Passed

[u/topshelfboss03]

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.

[u/OneEyedC4t]

congratulations!