CISSP preparation statistics and benchmarks
What can be quantified about CISSP preparation from candidate testimonials: volume of practice questions, practice exam scores, and the limits of both.
How many questions do you need to have done? What score do you need on practice exams? The articles in this theme give the quantified benchmarks that emerge from three years of candidate testimonials — volume of practice questions worked through, ranges of scores actually observed — and the indicator to follow when a percentage tells you nothing: our method explains how these numbers were extracted.
2 article(s) in this topic
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How many practice questions should you do before the CISSP exam?
Candidates who passed report 1,000 to 3,200 practice questions, with a peak around 1,000-2,000. What that benchmark is worth, and how to spread the volume.
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What score on CISSP practice exams do you need?
Quantum Exams 45-60%, Sybex 68-88%, readiness 48-97%: the scores of those who passed vary too much to form a threshold. What to look at instead.
More in this stage
- Study method How long to study, which resources to choose and which mistakes to avoid: the CISSP study method drawn from three years of candidate reports.
- Answering technique Reading a CISSP question stem, eliminating distractors and arbitrating between two answer keys that contradict each other: the method drawn from 138 debated.
- Think like a manager What thinking like a manager actually means on the CISSP, what the mantra is really worth, the weight of the BEST and FIRST keywords.