Free Practice Questions for Državni ispit

Državni ispit is the statutory State Examination regulated by the Zakon o državnim službenicima (NN 155/23, 85/24) and Pravilnik o polaganju državnog ispita (NN 45/24, 64/24, 151/24). It applies to civil servants and other candidates when a special regulation requires the exam.

Under Article 99 of the Zakon o državnim službenicima, a civil servant who is required to pass must do so within one year from the start of work stated in the appointment decision. Trainees (vježbenici) may sit at the earliest three months before their 12-month probation ends. The employing public body's designated coordinator submits the application through ADI; this is not a general public walk-in registration. The Act also provides exemptions, including for a person who has passed the bar examination.

Under Article 100 of the Act and Article 5 of the Pravilnik, Level I is required for positions requiring completed secondary school education (level 4.1 or 4.2 HKO) or master-craftsman/short vocational study (level 5 HKO). Level II is required for positions requiring undergraduate, graduate, or integrated university/professional study (level 6 or 7 HKO). Level I consists of 120 questions (20 per subject, 150 min), whereas Level II consists of 180 questions (30 per subject, 210 min).

The exam covers six statutory subjects defined by the Ispitni katalog: (1) Constitutional system, access to information and non-discrimination; (2) System of state administration; (3) Civil service relations and civil service ethics; (4) System of local and regional self-government; (5) Foundations of the European Union; and (6) Foundations of administrative procedure, administrative disputes, and office management.

Under Article 36 of the Pravilnik, each correct answer is worth one point. A candidate passes only if they score at least 50% in EACH of the six individual subjects: at least 10 out of 20 points per subject on Level I (overall minimum 60/120), and at least 15 out of 30 points per subject on Level II (overall minimum 90/180). Scoring below 50% in even one subject results in a failing grade.

Under Article 10 of the Pravilnik amendments (NN 151/24, effective 1 January 2025), a candidate who fails exactly one subject has the right to a supplementary re-sit (popravni ispit) in that subject. The popravni ispit contains 20 questions (25 min) for Level I, or 30 questions (35 min) for Level II, and requires at least 50% to pass. A candidate may attempt the state examination a maximum of three times.

Under the Decision of the Minister of Justice, Public Administration and Digital Transformation of 24 December 2024 (KLASA: 133-01/24-01/60), the fee for the full exam is €30.00, and the popravni ispit fee is €5.00. First attempts are covered by the state budget for state bodies, while public bodies that are not budget users pay the fee; candidates pay personally for second and third attempts.

The official catalogue and application materials reviewed for this page are published in Croatian; MPUDT does not state an explicit permitted-language rule on the cited exam pages. The official assessment is already four-option MCQ. This bank is independent English-language practice for the published topics, preserves essential Croatian legal terms, and is neither an official translation nor a claim of exact equivalence to the ADI examination.