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Passed CISSP Today Oh boy!!! :(
I am delighted to have passed of course...... 
I passed CISSP exam today after 5 gruelling hours! I'm not sure what to make of it to be honest. It was more a test of my English comprehension skills, than my knowledge of the 10 domains.
I haven't sat an exam yet where the questions were worded in such a way where they were almost opaque. I understand the need to test one's understanding, but at times I found myself laughing at the deliberate ambiguity, (and confusion), of the questions. I had a 50/50 on something like 50% of the questions, so lost heart and began to 'best guess', which doesn't seem right to me.
I should feel elated, but can't help feeling a bit flat as I don't really know what swung it for me. The worst part of this is that if I hadn't have passed, I really don't know how I could have studied any better for a retry.
Onto CISM for December, so we'll see if that feels any fairer......
I passed CISSP exam today after 5 gruelling hours! I'm not sure what to make of it to be honest. It was more a test of my English comprehension skills, than my knowledge of the 10 domains.
I haven't sat an exam yet where the questions were worded in such a way where they were almost opaque. I understand the need to test one's understanding, but at times I found myself laughing at the deliberate ambiguity, (and confusion), of the questions. I had a 50/50 on something like 50% of the questions, so lost heart and began to 'best guess', which doesn't seem right to me.
I should feel elated, but can't help feeling a bit flat as I don't really know what swung it for me. The worst part of this is that if I hadn't have passed, I really don't know how I could have studied any better for a retry.
Onto CISM for December, so we'll see if that feels any fairer......
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5502george
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Congrats!
I agree, I remember telling myself about 3/4 of the way through that if I failed I would not retake the test because all of the studying and memorizing crap only helped for maybe less than 10 percent of the test.
It always makes me cringe when I see people studying 4 or 5 different materials and memorizing pages of info for the test.
I felt the same way after the test. I almost felt that I could have just taken the test with no studying and been in the same boat. Although I will say that studying (however ineffective for the test) did help me in my current job. -
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PabloEscobar
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Congratulations! What materials did you use to study for it? -
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micon55
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Thanks for the replies.
Study materials used:
Eric Conrad, Transcenders, cccure (paid), VCE, loads of youtube videos on weaker areas, some Shon Harris, Combined Notes, McGraw Hill web based practice questions.
I wish I could say which one of the above was most useful, but not one of the above prepared me adequately for the question format.
I followed a pretty standard study path tbh, Eric Conrad book, followed by various test engines. The number one reason I passed was that despite feeling very glum about the experience, I made myself stick it out. It's 6 hours of my life and a lot of money to lose if I gave up.
Especially when I forgot the exam date completely for an earlier booking, but that's another story.
Good luck everyone embarking on this.
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Optionsnawanis
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Test of English, you are dot on it as I am using Wordweb pro to read meaning of words i don't understand in practice questions
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Optionsnawanis
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Any feedback on transcenders? Quality v/s questions on exam?
