CC Passed : experience to share

[Frankli]

Here are some of my study experiences that may be helpful:

Week 1:

• Understand what CC is about;
• Understand the Exam outline;
• Took the pre-assessment exam;
• Have a bigger picture of what are the five domains talking about;
• Find out which part is my weakest link ( domain);
• Start the self-paced online training;

Week2: 

• Complete the Self-paced online training;
• Started google how other study fellows managed to pass the exam;
• Started doing and reviewing Linkedin Learning ISC2 CC practise exams ( there are 4 practise exams);
• After feeling more confident, I make the exam reservation;

Week3:

• Review the flash cards, review the concepts that is not very familiar with, review the wrong questions from practise exams

My personal suggestions: 

1. Try to understand the logic behind the concepts. For example, when you see the concept of Access Control List, think about which type of access control it mainly served for (DAC), then think about what other logical access control types are ( MAC, RBAC), what are the difference and similarities between the logic control types, then think about what other controls exists ( physical control, administrative control) , then think what other concepts are in the access control domain ? Least privilege vs Need to know ( what's the difference and the similarities) etc. Then you will find all the concepts are connected like the leaves on the branches of a tree. Whenever there's a concept, you will track the 'branch' to other related concepts.
2. Do practise with LinkedIn Learning (timed) to familiarise yourself with the exam vibe. However, do not rely on it as an exam with archived questions and answers. 
3. Do use the flashcards, learn the lessons from CC course provided by ISC2. However, thinking of the concept with use-cases, examples, or even google the diagrams, or pictures to visualise the concepts. 
4. Compare and contrast similar concepts as they are similar but not the same. They are used under different context and/or in different scenarios.
5. During the exam, review the question and answers, select the answer you think is correct , review again before your submit. Once you submit, you cannot go back. After the practise exams from above step2, you will find the time allocated to you would be enough. 

So, Let's ROCK!!!

Best of luck to all of you.

[gil_o]

@Frankli, Well done and thanks for the tips! Congrats on your career move. 

[zbaskervil]

Congratulations Frankie!

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[oj1]

Good evening and please believe you doing very well. honestly, I am enthused with your experience shared and am also preparing seriously. With the greatest of respect, can you please send me some eTextbooks for my studying. Thank you. 

[Frankli]

thank you @zbaskervil 

[Frankli]

Thank you @oj1 . I was following up on the free cc training from this website. I practised with open source information such as linked learning cc practice tests and some YouTube instructions. That should be enough. Please let me know if you have completed all these and still feel unconfident, mate. You got this.

[KevinU]

Congrats Frank! I passed my cc exam yesterday. 

I followed a similar track. self pace course, certmike course, and used the several practice tests to find my weak areas. Followed up with the cc book for the weak areas to practice more.

Prabh Nair youtube channel walks through some practice questions. It was helpful for me.

I thought udemy instructors have some good practice exams to prepare for the CC.

Paulo Carreira

Andree Miranda

Good luck everyone!