Czech Life and Institutions Exam – Specifications

The contents of the Czech Life and Institutions Exam are specified in the Specifications. These Specifications stipulate three areas of knowledge:

• Basic information about Czech life and institutions
• Basic geographical information about the Czech Republic
• Basic historical and cultural information about the Czech Republic

There are a total of 30 specific topics in these three areas. Each test question in the Czech Life and Institutions Exam represents one of these topics (the Czech Life and Institutions Exam contains a total of 30 test questions).

Czech Life and Institutions Exam Topics

Basic information about Czech life and institutions

1. Customs and traditions
2. Transport
3. Health and emergency system
4. Education
5. Political system
6. Legislative and executive power
7. Judiciary and civic protection
8. Elections
9. Basic legal terms, administrative and criminal law
10. Civil law
11. Family law
12. Currency and banking system
13. Tax system
14. Social security
15. Employment
16. Business

Basic geographical information about the Czech Republic

1. Location, area and natural conditions
2. Nature and landscape
3. Regions and places
4. Environmental protection
5. Socio-cultural contexts
6. Socio-economic contexts
7. International contexts

Basic historical and cultural information about the Czech Republic

1. Middle Ages
2. Modern Period
3. History of Czechoslovakia until 1948
4. History of Czechoslovakia from 1948 to 1989
5. History of the Czech Republic from 1989
6. Important people from the 19^th century to the present
7. Art from the Middle Ages to the present