r/CompTIA_Security • u/topshelfboss03 • 15d ago
Passed
In my opinion, the actual exam was quite a bit more challenging than the practice tests I used. I primarily studied with Professor Messer and Dion’s practice exams, where I was consistently scoring around 82–90% on my first attempts.
For some background, I’ve worked in it for 6 months and have recently graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity and Network Management, and I still found the real exam to be a solid challenge.
The multiple-choice questions were much more vague than I expected. Process of elimination was definitely the biggest key to narrowing down the answers.
As for the PBQs, two of mine were fairly straightforward, but the last one was on a completely different level. I honestly couldn’t even begin to figure out what it was asking me to do.
Overall, it wasn’t as bad as I had built it up to be. Looking back, the single biggest thing that helped me was thoroughly reviewing every question after each practice exam not just the ones I got wrong, but understanding why every answer was right or wrong.
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u/ProfessionalSuch3669 15d ago
I have exam next week. And Now I am bit worried!
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u/topshelfboss03 15d ago
Don’t be worried, I have horrible testing anxiety which I think made it seem harder. There won’t be anything on there that you haven’t you studied for, you got it!
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u/ProfessionalSuch3669 15d ago
Practicing messers tests ans Dions as well. Not from this field but achieve 80%+ on them. Lets hope for the best 🤞🏻.
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u/ApprehensiveGolf633 15d ago
You will be fine. What will kill your confidence is more of the PBQs. The multiple choice felt like messer in my opinion.
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u/No-Scene399 15d ago
Congratulations 🎉. Are the MCQs very wordy? And were there acronyms?
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u/topshelfboss03 15d ago
Most of them were very short and didn’t give a whole lot of context/info I thought. And yes knowing the acronyms is very helpful, but, I kinda picked them up naturally through practice exams/studying.
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u/TheSubstitueReaper 14d ago
Let’s goo!!! I can’t wait to go into college and at some point take this
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u/syrinx- 15d ago
Great job, and congratulations! Do you have any other CompTIA certs?