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IPA FE Subject A 2025

Questions IPA Japan published in 令和7年度 基本情報技術者試験 科目A 公開問題, translated into English, with IPA's answers. ITPEC is based on the same exams, so they are good practice for ITPEC too.

Question 1

In natural language processing using a large language model, which of the following is the most appropriate description concerning fine-tuning that is performed on a pre-trained model?

Question 2

Which of the following is an explanation of the rounding error in the result of an operation on numeric values represented in floating-point format?

Question 3

The tree structure in the figure is a binary search tree. Which of the following is the appropriate relationship in magnitude among the values of a through g? Here, no two of the values of a through g are the same.

abcdefg
Question 4

There is a device with an MTBF of 4,000 hours and an MTTR of 1,000 hours. Over the next 6 years, the plan is to improve the MTBF by 100 hours every year compared with the previous year through preventive maintenance, and to improve the MTTR by 100 hours every year compared with the previous year through remote maintenance. What is the availability after 6 years have elapsed?

Question 5

Which of the following is an explanation of software development using a low-code development tool?

Question 6

Which of the following is the SELECT statement that gives the same result as the SQL statement for the “Product” table?

Product

ProductIDProductNameSupplierIDUnitPrice
S001RefrigeratorM001155,000
S002DishwasherM00285,000
S003Microwave ovenM00378,000
S004Rice cookerM00332,000
S005Coffee makerM00415,000
S006Hot plateM00412,000
[SQL statement]
SELECT * FROM Product WHERE SupplierID IN ('M002', 'M004')
Question 7

When 1 Gbyte of video data was downloaded using a 40 Mbit/s line, it took 5 minutes. Approximately what is the line utilization rate in percentage in this case? Here, during the download, control information of 20% is added to the video data.

Question 8

When HTTP and HTTPS are compared, which of the following shows a characteristic that only HTTPS has?

Question 9

Which of the following corresponds to the compromise of cryptography?

Question 10

Same question on ITPEC: Oct 2022 Q44

Which of the following is an explanation of WAF?

Questions 11–20
Question 11

Which of the following is a characteristic of an entity in the E-R model?

Question 12

Among the characteristics of object-oriented programming, what is the term for enabling different behaviors according to the class being operated on, when objects of different classes are operated through the same interface?

Question 13

In Scrum, which is one of the agile development methods, who has the role of deciding the content and the order of the product backlog items?

Question 14

The figure shows activities A through I of a project and the number of days required for each activity. What is the minimum number of days required for this project?

A3B6C8D6I5F14G11E5H15StartEndLegendActivity nameNumber ofdays required: Dummy activity
Question 15

Among the situations identified by performing an information security audit of the status of physical security measures for a server room in light of the Information Security Management Standards (2016), which of the following should the auditor record in the audit report as a finding?

Question 16

Which of the following is an analysis technique that is one of the techniques of data mining and discovers combinations of “products that are bought together” from accumulated data such as POS data?

Question 17

When a generative AI service on the Internet is used, in which of the following cases is setting an opt-out effective?

Question 18

In a merchandise sales business, which of the following is a measure necessary for making the long tail successful as a business?

Question 19

A coffee shop is to be opened under the conditions in the table. In order to make a profit of 100,000 yen a month, how many customers on average per seat per day are required?

Sales per customer500 yen
Variable cost per customer100 yen
Fixed cost300,000 yen/month
Number of business days in a month20 days
Number of seats10 seats
Question 20

Which of the following is an explanation of carbon footprint?

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