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On family leave, I studied for it for about 3-4 weeks and passed with very little IT audit experience. My experience at the time was mainly business process IA.
The exam is not crazy difficult, but certainly a challenge. Lots of memorization and learning concepts. I primarily used Hemang Doshi's CISA guide and ISACA's QAE database. Also bought ISACA's book as a reference point for specific concepts.
Studied for about 45 hours within a one week timeframe. Did the ISACA course and it was only moderately helpful (unless you don’t have IT audit experience then that would be a must). But I found the question banks the most helpful to get an idea of how all of the questions are structured.
The only downside to the test is that there’s no 1 correct answer. It will usually ask you to pick the BEST answer so it was difficult for me to narrow it down to only 1 or 2. But if you get an idea of the wording and what ISACA thinks the best answer would be (not what we think it would be in a real situation) then you’ll be good.
Thank you. I started studying for it and yeah I already started to see how it can be hard to determine the answer when several seem correct.
I studied on a Friday night and all Saturday, and took the exam on a Sunday around noon. Passed with a 76. I was a staff 2 at the time but also had 4 years experience as an IT Helpdesk professional. For me, just hammered out hundreds of questions and tried to understand why I was wrong for the questions I got wrong.
494. You’re right, idk where I got 76 from
I took it a year into being an IT auditor at a Big 4. Studied for somewhere in the 6-8 week timeframe. The key is to not only learn the material but how they like to ask questions. Studying the QAE database from ISACA is a must. That said, overall it isn’t too difficult especially if you have been working as an IT auditor for at least a year. If you haven’t, you might need to dedicate additional time to covering the study guide and drilling the QAE.
You should be in pretty good shape if you’re scoring that well. Definitely see if there are particular areas you’re struggling with and focus on them
I studied maybe 3 months because I am not an IT auditor and a lot was foreign. There were not enough questions to feel totally comfortable but I found it to be a relatively easy test compared to other tests like CIA, CPA, etc.
I’ve been studying for the CISA since October and have it scheduled for first week of Jan. I’m drilling in on the QAE but still super nervous as I have trouble on some trickier/more technical domain 5 concepts. For anyone who’s taken it, are the QAE questions about the same level of difficulty as on the exam?
Based solely on SM1's answer below, I wonder if the QAE is a bit tougher so you're well-prepped? Then again, SM1 said they're a good test taker, so that helps a lot.
I barely failed the first time because I have a hard time a) waffling between best answer and b) because studying isn't my forte. Second time around, I paid for a prep course, and that structure helped me out.
I'm good at taking tests and passed on first try from just doing the question bank over and over. Prepped for about 6 weeks after hours and felt like I over prepped