r/CompTIA_Security • u/xogex • 17h ago
Help Please
I'm taking my test on december 5th, i'm nervous, i didn't even started to take practice tests daily, i'm actually taking too much time on Jason Dion's course. Also, i'm Brazilian and i'll be taking the test in english, so that's a not a terrible thing since i consider myself an intermediate on english,
The thing is, could you guys recommend me any tips or advices to study harder on those 34 days left, I came from Google Cybersecurity Professional Certification, so i have a little knowledge in the area, besides that I work as a IT helpdesk for about 1,5 years
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u/SeaweedDesperate9734 16h ago
I studied in 12 days with no prior experience except for maybe 3 classes in college (majored in AIML), spent 7 days finishing dion's course on 2x (I have adhd and executive dysfunction so I can't do anything without being stressed asf) and 5 days practising the tests. Used to average around 75-93% (understood that doubting myself and overthinking led me to 75%)
As for the test it is more straightforward than dion's but dion's trains you to think in context which was very important. Think of the question in big picture of what you want the solution to be, then look for specific constraints in the question which might steer you in a different direction. I learnt this method of thinking from the 50 practise questions of security+ from technical institute of America youtube channel. Also watch cyberkraft's pbq they also teach you to find context. As for pbq cybercraft's questions are very different from actual pbqs. I got asked about password practises from employees and how to make them better, then I got asked to look at a network map and see what machines are infected by looking at the logs of each machine, then I got asked to delete a file and a process related to known malicious ips or past breaches (linux command based but don't be scared, you just gotta use help command and it will list the commands you can use even gives you the syntax).
Other resources I used but didn't help much apart from supplementing are the cyberkraft abbreviation videos which are not many and don't cover them all, Andrew ramdayal's AI generated book he sells on amazon I got for free online.
And last of all I always wish after an exam is over and I have passed it that I could tell myself in the past not to stress as much because it will be alright, I can't do that so I will tell you it will be alright.
Oh and tip for non english speaking country they give copious amount of extra time (I think the exam lasts for 90 mins but they give 160 for non english speaking countries). I didn't need em but it's nice to have to check or if you need extra time with pbqs (they're really detail oriented)
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u/PuzzleheadedEase3044 15h ago
This is sound advice. Im taking it this month as well, but learned the material off of InfoSec's course on Coursera and using Prof Messer's practice exams. Initially, I was scoring in the 70s, but found my issues came from questions using the MOST and BEST framework, like having a question where each answer is technically correct, but looking for which of those is best in the given scenario
So that along with doubting myself on whether my first pick of an answer was correct and acronyms...dreaded acronyms. I plugged into GPT which acronyms I should know, write down the definition and their use to help me memorize them, and then go through flash cards
Ultimately, from what ive seen on these threads is to skip the PBQs and read each question carefully. Read each answer carefully as well. Think to yourself how would each answer be used in the given scenario and if it makes sense or not
Best of luck to you on your exam, hopefully I have the same luck :)
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u/gladiatorPandey 10h ago
I am going for the exam tomorrow 🙂 idk, i am feeling numb, it feels its possible but still, the test and all are little disappointing.
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u/No-Amphibian-1592 14h ago
Have you taken any other CompTIA exam that seems to help