Date sent: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 12:28:11 -0000
From: "huang_qinghua" <huang_qinghua@yahoo.com>
I have thought of a plan to tackle the CISSP Exam. Please take a look.
Good points, and the practicalities are seldom discussed.
1. Do not skip questions.
Two answers to this:
1a. Correct, do not skip any questions. Answer *everything*, even if you have
to guess. You do not get marks taken off for incorrect answers, so, if you
don't
know the answer, "guessing" gives you a 25% chance of getting the marks for
those questions. Do not leave anything unanswered.
For questions which one is unsure shade the
best answer u think at that time. Put a question at the side of the
question number or write down the question number to signify that the
question is in doubt and the need to review it later. My point is
that if one does skip questions, there is always the probability of
shading wrongly. It will be disasterous should one find out after the
250th question.
1b. Is basically addressed by the question below:
3. If completed ahead of time, check and recheck. No point leaving
the examination hall early. One had paid a substantial amount of cash
to take the exam. Utilize the full six hours (Enjoy the aircon :) )
This is a debatable suggestion. Some say to do the easy questions first, and
then
come back and do the hard ones. Others say to go straight through and answer
every question as you get to it. I would recommend going straight through: it
is
really easy to outsmart yourself by second-guessing yourself.
However, I would suggest going through and doing every tenth question, first.
(Question 10, 20, 30, etc.) The answer sheet is a mark sense card with about
400
rows of circles on it. It is really easy to get out of synch and answer the
question
in the wrong row (which, of course, means you get all the answers wrong).
Doing
every tenth question gives you a regular checkpoint to make sure you are on the
right line.
4. 250 questions in 6hrs comes to 1.5 mins per question. Pace
yourself to that timeline. Never exceed uneccessarily.
Consider it more as 42-43 questions per hour. Easier to figure out whether you
are
on track.
5. If there comes a question with contradicting/similar answers. The
correct answer normally is the one which I thought of the first . Its
about the first impression is always the right one. In conclusion, if
you can't decide, rely on frist impressions. Maybe its me. But I find
this particularly effective. The mind worked in a way that, the more
you think of a problem. The more in doubt you are.
Good advice. The exam is meant to test your experience. If you have the
experience, your first impression will probably be right. (If you've read the
question, and all the answers, carefully.)
6. Use elimination methods. Weed out answers which are definitely
incorrect.
If you can. Sometimes elimination doesn't work too well. Those are the
questions
that make all the difference :-)
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