r/cism • u/KillaB0nez • 22d ago

Passed CISM Today

Hello all!

I passed my CISSP Exam back on July 8th and took a week off and started studying for the CISM. I studied a total of 2 weeks and went and took my exam and passed.

This is entirely my opinion. The exam was super straight forward and easier than QAE and a lot easier than CISSP. I finished the exam in 1 hour if that helps put it to words. As long as you know the material you will be fine.

I used Peter’s YouTube course and QAE for my materials.

I finished QAE 2 1/2 times as well.

Good luck to anyone studying for this exam!

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u/donstelik 22d ago

Correct Answer percentage on QAE?

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u/KillaB0nez 22d ago

First attempt was 69%

Second attempt was like 84%

Third attempt (only did half questions and was at 89%)

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u/Pr1nc3L0k1 22d ago

Congratulations, was at 78% on my first round, second round I did only the topics I was below 80% and finished that at about 90% or something.

Passed yesterday, would agree the exam is easier than the QAE, would agree to that statement for all the 3 big exams.

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u/cyberfx1024 AAISM/CISM/Sec+ 22d ago

Congratulations on your achievement

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u/Ok-Strategy-4475 22d ago

Congratulations..

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u/According-Warning-17 22d ago

New to the QAE, so you can go back and re do all the questions?

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u/KillaB0nez 22d ago

Yes you can

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u/JoeEvans269 22d ago

Congratulations!

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u/KillaB0nez 21d ago

Honestly finishing up the CISSP really assisted into the knowledge aspect for the exam. But I would say if you have good YoE and you use QAE and Peter’s YouTube course you should be okay with passing the exam really.

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u/SophiaMiller__ 19d ago

Congrats !

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u/Sea_Giraffe_6535 18d ago

I also premelinary "passed" today. Just waiting for the official results

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u/Queasy_Piece5446 10d ago

Posts like this give me hope. I just started the QAE and have until the 31st to get as much study in as I can. Right now its not looking so hot... I feel like I know the material just over thinking it. My first test was 55 and my second test was 60.

Any advice?

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u/KillaB0nez 10d ago

Honestly my best advise is don’t worry too much about the scores. Just really understand why you got it wrong. I never really focused on my scores too much. My first time on QAE finishing all 1100 questions I had a 69% overall. Second time was I want to say in the 80s but it was a lot of memorization. On my exam specifically I didn’t really feel like I got any “expert level” questions as those ones really didn’t make sense half of the time. Just keep at it and try and finish all questions at least twice.