[Cisspstudy] CCCure Quizzer

Tue Jun 30 23:05:49 EDT 2009

Scott,

i didn't do well in exam due to lost of stamina.

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Scott Michael Miller <
connectwithscott at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am taking the exam in California on Sunday Aug 2.
>
> How did you do on on the first exam?
>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Ali Zaidi <aligzaidi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Scott,
>> are you taking your exam in nyc? i'm also planing to take it Aug 7th  2009
>> this will be my second try as well.
>>
>> Ali...
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Scott Michael Miller <
>> connectwithscott at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Clement,
>>>
>>> Thanks for your well rounded and holistic approach to the CISSP exam.  I
>>> took the exam in June 2008 and I received a score of 665 and I have over
>>> twenty years of computer and network experience.  As with the early days of
>>> MCSE certification, we all want to just study a predefined set of questions
>>> and pass the test but the CISSP doesn't allow for that pathway so your
>>> approach is much more realistic.   I am retaking the CISSP in August 2009
>>> and I wish I would have signed up for your class instead of The Training
>>> Camp CISSP Bootcamp which is just a page by page review of the ICS2 book.
>>> Please keep your insights coming, you are a help to all of us who wish to
>>> make information security a career path.
>>>
>>> Scott.
>>>
>>>   On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 6:54 AM, Clement Dupuis <
>>> clement.dupuis at cccure.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Good morning to all,
>>>>
>>>> Sorry for the slow response, I am oversea delivering a class which makes
>>>> it a bit hard to follow in real time.
>>>>
>>>> As you have all come to realize by now, there are too many books for you
>>>> to study today.  Stick to the leading books such as the Shon Harris All In
>>>> One or the ISC2 Official Book and you will be fine.
>>>>
>>>> I saw people arguing about thing such as how much faster is symmetric
>>>> when you compare it to Asymmetric.  The important thing is not to remember
>>>> exact number such as 100 to 1000 times faster, the important thing is to
>>>> understand WHY it is faster, where one would be use and where the other one
>>>> would be use.  Unless you would list only one Symmetric algorithm and only
>>>> one Asymmetric algorithm, such question does not make a lot of sense.  It
>>>> would be like asking if a truck or a car will be faster?  Most of us would
>>>> say a car but what if the road conditions are bad and you have a foot of
>>>> snow on the ground?  Of course the larger truck would have fun in one foot
>>>> of snow while the car would be at a stand still.    The same apply with
>>>> cryptography, you have to know what is the goal to achieve and then you can
>>>> choose the proper one.  It is important to know that Symmetric crypto
>>>> systems tend to be faster because they make use of simple steps such as
>>>> substitution, rotation, shifting columns, shifting rows, etc....
>>>> Asymmetric systems tend to be slow because of the very complex mathematical
>>>> formulas being used such as factoring a large number into the prime numbers
>>>> used to create the large number or the Discrete Logarithm problem in a
>>>> finite field.  If you know the WHY you can make sense of the question,
>>>> eliminate the choices that does not make any sense and then find the correct
>>>> answer.  You have to know the subjects (what, where, when, why)  and not
>>>> only memorize quesitons.
>>>>
>>>> *1) Is it reliable? I mean are the questions/answers correct?*
>>>>
>>>> As far as the questions on CCCure are concerned, we do review questions
>>>> every single day and we always attempt to make them better all the time.  We
>>>> rely on you to let us know if you think that a question might not be totally
>>>> accurate or you have doubts.  Do use the comment option and send us
>>>> feedback.   My friend James Hajec, CISSP has been correcting, updating,
>>>> improving dozens of them every week.   He has volontered to help me in the
>>>> maintenance of the quizzes.
>>>>
>>>> *2) Are the questions similar to the expected on the real exam? In
>>>> topics, difficulty, lenght, etc?*
>>>>
>>>> The exam questions have a VERY unique style that nobody has been able to
>>>> reproduce.  They are produce by being reviewed by the Exam Questions Review
>>>> committee.  On the committee you have people from North America, Europe,
>>>> Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.   They sit together and they ensure that
>>>> the question is sound, it is clear to all, and that there is only one good
>>>> choice.  This is how the ISC2 come out with their questions.
>>>>
>>>> From the feedback I had on the forum, it seems the CCCure quiz is the
>>>> closest to the real exam.  However, this is NOT what I consider the most
>>>> important.
>>>>
>>>> The quizzes have to be used for a couple of great reasons:
>>>>
>>>> 1.  The quiz will help you identify what YOU DON'T KNOW
>>>>
>>>> 2.  The quiz will help you remember key topics that  you will encounter
>>>> on the exam.
>>>>
>>>> Any questions that you miss on the quiz should be reviewed and
>>>> researched until you understand why it was the BEST choice and why you
>>>> missed it.  I strongly recomment that you do a CUT and PASTE of that
>>>> question into a word document.  This word document will become your own
>>>> customize quiz of all of the questions you had difficulties with.  You
>>>> attempt that quiz a bit later one.
>>>>
>>>> *2) Are the questions similar to the expected on the real exam? In
>>>> topics, difficulty, lenght, etc? (part 2)*
>>>>
>>>> The questions in most of the books that you buy are a lot shorter and
>>>> easier than the questions on the real exam.
>>>>
>>>> I would for sure stay away from cram exams such as testking,
>>>> realexamquestions, etc....  They are packed with mistakes.
>>>>
>>>> If someone claim to have real exam questions, this mean they stole them
>>>> as there are none available publicly.  Some of these so called REAL exam
>>>> questions are simply printout of the CCCure quiz engine but with outdated
>>>> questions.  Be careful if you buy commercial quizzes.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *3) In every test that I took, I find some questions (close to 10%
>>>> every time), I had no clue about them. Is this "normal" or I shall review
>>>> these topics? I use the Shon Harris 4th Edition Book + Shon Harris DVDs and
>>>> found no reference to these topics. One example I've seen a lot is many
>>>> questions about Magnetic Tapes.*
>>>>
>>>> ISC2 are asking specifically for 5 years of experience in two or more of
>>>> the ten domains,  this means they expect you to have experience, skills, and
>>>> knowledge that you have accumulated over the years.  They expect ALL
>>>> security professionals to have some foundation knowledge and they do ask you
>>>> questions that are general security questions.
>>>>
>>>> The fact that it is not specifically listed in a book does not means it
>>>> will not be on the exam or it is not a valid subject.
>>>>
>>>> In the Candidate Information Bulletin that you have downloaded from ISC2
>>>> (if you did not download it, you should), you will see that there is today
>>>> almost 3 pages of references being used for the purpose of the exam.  It is
>>>> very very wide indeed.  There is no way that 100% of all this will be
>>>> covered in any books.
>>>>
>>>> It never hurt to learn a bit more than needed.
>>>>
>>>> In any case, I wish you all the best
>>>>
>>>> Take care
>>>>
>>>> Clement
>>>>
>>>>
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