system-analysts: a 2026 exam preparation library for the Chinese system analyst certification

What the repository is: an index of files, not a course

There is no software here. The project is a study resource library for the Chinese senior system analyst certification, the advanced track of the national computing qualification examination often called the software exam. The repository description calls it the most comprehensive preparation library on the web for the 2026 session. What it actually contains is a directory tree of files, mostly PDFs, plus a set of video folders and some documents, and the value is entirely in the breadth of past material: video lectures, real exam papers with explanations from 2009 onward, textbooks with full guidance, essay samples and templates, lecture notes, mock papers, answer sheets and miscellaneous revision aids. The homepage for the project is ruankaodaren.com. For an engineer who already works in systems analysis or enterprise architecture and needs past papers and model answers, that collection is the point. For someone who wants a structured path with feedback, there is no curriculum here.

The paid portal is now part of the workflow

The repository used to be free and is not any more, and the announcement is the first thing a reader sees. A notice states that the project has been maintained free of charge since 2020 and has helped more than 80,000 people sit the exam. It then says that from 11 March 2024 the materials are no longer shared free on the WeChat public account, and readers who want the latest complete set are pointed to a link at 91ke.cn. The archive therefore splits into two halves: the historical corpus that stays in git, and the current video and textbook set that lives behind that link. The repository also promotes a WeChat public account named CTO for exam material, with the keyword to reply with to receive free preparation resources. Anyone auditing this project should keep that commercial structure in view, because it explains why the folder tree and the file names do not always agree with what is actually present.

Twelve numbered folders cover the full exam format

The directory listing is organised around the exam itself rather than around a course. Folder 00 is a practice app that is labelled free and strongly recommended, then 01 holds video tutorials for the October 2026 intake and 02 holds exam papers from 2025 back to 2009 with their explanations. Folder 03 breaks the historical papers down by chapter, and 04 holds textbooks with complete guidance. Folders 05 to 09 cover essays with model answers and writing guidance, core knowledge point explanations, mock papers and the computer-based examination walkthrough with mock runs. Folder 10 is the pre-course introduction to the qualification with exam dates, and 11 covers the 2026 real-name verification operation procedure and the common questions around it. The ordering follows a candidate's actual path: understand the exam, watch the lectures, drill the papers, then sit the mock exams.

The paper archive is the part that stays put

Inside the 2026 edition of the resource set, the past papers are listed by session, running from the second half of 2024 back through the first half of 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017, plus a folder of classified detailed explanations. The archive is what makes the repository more than a link farm. Every one of those folders carries the same three-part structure: the comprehensive knowledge section, the case analysis section and the essay writing section, and each part has its own answer sheet template, so a candidate can time a full paper and practise the answer layout the examiner expects. That last point is not obvious from a list of PDFs. The answer card templates are listed as separate items for the comprehensive knowledge, case analysis and essay sections, and a candidate who has never sat the exam in China will find that the form itself carries marks.

Mock papers, textbooks and essay templates are all in the archive

The mock paper set is extensive enough to matter for time management. Ten numbered mock papers are listed as separate files, and each year of the exam has a full simulated paper split into the same three parts: comprehensive knowledge, essay writing and case analysis, for 2024, followed by numbered mock papers one through ten for the practice papers. The textbook folder holds a full exam guidance PDF, a complete edition of the standard system analyst textbook by Zhang Yousheng, a complete textbook with bookmarks, and a collection of analyses and answers to papers from 2009 to 2024. The essay folder is organised as excellent reference essays, a general purpose template, model essays, reference material and a video on essay writing. The knowledge point material is where the condensed revision sits, including a four page pre-exam sheet and an important-points document, and there is a copyable version of the textbook for people who want searchable text rather than a scanned PDF.

The licence and the file contents are two different questions

The repository carries an Apache-2.0 licence file, and the metadata records the same. That is a reasonable choice for a repository that mixes documentation, guides and original notes. It is less clear how it maps onto a directory that mostly redistributes published textbooks and past papers, since those are third-party works rather than contributions to the repository, and the standard text of Apache-2.0 says the licence applies to the work the licensor distributes. This is not a legal question with a clean answer, and it is not one to resolve from the file listing alone. The practical advice is narrow and specific: treat the original material written for this project, such as the exam introduction, the chapter breakdowns and the study guidance documents, as the part covered by the stated licence, and check separately before you redistribute the commercial textbooks or redistribute the scanned paper compilations. Anyone building a commercial course on top of this archive needs that question answered first.

A maintained archive with no versioning and no tooling

The state of the repository is what you would expect from a personal study project rather than an engineered one. There are twelve numbered folders, a LICENSE file, a README and a .gitattributes file, and there is no build system, no test suite, no issue tracker convention and no package manifest. The language of the repository is not recorded as any particular programming language, which is consistent with a collection of PDFs and documents. Maintenance happens through pushes rather than releases: the project has no GitHub releases and no tagged versions, so there is no changelog to read and nothing to pin. The last push was on 2026-10-08, and the naming of the folders carries dates, with the video folder for the October 2026 intake and the paper folder covering 2025 back to 2009. The one inconsistency worth flagging is between the two versions of the table of contents in the same README, where the summary lists the video material as the November 2026 set while the folder it refers to is labelled October 2026, which tells you the summary text is written by hand and can drift from the disk.

Editorial conclusion

This repository suits a candidate who wants the archive of past papers, mock exams and answer sheets in one place and is comfortable following a link to the paid portal for the current video and textbook set, and it does not suit someone looking for an offline, self-contained curriculum or for a course with any instructor contact. Verify three things before you rely on it: whether the files you need sit in the archive rather than behind the paid link, whether the exam sitting you are preparing for is covered by the papers listed, and what the Apache-2.0 licence actually covers when the repository is mostly third-party PDFs. The last push was on 2026-10-08 and the repository has no tagged releases.

Frequently asked questions

Official sources

1. Issues
2. License: Apache-2.0
3. Project website
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5. xiaomabenten/system-analysts on GitHub