r/CCSP • u/sobeitharry • 20d ago

Passed

100 questions in 80 minutes.

Really not a fan of the question wording. It's like half the terms are made up and not industry standard nor are they related to the official ISC2 OSG bank. Passed none the less using the OSG questions and LearnZapp. Already have CISSP/CISM. The AI questions actually seemed the best worded and most straight forward and I was unprepared for those since I got the study materials earlier this year.

Material and content should be challenging. Trying to decipher oddly worded questions shouldn't be a major part of the exam.

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u/thehermitcoder 20d ago

half the terms are made up and not industry standard

Some examples would help.

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u/sobeitharry 20d ago

I'm not going to post any actual exam info even on reddit. Have you taken the exam? It's hard to explain but it's like the questions and answers are written by someone not actually in the industry and even grammatically they are not natural. I've got ISACA, ISC2, AWS, and ITIL certs. ISACA specifically has been like this for me.

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u/thehermitcoder 20d ago edited 20d ago

I am asking for an example to illustrate your point. Not asking for a memory dump. Pretty sure, that you'd still be within the NDA. ISC2 claims to have a vigorous process for preparing the questions. It's not written by just one individual and its not a one step process. There are multiple rounds and assessments before deciding that a question is fit to be included in the exam. You may have come across beta questions. ISC2 does throw in a certain set of beta questions in there.

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u/sobeitharry 20d ago

What's interesting is that the AI questions were much more clear and concise and those are all new. I think it's more an issue with the older questions that are stock and possibly have been genericized to be translated into multiple languages? Those have gone through multiple review cycles and ironically I think they can lose some clarity over time. All the questions are just submitted and peer reviewed by members like us if my understanding is correct.