Is CompTIA still concerned about braindumps?

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CompTIA certainly used to care about braindumps. They would go crazy about it.
But today, there are websites that give away braindump PDFs for free. These sites have been around for years. Out of curiosity, I did a whois on such a website. To my surprise, the domain information is not even hidden. The full address, and phone number, is given, and it's in the USA. These braindump PDFs are also sold on ebay for $5. Other websites post the QnA online and allow you take a practice exam. If you can remember about 5 exact words, in sequence, from a CompTIA exam you took recently, google it, I'll bet you find the QnA online.
It is my understanding that Sybex practice exam books give exact questions, exact answers, and full explanations to the questions that are on the exam.
I studied hard for my certs. Now CompTIA seems unconcerned with braindumps being distributed everywhere.
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AverageJoe CISM, CDPSE, CISSP, SSCP, CYSA+, SEC+, NET+, A+, LINUX+, PROJECT+ Member Posts: 307 ■■■■□□□□□□
walterbyrd said:CompTIA certainly used to care about braindumps. They would go crazy about it....
It is my understanding that Sybex practice exam books give exact questions, exact answers, and full explanations to the questions that are on the exam.
That is NOT my understanding of Sybex books. I've used Sybex to study for several certs over the years and I have never felt like they mirrored the exams. In a couple of cases I thought just the opposite, that they didn't provide the right kind of information to get me even in the ballpark. Others have been much closer. But never exact.
What Sybex and others do usually say is that they cover 100% of the exam objectives. That's not near the same thing as providing actual test questions. -
JDMurray MSIT InfoSec, CISSP, SSCP, GSEC, EnCE, C|EH, CySA+, PenTest+, CASP+, Security+ Surf City, USAAdmin Posts: 12,035 Admin
All of those off-shore **** sites are selling phony info and retired exam items that were dumped long ago. Some of them are also collecting payment card info too.
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walterbyrd said:CompTIA certainly used to care about braindumps. They would go crazy about it.It is my understanding that Sybex practice exam books give exact questions, exact answers, and full explanations to the questions that are on the exam.Now CompTIA seems unconcerned with braindumps being distributed everywhere.
I have used Sybex material to prepare for (ISC)2 exams and they did not provide exact QAEs from the exam.Alphabet soup from (ISC)2, ISACA, GIAC, EC-Council, Microsoft, ITIL, Cisco, Scrum, and more.
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cyberguypr Senior Member Mod Posts: 6,915 Mod
You are always welcome to report those sites here: https://www.comptia.org/testing/testing-policies-procedures/test-policies/unauthorized-training-materials -
trojin Member Posts: 195 ■■■■□□□□□□
walterbyrd said:CompTIA certainly used to care about braindumps. They would go crazy about it.But today, there are websites that give away braindump PDFs for free. These sites have been around for years. Out of curiosity, I did a whois on such a website. To my surprise, the domain information is not even hidden. The full address, and phone number, is given, and it's in the USA. These braindump PDFs are also sold on ebay for $5. Other websites post the QnA online and allow you take a practice exam. If you can remember about 5 exact words, in sequence, from a CompTIA exam you took recently, google it, I'll bet you find the QnA online.It is my understanding that Sybex practice exam books give exact questions, exact answers, and full explanations to the questions that are on the exam.I studied hard for my certs. Now CompTIA seems unconcerned with braindumps being distributed everywhere.
BTW passed 5 of 6 last CempTIA betasI'm just doing my job, nothing personal, sorry -
walterbyrd Member Posts: 39 ■■■□□□□□□□
Congrats on passing those beta exams, you are doing better than I am at that.
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charismaticx Sec+ GSEC GCED GCIH CEH CySA GSNA CASP PenTest + GCIA Linux + AWS CCP CISM GPEN GCWN GSLC Member Posts: 147 ■■■■□□□□□□
That’s actually pretty ingenious on taking those beta exams.Goals: AWS Solutions Architect; OSCP; GPYC; GSE; CISSP -
trojin Member Posts: 195 ■■■■□□□□□□
charismaticx said:That’s actually pretty ingenious on taking those beta exams.
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I'm just doing my job, nothing personal, sorry