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The following is a comprehensive list of CAP® exam-related resources, including the CAP Study Guide.

Key: Domain I: Calibration; Domain II: Loop Checking; Domain III: Troubleshooting; Domain IV: Start-Up; Domain V: Maintenance/Repair; Domain VI: Project Organization; Domain VII: Administration

Publication Title Domain
1 2 3 4 5 6
Advanced Control Foundation: Tools, Techniques, and Applications   X X   X X
Applying Manufacturing Execution Systems X          
A Guide to the Automation Book of Knowledge, Third Edition X X X X X X
CAP Study Guide X X X X X X
Control System Design Guide, Third Edition X   X      
Control System Safety Evaluation and Reliability, Third Edition       X    
Electrical Instruments in Hazardous Locations, Fourth Edition   X X   X  
Fundamentals of Industrial Control, Second Edition X X     X  
GAMP Good Practice Guide: Validation of Process Control Systems   X X     X
Good Tuning: A Pocket Guide X       X  
Industrial Control Electronics, Second Edition X   X   X  
Instrument Engineers' Handbook, Volume 3: Process Software and Digital Networks, Fourth Edition X   X X X X
Internetworking with TCP/IP Vol.1: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture, Fourth Edition       X    
Motors & Drives: A Practical Technology Guide, Second Edition     X   X  
NFPA 79 - Electrical Standard for Industrial Machinery     X   X X
Practical Project Management - Learning to Manage the Professional, Second Edition X X       X
Practical SCADA for Industry       X X  
Principles and Practices of Automatic Process Control, Second Edition X         X
Programming Industrial Control Systems Using IEC 1131-3     X X    
Safety Instrumented Systems: Design, Analysis, and Justification, Second Edition X X     X X
Safety Integrity Level Selection - Systematic Methods Including Layer of Protection Analysis     X   X  
Successful Instrument and Control System Design, Second Edition X X X X X  
The New Rational Manager X       X  
Troubleshooting: A Technician's Guide, Second Edition           X
Understanding Distributed Processor Systems for Control       X    
ANSI/ISA-5.1-2024, Instrumentation and Control – Symbols and Identification     X X    
ANSI/ISA-61511-1-2018 / IEC 61511-1:2016+AMD1:2017 CSV, Functional Safety – Safety Instrumented Systems for the Process Industry Sector – Part 1: Framework, definitions, system, hardware and application programming requirements (IEC 61511-1:2016+AMD1:2017     X      
ANSI/ISA-61511-2-2018 / IEC 61511-2:2016, Functional Safety – Safety Instrumented Systems for the Process Industry Sector – Part 2: Guidelines for the application of IEC 61511-1:2016 (IEC 61511-2:2016, IDT)     X      
ANSI/ISA-61511-3-2018 / IEC 61511-3:2016, Functional Safety – Safety Instrumented Systems for the Process Industry Sector – Part 3: Guidance for the determination of the required safety integrity levels (IEC 61511-3:2016, IDT)     X      
ANSI/ISA-88.00.01-2010, Batch Control – Part 1: Models and Terminology     X      
ISA-88.00.03-2003, Batch Control – Part 3: General and Site Recipe Models and Representation     X      
ANSI/ISA-95.00.01-2010 (IEC 62264-1 Mod), Enterprise-Control System Integration – Part 1: Models and Terminology X          
ANSI/ISA-TR99.00.01-2007, Security Technologies for Industrial Automation and Control Systems       X