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Difference between CISSP exam

mrisc2 — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 08:29:22 GMT

Dear's,

What is the difference between CISSP_CHS_CAT and CISSP. I am planning to take exam kindly recommend and share detials about this difference.

Thanks in advance.

Re: Difference between CISSP exam

dcontesti — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 10:03:11 GMT

i have not seen CISSP_CHS_CAT before but making a guess that this refers to the CAT (Computerized Adaptive Testing) version of the exam.

While traditional linear fixed-form exams (paper based) present candidates with an ordered series of questions, CAT exams adapt the difficulty of questions presented to candidates depending on their responses to previous questions.

Hope that helps

Re: Difference between CISSP exam

tldutton — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 12:44:02 GMT

The CISSP_CHS_CAT is for a possible future, CAT-based CISSP exam in Chinese.

Re: Difference between CISSP exam

tldutton — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 12:54:30 GMT

Non-CAT exams are NOT on paper. All of our exams are delivered via computer at participating Pearson VUE test centers.

Re: Difference between CISSP exam

dcontesti — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 17:16:27 GMT

Thanks, however Linear exams (NON-CAT) are given in paper form by many organizations and universities.

Re: Difference between CISSP exam

tldutton — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 19:23:31 GMT

But not by ISC2.

Re: Difference between CISSP exam

denbesten — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 22:30:20 GMT

If the "CHS" portion is intended to refer to the Chinese language, you might consider adopting ISO 639 within the naming convention for all the reasons that standards are good things.

Along similar lines, ISO 3166-1 defines 2 and 3 letter country codes and ISO 3166-2 defines 2 and 3 letter state/region/province codes.

Re: Difference between CISSP exam

emb021 — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 18:25:54 GMT

@dcontesti wrote:

"Thanks, however Linear exams (NON-CAT) are given in paper form by many organizations and universities."

Yes, HOWEVER, in the world of IT/infosec certification, almost none are in paper form.

I think ISACA was the last major org to move away from paper form exams.

I'm not aware of any who still do.

Re: Difference between CISSP exam

geez — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 05:39:17 GMT

Is there any detailed introduction about CISSP_CHS_CAT? The recent exam has been forced to change to this exam format. I would like to know how to take the exam and what are the test methods.Are they all multiple choice questions as usual?

Re: Difference between CISSP exam

dcontesti — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 06:09:30 GMT

@geez I think @tldutton may be the best person to answer this one.

Re: Difference between CISSP exam

tldutton — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 14:50:57 GMT

@geez This is the same format that the English version of the exam has been published in for quite a few years. The items (questions) are still primarily multiple-choice. The CISSP_CHS_CAT version of the exam (in Chinese) will be available to register for later today.