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Boson practice exam

Gerald-victor — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 14:39:54 GMT

Dear all,

I have been preparing myself to give the CISSP exam for some months now. I have done the entire study based on online class training, referred to the Sybex Official study guide, & Sybex practice tests. Some of my friends have adviced me to take up the Boson practice exam (750 Questions) to really judge if I am all good and ready to take the plunge into the real exam.

I am told, this test is a near equal to the actual exam and better than any other practice test thats currently available in the market today. I look forward to take your candid opinion, if this is a 'definite must' for anyone preparing for the CISSP exam or this is just another couple of practice questions, which wouldnt really matter if I didnt sign up for it. Thanks in anticipation for your guidance and advice. Cheers

Re: Boson practice exam

rslade — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 14:56:51 GMT

@Gerald-victor wrote:
Some of my friends have adviced me to take up the Boson practice exam (750 Questions) to really judge if I am all good and ready to take the plunge into the real exam.

Please don't.

I am told, this test is a near equal to the actual exam and better than any other practice test thats currently available in the market today.

They aren't. And, for free, you can look at some sample questions and detailed explanations of answers, here on the "community."

Re: Boson practice exam

Gerald-victor — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 19:16:46 GMT

Thank you for your advice. I am now following your sample questions link .. this is good.

Re: Boson practice exam

chogan — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 03:20:38 GMT

I used Boson to prepare. For me, the value was in the detailed explanations they provide for both the correct and incorrect answers. I would screen shot the explanations of the ones I got wrong and use them to study from.

I found practice tests will access your knowledge level of martial, but the actual exam will test your ability to apply that knowledge in sometimes not so straight forward ways.

Re: Boson practice exam

Gerald-victor — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 04:38:12 GMT

@chogan wrote:
the value was in the detailed explanations they provide for both the correct and incorrect answers.

I have to definitely agree with you on this one. Every question had detailed explainations for all 4 possible options as to why the 3 were incorrect and why the choosen one is correct. I had a chance to review a sample from their site and found it quite interesting.

All i wanted to ensure was, will it definitely be the one thing I shouldnt miss out ( if I want to pass the First time on the exam,) before appearing for the exam after months of preparation.

Thanks for your response. I appreciate it.

Re: Boson practice exam

Steve-Wilme — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 13:40:47 GMT

I just used the practice questions in the ISC2 textbook and All In One. The usefulness of the questions is in working out if you understand the domain. If you don't get 80-90% after studying a domain then you really need to redo the CBK, not simply read the explanation of the correct answer. Don't fall into the trap of thinking you will do well on the exam simply by taking practice tests; try to learn the material by transforming into your own understanding i.e. what works for you in understanding and recalling it. Personally I precised the textbooks down to a handful of notes and then revised the notes.

Re: Boson practice exam

Gerald-victor — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 17:24:49 GMT

Thank you Steve. Thankfully I am also following the same pattern of making personal notes and revising them. Your tips are helpful.

Sorry for the late reply.. I haven’t visited this site for some weeks now

Re: Boson practice exam

rslade — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 17:53:16 GMT

> Gerald-victor (Newcomer II) moved a topic in Exam Preparation on 06-09-2020

> Dear all,Â I have been preparing myself to give the CISSP exam for some months
> now. I have done the entire study based on online class training, referred to
> the Sybex Official study guide, & Sybex practice tests.Â Some of my friends
> have adviced me to take up the Boson practice exam (750 Questions) to really
> judge if I am all good and ready to take the plunge into the real exam. I am
> told, this test is a near equal to the actual exam and better than any other
> practice test thats currently available in the market today.

It's not necessary, and it's not that close to the actual exam. Check out
https://community.isc2.org/t5/Exams/CISSP-questions/m-p/18626

(And, if you want more questions, post a reply under that topic.)

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Re: Boson practice exam

dazzhk — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 14:10:21 GMT

Hi Steve, Can you please share the note. it can be very valuable

Thanks

Re: Boson practice exam

denbesten — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 18:03:43 GMT

@dazzhk wrote:
Hi Steve, Can you please share the note. it can be very valuable

Google "Sunflower CISSP Notes" and consider "11th hour CISSP" by Eric Conrad. But please realize that any summary remains a poor substitute for actual textbooks and original reference material.

"Other student's notes" are a particularly bad source of knowledge. The more Steve knows about a given topic, the fewer notes Steve is likely to have taken, resulting in you only learning what Steve did not already know.

Oddly enough, the notes you want are from the stupidest student, not the smartest.

Re: Boson practice exam

Steve-Wilme — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 13:43:31 GMT

My notes would be of little use to you. Firstly, they're in my handwriting which even I find hard to read occasionally, so I don't have them electronically. Secondly, you've missed the point, in that it is the act of processing the information in the CBKs so that you can condense it down that aids the learning process. Just passively reading the material or a summary of the material won't get you there. Your attention will drift within 20 minutes of opening the textbook. So what you probably need to do, is read the chapter or part thereof, take 5 minutes, do the self test, take 5 minutes, score the self test and check your correct/incorrect answers, take 5 minutes, get out your notepad and force yourself to precis a CBK down to 4 pages of handwritten text, taking 5 minutes every half hour. Then reread your notes, take 5 minutes, then do another self test. Then investigate anything you got incorrect, go back and reread those parts of the CBK and annotate your notes.

And so on until you get through all the CBKs.

This is to take advantage of the consolidation effects of taking a break rather than staring at a textbook page. You could even try studying different CBKs in different locations, as a different location can aid recall.

Another reason for doing it on paper is to remove all distractions. You can't go surfing the net or playing with your smartphone if you're sat on your own with just a text book, pen and paper.

Hope that makes sense.