Discrete and Sequencing Control, Motor and Drive Control, Motion Control
- Advanced Control Topics: Process Modeling, Advanced Process Control, Control of Batch Processes, Environmental, Environmental Monitoring, Building Automation
- Reliability, Safety, and Electrical: Alarm Management, Reliability, Process Safety and Safety Instrumented Systems, Electrical Installations, Safe Use and Application of Electrical Apparatus
- Integration and Software: Digital Communications, Industrial Networks, Manufacturing Execution Systems and Business Integration, System and Network Security, Operator Interface, Data Management, Software, Custom Software
- Deployment and Maintenance: Operator Training, Checkout, System Testing, and Startup, Troubleshooting, Maintenance, Long-Term Support and System Management
- Work Structure: Automation Benefits and Project Justifications, Project Management and Execution, Interpersonal Skills
CAP trial Questions
Questions on the test were derived from the real practice of automation professionals as outlined in the CAP Role Delineation Study and job task analysis. Using interviews, surveys, observation, and group discussions, ISA worked with automation professionals to delineate critical job components to develop test specifications to determine the number of questions related to each domain and task tested. This rigorous program development and ongoing maintenance process ensures that CAP certification accurately reflects the skills and knowledge needed to excel as an automation professional.
The following six questions were taken from the CAP test question item bank and serve as examples of the question type and question content found on the CAP exam.
- The method by which the tasks and hazards associated with a machine or process are analyzed is known as:
- A. Risk assessment.
- B. Machine assessment.
- C. Risk reduction.
- D. Risk abatement.
- To test controller tuning or prototype new control strategies offline, the model should be a(an):
- A. Tie-back (loopback) simulation.
- B. Artificial neural network.
- C. Dynamic process simulation.
- D. Steady state process simulation.
- The temperature measurement with the BEST repeatability and resolution is the:
- A. Thermocouple.
- B. Resistance temperature detector (RTD).
- C. Dial thermometer.
- D. Capillary system.
- Which of the following is NOT a variable speed drive setup parameter?
- A. Acceleration rate.
- B. Motor winding type.
- C. Output frequency.
- D. Maximum speed.
- A complete test plan for system integration testing MUST include:
- A. Comments for the application programmer.
- B. Multiple test cases for each mode of operation.
- C. At least five test cases for each test.
- D. Expected results for each test case.
- Frequency of maintenance should be determined by:
- A. Failure rates of components.
- B. Availability of personnel and parts.
- C. Management targets for efficiency and productivity.
- D. Effectiveness of maintenance personnel.
Sample Questions Answer Key
| Question Number | Correct Answer | Exam Content Outline |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Domain 1, Task 4 |
| 2 | C | Domain 2, Task 2 |
| 3 | B | Domain 3, Task 3 |
| 4 | B | Domain 4, Task 7 |
| 5 | C | Domain 5, Task 5 |
| 6 | A | Domain 6, Task 2 |
Since cracking these exams can make you eligible for opportunities in higher Civil Services of the Government of India, these are definitely challenging at multiple levels.
Along with your knowledge, your common sense, sensibility and confidence are also tested, especially at the interview levels. Here are some of the weirdest questions asked in the exams and interview sessions to test your brain. See how many you can answer correctly:
Question 1. How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?
Answer: Concrete floors are hard to crack with a raw egg!
Question 2. Jamie looked at his reflection on the window mirror of the 45th floor. Driven by an irrational impulse, he made a leap through the window on the other side. Yet Jamie did not encounter even a single bruise. How can this be possible if he neither landed on a soft surface nor used a parachute?
Answer: Jamie is actually a window cleaner. He got tired after cleaning the windows on the 45th floor and so leaped inside the building.
Question 3. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven’t eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
Answer: The third room is the safest as the lions would be dead by now from eating anything in the past 3 days. First thought for many people would have been that these lions might have been hungrier than ever, but this answer would be wrong.
Question 4. Twins (Adarsh and Anupam) were born in May but their birthday is in June. How’s this possible?
Answer: May is the name of the town in Queensland, Australia.
Question 5. The peacock is a bird that does not lay eggs. How do they get baby peacocks?
Answer: The peahen lays eggs and not the peacock.
Question 6. What is such a thing that dies after drinking water?
Answer: Thirst. period.
Question 7. How can a man remain without sleep for 8 days?
Answer: Easy, the man should sleep at NIGHT.
Question 8. What if a red stone is thrown in blue waters?
Answer: The red stone will drown. The use of colors in the questions is only to distract your mind and confuse it further.
Question 9. Is it possible for you to lift an elephant with one hand ?
Answer: The answer is not so much as it is impossible to find an ‘elephant with one hand’.
Question 10. What is it you can never have in your breakfast ?
Answer: You can never have lunch or dinner for breakfast. This question revolves around confusing you by making you think of food items.
What Is a Testicular Exam?
A testicular test is a check of the look and feel of your testicles, to see if there may be any problems. You or your doctor can do it.
The testicles are part of a man’s sex organs. They’re in a pouch called the scrotum, located behind and below the penis. They make sperm and the male hormone testosterone.
Who Needs a Testicular test and How Often?
Every man should have a testicular exam. There is no recommendation that a testicular test should be part of your annual physical exam. But your doctor may suggest that you do a self-exam on a regular basis. Some doctors recommend checking your testicles once a month. Others say it's fine to have your doctor check once a year.
If you are having problems, or notice a lump or other changes in how your testicles feel or look, tell your doctor.
Exams can be a good way to find lumps that could be cancer or another problem.
How to Do a Testicular Exam
There’s no harm in a self-exam, and doctors say it’s good to know how your testicles look and feel so you can notice any changes.
A self-exam is quick and painless. It takes only a few simple steps:
- Take a warm shower or bath to allow the heat to relax the skin of your scrotum.
- Hold your penis out of the way.
- Examine one testicle at a time using both hands. Roll it between your thumb and fingers.
- Feel for a pea-sized lump. If you see or feel something like that, contact your doctor. It’s probably nothing to worry about, but it’s important you make note of it.
- Check for any changes in the size, shape, or feel of your testicles. One might be of a different shape or size than the other. That’s OK, but the shapes and sizes shouldn’t change. One might hang lower than the other. That’s normal, too.
Don’t worry if you feel a cordlike structure behind each testicle. It’s a normal part of the part of the scrotum that stores and moves sperm. It’s not a lump.
Is It Testicular Cancer?
If there is a suspicious lump, your doctor might run a painless ultrasound to get a better look for signs of cancer. They might do a blood test to see if there’s an indication of cancer. If the doctor thinks it may be cancerous, they may decide to do surgery to remove the testicle and check for cancer. If it is cancerous, they can determine what kind.
Removing one testicle shouldn’t impact your sex life or your fertility, but having testicular cancer or its treatment could impact fertility. If you think you may want to have children, talk to your doctor about preserving sperm before treatment.
Here are some facts to know about testicular cancer:
It’s rare: Your chance of getting it is about 1 in 250.
It most often affects men ages 15 to 34: It’s the most common cancer in this group.
It’s highly curable: The risk of dying from it is 1 in 5,000.
Early identification is key: It’s more likely to be treated and cured if it’s found early.
Some things increase your risk: Testicular cancer generally can’t be prevented, but some things increase risk. Your risk is higher if you’re white and non-Hispanic or have an undescended testicle or a family history of testicular cancer.
Other symptoms of testicular cancer
A lump is the most common symptom, but others include:
- Firm testicle
- Swelling or fluid buildup in the scrotum
- Feeling of scrotal heaviness
- Achiness in the lower belly, groin, or scrotum
- Breast tenderness or growth
- Pain or uncomfortable feelings in the testicle or scrotum
- Back pain
- Early puberty in boys
A lump or other symptom doesn’t mean you have cancer or any other problem.
Currently, subject experts set the question papers.
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From next year, computer software will set the papers for the Joint Entrance Examination Main and the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate), picking the questions at random from an electronic question bank.
Currently, subject experts set the question papers. In the new system, subject experts will determine the algorithm or rules that the computer will follow while selecting the questions, said an official of the National Testing Agency that conducts these tests.
“The subject experts will frame rules such as how many questions of which standard, high or average, will be asked,” the NTA official said.
“We have developed sizable question banks on the subjects related to the JEE Main and NEET-UG. The subject experts will add more questions and may modify the existing questions in the bank.”
Later, the new module will be introduced to the Common University Entrance Tests for undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and the National Eligibility Test.
“In the long run, by reducing the extent of human intervention in setting the question papers, the system will help conduct a large number of tests within a short period. So, a test can be held multiple times in a year,” the official said.
The NTA will get its computers to prepare the question papers — multiple sets of them in each subject to reduce the scope for malpractice — a day before the test. International testing agencies such as the US-based Educational Testing Service or the Graduate Management Admission Council use question banks.
Asked about instances of malpractice in the exams the NTA conducts, the official blamed the test centres.
The CBI is investigating allegations that a Jharkhandbased private firm hacked the computers of JEE Main 2021 candidates at a Haryana centre and helped them crack the test.
The NTA has debarred about 20 students from taking the test till 2024 as the probe rolls on.
“The alleged malpractice happened at the end of the test centre, not the NTA,” the official said. He said the agency involves very small groups of experts in preparing the question papers to minimise the possibility of corruption.
“The questions are transmitted to the test centres through encrypted files just before the start of the exam. Surveillance is done through CCTV cameras at the test centres, and network jammers are installed at the centres. The NTA monitors the centres from its control room,” the official said.
Recurrent technical glitches had marred the CUET-UG this year, affecting thousands of candidates whose exams had to be deferred because their computers would not function or the questions would not show up on the screen, or the answers would not get submitted.
Rajeeva Karandikar, eminent statistician and former director of the Chennai Mathematical Institute, said the NTA should introduce strong penalty provisions for the private test centres to reduce the scope for technical glitches.
He said the contracts with the centres should have detailed instructions on how to deal with the glitches, and every centre should have an additional 10 to 20 per cent nodes (computer terminals) to meet any exigencies.
Karandikar disapproved of the NTA’s practice of informing students only the day before the test about which centre they have been allotted, saying this should be done at least a week in advance.
“Rich students can reach the test centres in the morning even if they get the details the previous evening. But poor students face difficulties,” he said.
“For many, the city may be new. I understand this (delayed information) is done to minimise the possibility of the leak of question papers. However, that aspect should be addressed separately without putting psychological and financial stress on students.”
The NTA official declined comment on these suggestions. He said the NTA has strict norms that private test centres need to meet. The centres need to have 10 per cent additional nodes, all of them in running condition.
“Despite these provisions, some centres report technical glitches,” the official said.
Furqan Qamar, for mer vice-chancellor of the Himachal Pradesh Central University, said that institutions conducting their own entrance exams or giving weightage to board or university marks during admission would reduce the incentive for corruption.
He said the one-stop national entrance tests raise the stakes for students, increasing the temptation to cheat.
Your doctor may recommend a digital rectal exam (DRE) for these reasons:
- Help evaluate growths or enlargement of the prostate gland in men
- Look for the cause of symptoms such as rectal bleeding (blood in the stool), abdominal or pelvic pain, or a change in bowel habits
- Check on some problems in a woman's reproductive system (such as the uterus or ovaries)
- Collect a trial of stool to test for blood
- Check for hemorrhoids or other growths in the rectum
Who Should Get a Digital Rectal Exam?
You may need a digital rectal exam if you have rectal bleeding, abdominal or pelvic pain or a change in bowel habits.
But studies have shown there is little evidence that DREs are effective in screening for cancers such as colon, rectal or prostate. For that reason it is not part of the routine physical examination.
However, a DRE might be included as a part of prostate cancer screening. This will depend on your age, risk factors and symptoms.
What Happens During a Digital Rectal Exam?
You’ll get this test in your doctor’s office. It only takes a few minutes.
First, you’ll undress below the waist and drape a paper or cloth covering over your waist. Men are often examined while standing, bending forward at the waist, or lying on their side with knees bent. Women usually get this test during a pelvic exam, with their feet raised and supported by stirrups.
The doctor will insert a lubricated, gloved finger into the rectum and feel for tenderness or other abnormalities. They’ll probably press the abdomen with their other hand to help them feel any abnormalities.
You may feel slight, momentary discomfort during the test. But it shouldn’t hurt.
What Happens After the Digital Rectal Exam?
Your doctor will discuss the test results with you. This is what they may find:
- Nothing, a normal exam
- Abnormal growths or enlargement of an organ (such as the prostate, cervix, uterus, ovaries, rectum, or bladder)
- Hemorrhoids, abscesses, or anal fissures (breaks in the skin around the anus)
- Polyps, or tissue growths in the rectum
- Blood in the stool
We scored companies based on these measurements:
Price (50% of score): We averaged the no-exam life insurance rates for males and females in excellent health at ages 30, 40 and 50 for $500,000 and $1 million and a term length of 20 years.
Maximum face amount for lowest eligible age (10% of score): Companies with higher no-exam life insurance coverage amounts for the lowest age earned more points. Note that maximum no-exam coverage can sometimes become lower if you apply at a higher age.
Age eligible for best length/amount (10% of score): Companies offering no-exam life insurance to folks over age 50 earned extra points.
Accelerated death benefit available (10% of score): This important feature lets you access part of your own death benefit in the event you develop a terminal illness
Option to convert to a permanent life insurance policy (10% of score): This is a good option to have in place if you decide you want a longer policy, especially if your health has declined and you don’t want to shop for new life insurance.
Guaranteed renewals (5% of score): This option lets you extend the coverage after your initial level term period has expired, such as at the end of 10, 20 or 30 years.
Renewal rates can be significantly higher, but renewing can provide extended coverage to someone who may no longer qualify for a new life insurance policy because of health.
Median time from application to approval (5% of score): We gave more points to companies with lower no-exam life insurance approval times.
The timeline for approval could be within seconds or a month, depending on the company and possibly even your health.
Sources: Bestow, Ethos, Fabric, Haven Life, Jenny Life, Ladder, Policygenius and Forbes Advisor research.
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Final Verdict
All of the companies on this list represent good options for getting life insurance without a medical exam. All are A+ rated or better for financial strength and have received fewer complaints than expected when averaged over a three-year period. If you don’t need more than $3 million in coverage and are 50 or younger, any company on this list could be a good fit. But if you’re over 50 and looking for a death benefit of more than $1 million, you can rule out Nationwide. If you’re over 60, your only option for high-coverage no-medical-exam life insurance is Penn Mutual. And regardless of your age, Penn Mutual is your only option if you need a death benefit greater than $5 million and don’t want to take an exam.
If you’re looking for term coverage, try Penn Mutual or Pacific Life; for dividends, Penn Mutual or Guardian. If you want free living benefits, look to Nationwide. And if you’d like a wellness plan with your life insurance, John Hancock delivers.
A number of companies offer life insurance policies without requiring a medical exam, but you’ll generally be eligible for the lowest premiums with those that ask thorough health questions on the application.
What type of life insurance does not require a medical exam?
Most any type of policy is eligible for no-exam underwriting. It used to be that if you wanted to skip the exam, only low-coverage insurance policies were available to you. These are still available and sold as burial or funeral insurance, or guaranteed-issue policies. But now, insurers have a number of sophisticated means by which to collect health and other information, so they don’t need to rely on your exam. Plus, it costs them money to administer it and time to receive and review the results. No-exam underwriting allows insurance carriers to issue life policies faster, which is often good for both the customer and the insurer.
So whether you’re looking for term or permanent coverage, a whole life policy or an indexed universal life policy, it’s available somewhere without a medical exam. But not all companies offer no-exam life insurance on all or even any of their policies, so you’ll need to do some research to find one that does. (The companies in the list above are an excellent start.) The one caveat is that not everyone is eligible for no-exam underwriting. If you have health issues that raise red flags for the insurance company, you may be required to undergo a medical screening to complete your application.
Can you borrow money from a no-exam life insurance policy?
Yes, if it's a policy with a cash value. No-exam life insurance policies are just like regular life insurance policies. The only difference is that a medical screening is not required during the application process. Once approved, the policy functions just as it would had you taken an exam. So if you’ve purchased a permanent life insurance policy that builds a cash value, that cash value will be available to you, subject to any surrender period or other standard policy conditions.
How do I choose the best life insurance policy?
Choosing the best life insurance policy for you depends on your life insurance needs. How much coverage do you need? (Ideally, you’ll get enough to pay off your debts and replace your income, at the very least.) How long do you need it for? Your needs may change once your kids are grown and your home is paid off, for instance. The next question to ask is, how much premium can you afford?
The answers to these questions will help you narrow down whether you need term or permanent life insurance coverage. Term life insurance is designed to last for a specific number of years, such as 30, and then expire. Permanent life insurance is designed to last your entire lifetime, and is therefore more expensive than term. You may also want to combine term and permanent policies to have a higher-coverage term policy during your working years or while you’re raising a family, and then a lower-coverage permanent policy that will kick in once the term coverage expires.
Term policies let you choose the length of the term (a 40-year term is the longest we’ve seen), and often provide the option to convert your term coverage to permanent. Permanent policies have a cash value, which may be accessed via withdrawals and loans.
Once you’ve figured out your budget and the general type of coverage you need, you should begin to get quotes from financially stable companies with track records of good customer satisfaction.
If you want a no-exam life insurance policy, it may be helpful to know that most of the 91 companies we reviewed offer some sort of policy that doesn’t require an exam. You’re best off first finding a good company (or a few you like), and then seeing what kind of policy you can get without an exam. This review and our review of the best life insurance companies of 2022 are both good places to start. And be sure to compare multiple quotes for no-exam life insurance because some policies are cheaper than others (depending on the type of no-exam underwriting used).
How We Chose the Best Life Insurance Companies
In order to compile our list of the best no-medical-exam life insurance companies, we developed a comprehensive life insurance methodology. We started off by researching what consumers want from life insurance companies, and for that, we looked to third-party consumer studies, including J.D. Power’s 2021 U.S. Life Insurance New Business Study and the 2021 Insurance Barometer Study, by Life Happens and LIMRA.
With those findings in mind, we gathered more than 50 data points on 91 life insurance companies, including ratings for financial strength, customer satisfaction, and customer complaints, as well as information about years in business, online tools, no-exam options, dividends, maximum issue ages, and available riders.
Our review process gave preference to companies with solid financials, few customer complaints, high no-exam coverage amounts available, high-issue ages for no-exam coverage, and a broad product portfolio. Companies received ratings boosts for online resources, including online quotes and live chat, and included living benefit riders. We ranked each company according to the following categories and weights.
- 28%: No-med-exam availability and features
- 20% Policy types and features
- 15%: Financial stability
- 15%: Customer satisfaction
- 13%: Ease of application
- 9%: Online resources
To finalize our list, we compared individual offerings between top companies by considering ratings from third parties such as AM Best and J.D. Power, and delving deeper into product specifics—including cost and the availability of dividends. We used this research to determine the best no-medical-exam life insurance companies.
CAT 2022 answers to FAQs
The Common Admission Test (CAT) for admission to postgraduate management programmes is set to be held on November 27. Applicants due to appear for the CAT test must be preparing in full swing. The students will also be provided with CAT mock tests to acquaint them with the online mode of exam.
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As per CAT 202 test pattern, CAT will be held in three shifts of two-hour examination comprising three sections -- Verbal Ability and memorizing Comprehension; Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning. The test will be timed.
Question: Will CAT 2022 be held as an online examination?
Answer: CAT 2022 will be conducted as a digital or computer-based test (CBT) and not an internet-based test (IBT); meaning a candidate will not take the examination on an internet site. Instead of memorizing the questions in a paper booklet and darkening the ovals on the answer-sheet, a candidate will read the questions on a computer terminal in CAT 2022 test and choose an answer by clicking on the correct option.
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Question: Can a candidate take CAT test 2022 from any computer?
Answer: A candidate must take the CAT examination on a computer system assigned at the test centre based on the test cities selected while registering for CAT. The test centre details will be printed on the CAT admit card.
Question: Can CAT 2022 candidates take calculators along with them to the test centre?
Answer: Candidates are prohibited from taking calculators to the testing centre. However, they may use the onscreen calculator that will be available throughout the exam.
Question: Does CAT 2022 have a syllabus for examination preparation?
Answer: No, the CAT examination does not have a defined syllabus for CAT exam. However, you can attempt the mock test to understand the pattern of examination and types of questions.
Question: Who will provide a scribe/reader in case required by a PwD candidate?
Answer: The PwD candidate will have to make arrangements for a scribe. He/she will have to carry the Scribe Affidavit available on the CAT website.
