"All of the above" in the middle of the answers.

x2y2z2

Hi

I have not taken the CISSP exam yet.

I came across a CISSP tests book and found that the answer to some questions is like this.

1. answer a
2. answer b
3. All of the above
4. answer c

Whats does answer 3 "all of the above" mean?
answer a,b,c
OR
answer a,b

It seems like the book says the answer is a,b,c. I would like to confirm if CISSP official test has these kind of patterns?

I had posted one other CISSP question (I am very new to this forum). Surprised to see not even a single answer from this forum I re-read the question today and didn't see any mistakes or anything that would seem inappropriate.

thank you
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dhay13

I can say that I don't remember ever seeing that on any test I have ever taken

trojin

Answer will be a,b and c
This happen as answers are often mixed in positions

cyberguypr

I doubt you would ever see "all of the above" in the real exam stuck in the middle like that. Does not make any sense.

Danielm7

Yep you're most likely looking at a badly formatted practice question, don't get hung up on it.

x2y2z2

Thank you for clarification. I would expect official tests not to have these kind of answers.

There were more than few questions in the test I took had this answer in the middle. It also had "none of the above" in the middle I forgot the name of the source.

chrisone

dhay13 wrote: »

I can say that I don't remember ever seeing that on any test I have ever taken

Agreed never seen any question like that. I used Sybex test questions, CCCure test questions, McGraw Shon Harris test questions, never came across anything like that.

What resource are you using?

E Double U

I'm curious as to what everyone here would choose as the answer if it did end up on a real exam formatted like that.

OctalDump

E Double U wrote: »

I'm curious as to what everyone here would choose as the answer if it did end up on a real exam formatted like that.

Assuming that A+B are both possible correct options, then probably go for 3. Either it is badly formatted and c is a possibly correct answer also, in which case you'd choose 3 hoping that the exam marker knows what is going on, or it isn't badly formatted and c isn't a possibly correct answer, in which case you'd choose 3 because it is technically correct.

If it's just one of a, b or c which is right, then that's easy. The only problem cases would be if it is a+c or b+c.

Also, many of the exams have a way to flag problem questions, so that might be a good thing to do in any case.

paul78

E Double U wrote: »

I'm curious as to what everyone here would choose as the answer if it did end up on a real exam formatted like that.

Ideally, you aren't going to see answer options like that. For question writers, the convention is to provide an answer in the form of "answer a and answer b" versus "all of the above".