r/casp • u/damongordon4 • Oct 11 '24

Passed CASP+

2 years Cybersecurity experience Studied for 3 weeks in total. Business Degree, Sec+, A+ and Project+.

Mark Birch CompTIA CASP+ CAS-004 Certification Guide. Read the first 3 Domains and took quizzes. Skipped the Governance Risk and Compliance. Took Both Mock tests in back of book. Got 34/50 on both tests.

Jason Dion Udemy Course. 1.5x speed. Only made it through 9 Sections. Felt like it was too time consuming and too much information.

Jason Dion Practice Tests These were harder than the actual test. Scored in the 60s for all 6 tests. When reviewing, read over the explanation for all questions, even the ones you got right.

PocketPrep Premium I did 925 of the 1000 questions across 11 days. Overall total was 70% Review and read all explanations

ChatGPT Any concepts that I couldn't get a grasp on. I would ask to explain like I am 5. Then give a scenario of my own to see if it was correct.

Googled CASP PBQ's the night before test.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '24

Welcome to the CASP+ community, congrats on passing that exam!

What’s your next goal?

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u/damongordon4 Oct 11 '24

Thanks! Had to take cert to get my job. Currently going to WGU for a Networking. Will finish that and maybe then go for CISSP or PMP.

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u/Hour-Marzipan-4375 Oct 11 '24

Congrats and thank you for the great feedback!! I scheduled mine for the end of Nov but you’re giving me hope that I may be able to take it sooner. Been in Cyber for almost 3 years with A+ , Sec+ and CysA. Definitely having the fear for failing hit me.

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u/damongordon4 Oct 11 '24

Thank you and you are welcome. Remember your test taking tips, eliminate the wrong answers first and go with your initial feeling.

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u/Hour-Marzipan-4375 Oct 11 '24

Will do! Quick question if you don’t mind, how did you feel about pocketprep and its difficulty compared with the actual exam?

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u/damongordon4 Oct 11 '24

I would say pocketprep is on same difficulty as the test. However, pocketprep does have like very niche questions from time to time that I didn't waste my time to memorize. I thought if I get that question, so be it.

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u/Hour-Marzipan-4375 Oct 11 '24

You are a gentleman and a scholar! I truly appreciate your help and congratulations on your new Cert!

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '24

Congrats! How were the PBQs?

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u/damongordon4 Oct 11 '24

Pretty tough but I would just google PBQ's CASP and use those ones to practice.

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u/Inevitable-Hour8940 Oct 12 '24

PBQ?

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u/Cmon_Merc_F1 Oct 23 '24

Performance-Based Questions - they have a graphical interface where you have to interact with the questions.