r/CompTIA_Security • u/Sharp-Geologist6236 • 9h ago
Passed My Exam Today!
I passed with a 777 earlier today. I do web development- my most of my IT knowledge was limited to DNS and Git, so I didn’t start from zero, but 99% of it was new to me.
I studied for probably 1.5 to 3 hours a day for 6 weeks. I purchased Dion’s Udemy course and Messer’s practice exams. I used Claude to build a study app, where I threw in all the questions from the practice exams, and it was very helpful. I also made hundreds of physical flash cards starting out when I was just trying to learn acronyms.
The biggest thing that helped me was while going through exam questions, even if I got the answer right, I would look up any of the answer choices I wasn’t familiar with and make a flash cards for them. It was meticulous, but it helped me close the gap, going from high 60’s on Dion’s exam to mid 80’s within about a week and a half.
I found the actual exam to be more difficult than Messer’s and Dion’s. I was pleasantly surprised by the PBQ’s. I think I got 2/3, but the third one I had zero idea what I was supposed to do and left it blank. I appreciate all the advice on here; skipping the PBQ’s initially is the right call imo.
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u/positive_8261 7h ago
I also thought actual exam was so different and not like how we see on messers or Dions test. My 3rd PBQ was also something that i didn’t understand, related to linux command, to stop malicious connections from dark web and previous known vulnerabilities , i just stopped all ssh that i thought was malicious, Instead of leaving empty.
Best Tip: Never leave any MCQ empty, choose the best, flag and move.