From: "Gopakumar Panicker" <gkpanicker@msn.com>
Date sent: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 15:29:38 +0530
I read from some resouces that 10-15% of CISSP questions are very confusing
and tricky.
Some would quibble about the percentage, but, yes.
Is there any proper way to handle these questions?
Yes, there is. Questions, in any exam, follow a taxonomy. At a first level,
you
have plain and simple questions of fact. Then there are questions of
synthesis,
where you relate multiple facts. Above that is analysis, where you draw
implications from multiple facts. At the highest level are questions involving
judgment and critical thinking. The "confusing and tricky" questions are going
to
be in this latter category. They are meant to assess your experience. They
way
to handle them is to read carefully, and have actual, real, security experience.
Good judgment comes from experience. (Experience comes from bad judgment.)
I wanted to refer some similar questions to have a feel of such questions. I
am using:
a. cccure.org
b. Shon Harris book
c. Kruz book
Does any of the above resource questions closely resemble to the actual exam
questions?
cccure.org comes closest, or the three sources you cite. (The "official"
guide,
from Auerbach, comes closest of anything.)
I would note that, while Clement has put together an excellent set of
resources, a
large numnber of people have recently been flooding him with questions based on
the study guides. These questions are of very low quality. Therefore, when
you
get the marks back on the cccure.org quizzes, note what source the question has
been taken from. Those based solely on CISSP study guides should be discounted
somewhat.
I score 70% in cccure.org exams, and 90% in questions from books.
Sounds like you are right on the borderline.
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