Passed GCED
Megadeth4168
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Just passed the GCED. I found the exam to be fairly easy, with a hint of challenge thrown in. I made a 30 page index, which I referred to for probably 30 questions, either in the notes column or by flipping to that page in my books. A few of the questions I referred to my index for were ones that I already had the correct answer selected, just had some odd moments of doubt that I don't normally have when taking a closed-book exam.
Prior to taking the exam, I took the 2 practice attempts, the first time closed-book and the second time open-book. I passed both attempts and honestly I never cracked the book on the second practice test, I refereed to my index notes a couple times.
On the real attempt, I did have a few questions I for sure would have gotten wrong if I had not used my index to go and look at the specific text in the book, it is helpful to have a detailed index.
Honestly, all I did for study was (a) attend the SANS course, (b) index my books, and (c) take the 2 practice tests GIAC provides.
One more interesting thing I noticed... I spent over 2 hours on the real exam attempt and only about an hour on each practice test attempt. I think the open-book format throws me off a bit.
Prior to taking the exam, I took the 2 practice attempts, the first time closed-book and the second time open-book. I passed both attempts and honestly I never cracked the book on the second practice test, I refereed to my index notes a couple times.
On the real attempt, I did have a few questions I for sure would have gotten wrong if I had not used my index to go and look at the specific text in the book, it is helpful to have a detailed index.
Honestly, all I did for study was (a) attend the SANS course, (b) index my books, and (c) take the 2 practice tests GIAC provides.
One more interesting thing I noticed... I spent over 2 hours on the real exam attempt and only about an hour on each practice test attempt. I think the open-book format throws me off a bit.
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Is there any way I could borrow your index and I could e-mail you mine as well to see if i'm doing it right etc. This has been giving me anxiety for months now and I'm not sure what else to do.