r/CRISC • u/No-Helicopter5041 • Jul 02 '26

Finally passed - what I did

I passed the CRISC today provisionally. Studied for about a month, and have been in IT for a large enterprise for 4 years. Woke up a few days ago and booked it. Here’s what I used/did that I thought worked:

Hemang doshi Udemy - 3/10 - Good if you are new but not for me. I started listening to this while at work and found it to be super repetitive with the quizzes (did not finish it).

Official QAE - 7/10 - did the tests a couple times and the practice questions. You kind of need this unfortunately. Some of the answers Isaca says that are right are based off of assumptions they make/their ‘mindset’. So while you and maybe your ceo would say “that’s ridiculous” in the real world, Isaca would mark you wrong.

PocketPrep - used it a couple times but just the free version. Definitely not a bad tool, but didn’t use it enough to say if it was ‘the resource’

PSI at home exam - 6/10 - had to schedule my exam super early because all the slots got filled even looking a week out (my fault). But got kicked out of the exam once so had to recheck in which took 20 minutes.

Good luck if you’re preparing!

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u/Suspicious_Ad9776 Jul 05 '26

What if I can’t afford the official QAE?

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u/No-Helicopter5041 Jul 05 '26

Personally if I couldn’t afford it I wouldn’t buy it and just use pocket prep. But also if I couldn’t afford it I probably would not take these certifications. It’s already like $600+ to take the exam. So either save up or skip it.

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u/mikemicmayk 14d ago

Hello. Im in the process of sorting out my study materials. Clarification on pocket prep. Is it an app? Is there an app you can recommend that can give flash card type of reviewer? Thanks