topic Re: URGENT: Need Clarification on Certified in Cybersecurity Examination Weights in Exams

URGENT: Need Clarification on Certified in Cybersecurity Examination Weights

SaiAbhignaK — Tue, 23 May 2023 21:34:44 GMT

Hello,

I have scheduled my CC exam for next week, just wondering about the examination weights as it mentioned weightage as 100% and the number of items as 75, whereas there is a note saying 25 items for research ability.

So, to pass the exam do I need to score the 70 items correct out of 75??

Need suggestions, please.

Thank you,

Kind Regards,

Sai Abhigna K

Re: URGENT: Need Clarification on Certified in Cybersecurity Examination Weights

emb021 — Wed, 24 May 2023 00:21:52 GMT

Work on answering as many of the questions correctly as possible.

Don't bother worrying about stuff like that.

I don't know why anyone does.

Re: URGENT: Need Clarification on Certified in Cybersecurity Examination Weights

arp9586 — Wed, 24 May 2023 06:38:44 GMT

70/100

Re: URGENT: Need Clarification on Certified in Cybersecurity Examination Weights

SaiAbhignaK — Wed, 24 May 2023 17:54:14 GMT

yeah, that's the passing percentage, but I am confused about the weightage of questions. It mentions that 75% of questions are from training modules and 25% are of research ability.

Thanks.

Re: URGENT: Need Clarification on Certified in Cybersecurity Examination Weights

SaiAbhignaK — Wed, 24 May 2023 17:56:44 GMT

yeah, that's the passing percentage, but I am confused about the weightage of questions. It mentions that 75% of questions are from training modules and 25% are of research ability.

Thanks.

Re: URGENT: Need Clarification on Certified in Cybersecurity Examination Weights

SaiAbhignaK — Wed, 24 May 2023 17:59:29 GMT

yeah, that's the passing percentage, but I am confused about the weightage of questions. It mentions that 75% of questions are from training modules and 25% are of research ability.

Thanks.

Re: URGENT: Need Clarification on Certified in Cybersecurity Examination Weights

denbesten — Wed, 24 May 2023 18:59:30 GMT

@emb021 wrote:
Work on answering as many of the questions correctly as possible.

Don't bother worrying about stuff like that.

I don't know why anyone does.

Ditto, right on, exactly, Amen.

Beyond not worrying due to it distracting you from reading carefully and accurately answering questions, it is also important to avoid worrying about things to which you cannot know the answer.

(ISC)² tells us "A passing score is 700 out of 1000 points". 700 points is not the same thing as 70 questions because questions are not all worth the same number of points. There is no way to predict how close you are to passing because you only know the number of questions you have attempted, not the number of points you have attempted.

I would also avoid "watching the clock" during the exam. Doing so only adds stress and takes you out of "the zone". Instead, you should be timing yourself during practice exams so that you develop an instinctual pace that allows finishing with a bit of time to spare.

Re: URGENT: Need Clarification on Certified in Cybersecurity Examination Weights

Driaan — Wed, 24 May 2023 19:08:48 GMT

Good evening Sai

I written the exam today and there was 100 questions. As I understand you need to get 70% (so 70 questions right).

But to be honest do go in with the mentality of I need to get that that many right you are putting unnecessary pressure on yourself. Just go in read the questions carefully (that's what got me in the practise tests) and do your best you got this.

Good luck

Re: URGENT: Need Clarification on Certified in Cybersecurity Examination Weights

SaiAbhignaK — Wed, 24 May 2023 19:42:55 GMT

Hello Driaan,
Thank you, if I practice the quiz can I achieve a good score? and can you please help me with any links(resources) to the practice quiz, if any other than flashcards?

Re: URGENT: Need Clarification on Certified in Cybersecurity Examination Weights

dcontesti — Wed, 24 May 2023 20:27:36 GMT

@denbesten has provided the correct information.

Of the 100 questions, the organization will put items on the exam which are not scoreable (that is they are testing those items for future exams or scored against you), They do this on all exams, so that they can keep the exam current.

So a candidate will only be scored on (in this case the CC exam) 75 items.

However not all exams have the same value. Some questions are easy while others are more difficult. The scoring is based on psychometrics best practice.

The best advice anyone can provide is to answer as many questions as you can.

Re: URGENT: Need Clarification on Certified in Cybersecurity Examination Weights

denbesten — Wed, 24 May 2023 20:44:42 GMT

@SaiAbhignaK wrote:
... I am confused about the weightage of questions. It mentions that 75% of questions are from training modules and 25% are of research ability.

To be clear, the 25% is not testing your ability to perform research. The 25% are brand new questions that are being considered for inclusion on future exams. (ISC)² asks these questions today to determine if the questions are "good". If good, they will be added to the test bank for future test-takers. Today, they are worth 0 points so that you are not penalized if they turn out to be "bad" question.

The remaining 75% of the questions do not come "from" the training modules. Training and Exams are written by entirely different groups of people that are not allowed to talk to each other. Although both groups use the same official references (https://www.isc2.org/Certifications/References), the question writers have never seen the training modules nor vice-versa. In other words, the relationship between the training and the exam is more brother-sister than parent-child.

Also, the advertised weightage of questions is simply to help you understand where one needs to concentrate their studies. During the exam, one is not told to which domain a question belongs.

In short, the answer remains the same. Grading is-what-it-is and you cannot change it. Don't waste time worrying about it or trying to figure it out. Prep time is better spent on learning the material and running practice exams so you learn to focus on reading comprehension and accurately selecting the "best" answer.

Re: URGENT: Need Clarification on Certified in Cybersecurity Examination Weights

SaiAbhignaK — Wed, 24 May 2023 21:12:52 GMT

Hello,

Can anyone please help me with the links to mock tests if any other than flashcards?

Thanks

Re: URGENT: Need Clarification on Certified in Cybersecurity Examination Weights

denbesten — Wed, 24 May 2023 23:16:23 GMT

@SaiAbhignaK wrote:
Hello,

Can anyone please help me with the links to mock tests if any other than flashcards?

Thanks

https://www.google.com/search?q=certified+in+cybersecurity+practice+exam

Re: URGENT: Need Clarification on Certified in Cybersecurity Examination Weights

tldutton — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 20:12:19 GMT

Spot on.

75 of the questions are scorable and 25 are considered "pre-test" which means these are relatively new questions that we put on the exam to gather statistics to determine if they're good enough to put on future exams as scorable questions.. If not, we send them back for "re-work" to address the statistically-identified issues. We strive to make each question not too easy nor too hard; the statistics help with this.

Re: URGENT: Need Clarification on Certified in Cybersecurity Examination Weights

SaiAbhignaK — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 07:55:42 GMT

Thank you all for your insights, I have passed my CC exam.