Candidates must have a minimum of five years cumulative, full-time experience in two or more of the eight domains of the current CISSP Exam Outline. Earning a post-secondary degree (bachelors or masters) in computer science, information technology (IT) or related fields may satisfy up to one year of the required experience or an additional credential from the ISC2 approved list may satisfy up to one year of the required experience. Part-time work and internships may also count towards the experience requirement.
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I just took the CISSP exam yesterday (April 9, 2019) and EVEN THOUGH THIS WEBSITE says I would receive my score, I did not receive it.
ISC2, can you please provide my score or take that page down from your website?
You only receive a pass or fail for the exam. Been like this for as long as I can remember and before even that time. Reason has been understood that when you pass, that's it. The exam is difficult enough for most that no one needs to hear that such-and-such passed with a 90 percent when the next person barely squeaked by.
Can you imagine adding such to a hiring filter? Requirements: Must have passed the CISSP with a minimum score of 87 percent to be considered. Great. Now bring proof of your passing grade on the exam. Either your certified or you are not. No sense on including bragging rights or marginalizing the passing of the exam.
This is one thing I dislike from other certifications and comes up in conversation far too often. I don't care that you passed the Security+ in 40 minutes and missed 4 questions. I passed in much less time and missed one, type of conversation. Really pointless.
ISACA gives you a score, but its hard to understand where it came from, as its not a 1-100 scale. They do recognize the highest scorers in different regions for each score period (you can only take their tests during certain windows each year).
SANS/GIAC tells you your score. You need to get a certain score to pass the tests (each is a little different). But if you score a higher you can then teach the class, and if a 90%, join the GIAC Advisory Board.
Now, having both ISACA and SANS/GIAC certs, I don't recall anyone talking about their scores or anyone asking for our scores. That we had the certs was enough. If ISC2 doesn't want to give out scores, that's fine with me.
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.
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