Cissp Practice Questions By Domain

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ForIT professionals whose background may be more focused on hardware and software, the world of cybersecurity, risk management and compliance can be new, and sometimes challenging, territory. As opposed to the muscle-memory tasks like firewall configuration or patch deployment, the skills needed to navigate the shifting, strategic concepts of risk and compliance uses a different part of your brain. But these areas are critical for building a security program in any organization, from small businesses to global enterprises.

Planning to take the CISSP exam and obtain certification? Test your knowledge of Domain 1 with this practice quiz, comprising five multiple-choice questions and 10 true/false questions on key concepts, vocabulary and principles of cybersecurity, risk management, compliance and more.

Hi All!

I'm wondering what the typical number of questions a test taker ACTUALLY sees when taking the exam. I'm confident people on these threads know they will see somewhere between 100 and 150 questions, but what's the typical number of questions most test takers have answer before seeing whether they've passed or failed? I've seen some people say they've passed in 100, I've seen some people say they saw all 150 questions and passed, and I've seen everything in between.

So what's the average number of test questions people actually see before their exam ends? This helps people understand how well they're doing during the exam. Is answering only 100 question unusual? How common is it to see 150? If your'e taking the exam, should you start getting concerned because you're at question 130 and you know most people pass by now, or should you feel OK since you know most people will see about that many questions?

For what it's worth, I passed the exam at 107 questions. I didn't know if I should be worried when I started answering questions in the 100+ range.

The CISSP exam is a Computer Adaptive Test (CAT) that adjusts with the test taker along the way. As a candidate answers test questions correctly or incorrectly, it formulates whether to ask more or fewer questions within a domain to validate mastery of the concepts. If one proves mastery within a domain, the exam calculates proficiency for that domain. If all domains are scored proficient before the 150 question mark, the exam will end. Candidates are not required to have the same proficiency across all domains, but once the threshold is met for passing (700), the exam will end.

Candidates should not worry too much about approaching the 150 question mark, as there may only be a couple of domains the CAT is still calculating proficiency on. A candidate could test poorly in one domain but still pass the exam. There are a number of unscored questions on the exam that are evaluated statistically for quality and validity as part of the (ISC)2 continual improvement process. These items do not affect a candidate's score in any way. Including those unscored questions, the minimum amount of questions a candidate would see on an exam is 100, and the maximum would be 150.

100 question boundary and I was little bit relaxed that I am still in the race But I crossed 110 question , 120 question , 130 questions and I was almost running out of time and it was keep on going but as earlier someone mentioned on reddit that keep calm and keep focusing on right answer and I was exactly following the same. But My exam went till 150 question and my time was exactly over at 150th question. I felt very nervous since exam got ended due to time and I was not sure if I passed or Failed. The exam is 3 hours long and I finished with exactly at 3 hours.

I just passed today and I thought I was 100% positive I just answered question 94 and looked up at the time and it said 68 minutes and thought wow I better pick up the pace because I won't make 150, I clicked next and the screen changed to - You have completed the test.

Clearly there is not a "perfect" answer, as far as you managed to pass the exam. Actually, my experience and from what I read in forums, once you finish it, you do not know if you passed it or not until you get your printed results.

In my case, I took all the required time to complete the exam, and when I finished it, I still have 49 questions to the 150 and only 50minutes to go. But I was lucky and the exam just finished, at 101 questions... lucky me.

It's based on the candidate's total overall score. You can be strong in some domains, and weak in others, just as long as your scaled score adds up to 700 then you're good to go. We all have our strengths and weaknesses...just be competent (devote more study time in your weak areas) in all areas and you should be fine.

Having said the aforementioned, I'd advise knowing as much material as possible for the exam, and being competent in all the domains. So many of the questions involve multiple domains concepts, and it's up to the candidate to decompose the problem(s) they're being asked to solve, and often provide the BEST answer. Don't expect to completely suck at Applications Security and Data Security, for example, and have enough wiggle room to pass. Again, be competent in all domains...even your weak ones.

I passed the ISSAP and CCSP exams back in January and February, and I felt comfortable with all the materials on the test - no surprises! I have six ICS2 certifications and, while we all enjoy passing, I've never liked not being provided with a scored exam report. This is different than ISACA who provides ALL exam takers (whether you pass or fail) with a scored report: overall weighted score (which is used for pass/fail) and by domain.

For example, some years ago I passed the CISA exam with a scaled score of 569 (needed a 450). It was invaluable to look at how I scored in each of the five domains for myriad reasons. First, when I was doing auditing and security assessments, someone else led the overall IT Auditing team, while I handled everything related to security (architecture, engineering, operations, controls, etc.). Sure, I'd help out with unique systems (e.g., mainframe, IoT, cloud) and other stuff from time-to-time, but mainly stayed in my lane.

So imagine my surprise when I saw that--while I passed-- I scored only 442 (below the 450 overall minimum) in the Information Systems Operations and Business Resilience domain. WTF?, I KNOW security operations and business continuity and disaster recovery...so this had me perplexed, especially when I scored 681 in Asset Protection and 659 in IT Governance.

It later occurred to me that I was answering these "Best" and "Next" type domain questions from the perspective of a Security Operations guy supporting BC/DR and not a Business Owner's perspective supporting BC/DR. It was nice to know how well I performed on the exam, and a nice lesson-learned.

Finally, I approached the CCSP as being an Enterprise/Cloud Security Architect type being asked to solve problems and make business recommendations. Good luck!

I am averaging 65% to 75% on the pocket prep questions, but realise they are not similar to the actual CCSP exam questions which has me concerned. I find the ISC2 questions very fluffy, flaky, broad, vague and more like a word / English comprehension test. But then ISC argue 70% of people pass so no excuses I guess

It is good to know that I can pass with an overall score of 70% rather than failing because of one weak domain. I mean your right we all struggle in one domain at least. I just wish ISC would publish pass or fail the areas that need improvement rather than just give you a useless sheet of paper than says your proficiency level with no indication other than that

In all honesty I really despise these ISC exams. Although appreciate people can and do pass at the 70% mark so in all fairness I will try my best tomorrow. The annoying thing is its a "theory test" and does not reflect the true reality of the complex IT Security world

Nice! How did you feel when you the "Submit" button? I felt confident that I aced my recent battery of exams, but I gotta admit there's always that "period of fear, uncertainty, and doubt" when you hit that submit button, and complete the survey, prior to be served results. Again, congrats!

Here is a free quiz! This will give you an idea of the type of questions we have and the difficulty level we strive for at CISSPrep. Note: this quiz resembles our "EXAMS" which are timed, just like the real exam. Our Domain Quizzes are not timed. You will have about 90 seconds per question, so choose carefully!

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