@fgarcialainez wrote:
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As for the exam scoring, could you tell me how are evaluated each one of the domains? I mean, if you got something like the scoring per domain commented in the following message.
https://community.isc2.org/t5/Member-Support/Not-too-happy-with-CSSLP-Exam/m-p/26634/highlight/true#...
Basically, my question is if it is required to get more than 700 in each domain separately, or is enough to get 700 as the total exam scoring.
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I'm afraid I don't know the answer for sure.
What I will say is that for the CAT version of the CISSP it is explicitly stated you need to be above proficiency in all domains. While for linear exams like the CSSLP all that is explicitly stated is you need a scaled score of at least 700 out of 1000 (I know it's not fully correct to call this 70% but for the purposes of the rest of this post I will!).
From that I believe you don't need to be above proficiency in all domains.
To use the post you were trying to link as an example of my theory, he was above proficiency in 6 out of 8 domains and below proficiency in the other 2. There are 3 different ratings btw: Above, Near and Below. (So he did quite badly in 2 of the domains.)
Let's say he scored 75% in 6 domains but only 50% in the other 2 that would leave him with an overall score of 69% so would be a fail.
Had he scored 80% in 6 domains and 50% in the other 2 that would leave him with with an overall score of 77% so would have been a pass.
I think the lesson there is if you have weak domains you better be sure you're very strong in the others to compensate.
