@dips0502 wrote:
What about changes to the unscored/pre-test items? ... I wish ISC2 put in that information on the exam outline page itself.
During the exam, you should be concentrating reading each question carefully, selecting the best answer and then moving onto the next question. Wasting brain cells on "how well do I think I am doing?", or "am I moving fast enough" do nothing but take focus away from picking the best answer. You are not told which questions are unscored, how much any given question is worth, nor if you answered it correctly, so you can not truly measure your progress in real-time, so don't even try.
The only "meta" information you can measure is your pacing. But even then, I would only loosely pay attention. For example, check the clock only after finishing each group of 25 questions. You get 36 minutes, so if only 30 minutes have passed, no need pay any attention to the clock until another 25 questions have finished.
I would advise that while taking practice exams, you time yourself to develop a your natural pace. Once you get an intuitive feel for how fast you need to move, it becomes much easier to focus on the questions on the questions instead of the clock.
Kinda like the speedometer while driving. Years later, I only glance at it every once-in-a-while as a sanity check, instead keeping my eyes on the road.
