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CC Exam Study Group Feb 2026

Pri_essence — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 19:15:40 GMT

Hi, everyone.

I scheduled my exam towards the end of this month, I like buddies that has close date or are on the same journey, so that we can share resources and study time.

Thank you!

Re: CC Exam Study Group Feb 2026

mdouble2 — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 04:49:08 GMT

I have my exam scheduled for next week Friday. I am on the last stages of studying. It's pretty much addressing gaps, and taking practice questions.

If you're in the US, you can take advantage of free LinkedIn Learning and Udemy through your local library. Since I discovered that, I have not had to pay.

My study plan was simple; test after each domain. My practice tests are LinkedIn - all four tests, Udemy Paulo and Andre, and the Pearson Vue test. I took Mike Chapple's course but he skipped over somethings, and ended up finding them out by doing these practice tests.

I tried taking Thor Pederson's course, but couldn't finish it as it was just pure overkill.

Praibh Nair on youtube is good. Professor Messer helped me understand the basics.

I have also discovered keywords and how to associate them when answering questions. My goal is not understand and not to cram.

Know your ports, the OSI model and how it fits on the TC/IP model. Know which devices work on which layer.

Mnemonics also help. For example, Please Do Not Throw Sausage Pizza Away is equal to Physical, Data Link, Network, Transport, Session, Presentation, and Application layers of the OSI from 1-7.

Know the difference between On Prem, IAAS, PAAS, SAAS and how to identify them in a question.

All People Seem To Need Data Processing

Application Presentation Session Transport Data link, Physical OSI 7-1

By taking the tests over and over, I was able to identify my weakest domain and where my confusion of terms were.

I also took exam mode and did not go back on questions to get myself used to CAT format.

Good luck.

I don't know if this helps. I sure can't wait to get this over with.

Re: CC Exam Study Group Feb 2026

Esther17 — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 06:48:47 GMT

Hi Pri essence.

I'm Esther i am also on the same journey as you, can we connect to study together.

Re: CC Exam Study Group Feb 2026

Enoch7 — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 09:51:30 GMT

I have my exams towards the end of month too, we can schedule for virtual classes

Re: CC Exam Study Group Feb 2026

mariag — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 13:28:00 GMT

thanks for sharing your study plan, a bit different here in AUS but I got the linkedin learning access from uni just couldnt find one for udemy.

Re: CC Exam Study Group Feb 2026

Esther17 — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 13:58:00 GMT

Alright Enoch7 how do we go about the time , I'm from Nigeria. Where are you from?

Re: CC Exam Study Group Feb 2026

Pri_essence — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 17:35:12 GMT

Hello Hello @mdouble2 ,

Thank you so much for sharing. I also got Mike Chappel’s material and began the study yesterday from chapter 1. Looks like a lot to cover, but I am keeping the motivation on. I intend to proceed with the test when I have covered enough. Don't know if this is the best practice, but I'm only trying to take it one step at a time, so as not to get overwhelmed.

I just downloaded Praibh Nair's videos on YouTube, as you spoke about. I will watch them tonight. TBVH, I don't know what structure works best, but I will say, I admire your study style— study, then take a test on each domain, brilliant! I think I will adopt this starting today/tomorrow— because I am considering watching Praibh Nair’s Video, tonight, and I could test the domain I complete tonight. Whew!

Also, I have saved all your tips for study.

Thank you once again for sharing! How best do we stay connected? Can you, kindly, share your email address (or any point of contact you are comfortable with) for better communication on how to proceed with the study group?

Re: CC Exam Study Group Feb 2026

Pri_essence — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 17:38:15 GMT

Hello, Esther.
Nice to meet you! Please kindly share your Telegram or email address (or any point of contact you are comfortable with). We could communicate on how to proceed with the study group from there.

Re: CC Exam Study Group Feb 2026

Pri_essence — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 17:39:05 GMT

Hi Hi @Enoch7
Nice to meet you! Please kindly share your Telegram or email address (or any point of contact you are comfortable with). We could communicate on how to proceed with the study group from there.

Re: CC Exam Study Group Feb 2026

Pri_essence — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 17:44:18 GMT

Also, how do I/we go about the LinkedIn practice Test.. Although, I will see if I can figure that out on my own tonight..

Re: CC Exam Study Group Feb 2026

Enoch7 — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 17:48:30 GMT

easowah2@gmail.com or @TruthMediaGh on telegram

Re: CC Exam Study Group Feb 2026

mdouble2 — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 18:29:18 GMT

I believe you can click on my profile to send a private message. I don't want to put my email here. Since my exam is on Friday, it's no use joining a study group for me. One other thing that helped me was AI. I used Claude and asked it to create a study plan for me giving it my exact date. You can use your AI of choice.

I also let it know what Domains I struggled with most. The big Domains were broken into two days for study.

I also plan on writing LinkedIn posts that I think may help anyone taking this exam. I have one scheduled for Tuesday. My next one will be on controls.

One thing I also learnt is to slow down. I am still working on it. So far my my Udemy test started at a 72% for all Domains. A retest at 96% after addressing my gaps. My LinkedIn test was 90%. I did CAT mode not going back.
There are still three more LinkedIn tests. I will take the Pearson Vue prep test close to the exam day.

If you keep testing at 80 or higher in the prep tests, it means you're ready.

Just make sure you understand it.
I also use a lot of Index cards lumping them per domain.

Mnemonics help me quite a bit. For example for Incident Response, I use Please Don't Cry Every Recovery's Long
P Preparation
D Detection
C Containment
E Eradication
R Recovery
L Lessons learned aka Post Incident Activity
Claude gave me that mnemonic when I failed a few questions on Incident response.
There's PAPA for ISC2 Canons and Please Do Not Take Sausage Pizza Away for the OSI model from Layer 1 to 7. And All People Seem To Need Data Processing OSI Layer 7 to 1.

One thing that confused me was the Cloud models. The video below helped me.

https://youtu.be/36zducUX16w?si=pb8NJvySi5K26761

Good luck!

Re: CC Exam Study Group Feb 2026

mdouble2 — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 18:33:45 GMT

Where are you located? If you're the US, you local library probably has a way. Call and ask or go to your local library website.

My local library has a lifelong-learning section. I clicked LinkedIn learning and provided my library card details.

Re: CC Exam Study Group Feb 2026

Pri_essence — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 22:03:59 GMT

Thank you so much for sharing!
I am sure anyone who gets to read this too, will find this helpful. I personally find all your notes and tips helpful. And I understand why the study group will be of no use to you at this point.

I will surely try the private message to see how that works. I wish you the best!

Re: CC Exam Study Group Feb 2026

Pri_essence — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 22:06:22 GMT

I'm located in Nigeria, right now. I am unsure if we have this privilege, but I'll find out tonight 🥹🥹

Re: CC Exam Study Group Feb 2026

Diablobabe — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:39:40 GMT

Mine is the 26th of this month:)
@Enoch7

Re: CC Exam Study Group Feb 2026

eddieowen — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:37:21 GMT

Hi, My exam is also scheduled for end of month. Im going over everything again, watching Prah's videos and will look into prof messer. How do we all connect?

Re: CC Exam Study Group Feb 2026

Enoch7 — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 19:34:30 GMT

oh,that's great. any way forward?

Re: CC Exam Study Group Feb 2026

mdouble2 — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 23:49:47 GMT

I am glad I am done with the exam. I literally just finished moments ago. I underestimated the exam. I passed!!!!!

It was much challenging than expected. Not one single practice test prepared me for this, not Wiley, not LinkedIn, not Udemy, or even Pearson Vue.

Good luck to everyone.

Re: CC Exam Study Group Feb 2026

Pri_essence — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 21:19:25 GMT

Whoosh! Well done @mdouble2.🥹🥹🫂🫂

I bet you did your best! Which is more than enough. Well done once again! 🫂🫂