Competence in Software Technology (CST) Examination Introduction Programmes Eligibility Examination Application Procedure Syllabus

All candidates must be seated in the examination hall half an hour before the commencement of the examination. Candidates should bring with them their hall ticket, 2B pencils, a sharpener and a good quality eraser.

 •  The duration of each paper will be 1 hour.
 •  All questions will be of multiple-choice type with 4 alternative answers.
 •  Each correct answer will carry 3 marks.
 •  Each wrong answer will carry 1 negative mark.
 •  If more than one choice is marked, the answer will be treated as wrong.
 •  Unanswered questions will not carry any marks.
 •  All questions are to be answered by choosing the most suitable of the given alternatives. If the candidate feels that the exact answer is not given in the alternatives, he/she should choose the best available answer.
 •  It is likely that candidates may not find enough time to answer all questions. Since all questions are not of the same level of complexity, it is advisable to attempt the easier questions first. Failure to do so is the most common cause of poor performance.
 •  Use of calculators, slide rules, log tables or any other arithmetic aids is not permitted. Books, notes, etc. are also not allowed.
 •  No clarifications will be given during the examination. 
 •  Use of pagers and cell phones is strictly prohibited inside the examination hall. These should be in the power-off mode.

All candidates who appear for the CST examination will be given score reports indicating their performance in the examination. The score report will indicate the Absolute marks, Percentile and Standardised Score that a candidate has obtained in each paper as well as the candidate’s Overall Percentile. Absolute marks of less than 10 in a paper will not be specified in the score report, but will be indicated as "Below 10''. Similarly, a Percentile or Standardised Score of less than 30 will be indicated as "Below 30''. The Standardised Score of over 100 will be truncated to 100.

CST scores are valid for 2 years from the date of examination. For employment, only current CST exam scores will be applicable. Candidates who have appeared for the CST examination earlier and want to improve their scores can do so by taking the entire examination again. The Standardised Score (not the Absolute score) is used for comparison. If the Standardised Score of the previous examination is higher than the Standardised Score of the current examination, the Standardised Score of the previous examination will be considered.

Examination Centres

Following are the cities where examination will be held:

Allahabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Thane, Thiruvananthpuram and Visakhapatnam. In some cities there may be more than one centre. 

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In some cities there may be more than one centre. Allotment of centres will be made on a first-come-first-served basis subject to availability of seats.