Taking CAS-002 Saturday and starting to panic

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am taking CAS-002 on Saturday. I'm trying to cram it in before it expires in Oct. I had originally scheduled it for 9/8, but decided to move it up.
I've been studying since I finished CySA+ in April, and before that I obtained Sec+ summer of 2017. I have watched the Plural Sight course multiple times, I've watched Cybrary's videos multiple times, I've also crammed in some of the Udemy course, and I've read the Pearson book and done the end of chapter questions. I'm currently skimming back through it again to cover key topics. I listen to the various videos from Plural Sight and Cybrary on my commute.
I do the frigging pocket prep questions multiple times a day. I've nailed the Pearson book additional questions, but then I totally bombed on DG's CASP questions which absolutely has crushed my soul.
I honestly feel like I'm totally burnt out on this exam and studying for it.
I have been reading just some absolute horror stories about this test and how hard it is, and how none of these practice tests come close to the actual test questions. I feel like I know the concept and materials, but for some reason I feel like I struggle applying them to situations.
I went into CySA+ not feeling good, and passed, but I'm going into CASP feeling crushed already.
I've been studying since I finished CySA+ in April, and before that I obtained Sec+ summer of 2017. I have watched the Plural Sight course multiple times, I've watched Cybrary's videos multiple times, I've also crammed in some of the Udemy course, and I've read the Pearson book and done the end of chapter questions. I'm currently skimming back through it again to cover key topics. I listen to the various videos from Plural Sight and Cybrary on my commute.
I do the frigging pocket prep questions multiple times a day. I've nailed the Pearson book additional questions, but then I totally bombed on DG's CASP questions which absolutely has crushed my soul.
I honestly feel like I'm totally burnt out on this exam and studying for it.
I have been reading just some absolute horror stories about this test and how hard it is, and how none of these practice tests come close to the actual test questions. I feel like I know the concept and materials, but for some reason I feel like I struggle applying them to situations.
I went into CySA+ not feeling good, and passed, but I'm going into CASP feeling crushed already.
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How did you do? Did you take it today or are you taking it Saturday, September 1?
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Honestly, my studying habits are erratic as can be. I usually start off reading the written material first, then I move to video material. I read the CASP book then watch the Plural Sight video series, then Cybrary video series.
I also was constantly doing practice questions on my phone whenever I had downtime. After I did all the material I REDID the Cybrary videos over and over. I would pretty much play those videos as background noise whenever I could including while I was cooking, during my long commute.
I also broke my normal protocol of NOT studying the day before, but I did a last minute cram the day before. I basically just reread the key exam tips in the books and the end of chapter summary and important topics.
Honestly, when I went into the exam I didn't expect to pass at all. The exam was extremely hard, but the questions were pretty straightforward which I thought made things a little easier.
I'd say CASP was not so much memorization as it was knowing what to do in a certain circumstance. Of course, knowing acronyms is essential to understanding many of the questions. The questions were much more than knowing the definition of something. Almost all the questions were given as a scenario and you had to choose the best resolution to that scenario of the multichoice options. I'm not talking like "so and so's PC is infected with malware what do you do first?" The situations were very detailed and complex. The test is a mix of technical and management so then other questions involved calculating ROI, SLE, ALE, ARO etc.
I was sure I had failed it. It is an extremely hard test.
You're right about mindset, which is really screwing me up with CISSP. Sec+, CySA+ and CASP have a large degree of technicality to them, but CISSP is supposed to be more management. So everything I read about CISSP is "approach it as a management person, not as the fix it person." I'm having a hard time with that when it comes to answering the questions.
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had to break the link up in order to post it but that's a good explanation of ROI.
okay so basicaly just do practice questions and use a video series to tie it all together ...cool thanks again man