Came close to passing CISA exam. Any advice on new study approach? Know any good podcasts / youtube vids to listen to?

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Did you use the questions database?

@KPMG 1 Yes I did. I followed the advice of using the question database to study for the exam and reading over the book for topics requiring work on. I was thinking maybe I need to listen to listen to a lecture podcast or vid to perhaps have a better understanding of the chapters. I failed the exam by like 2-3 questions lol

What were your scores like on the practice sessions in the database? Were you getting ~90% or so consistently?

I got 85-90 consistently over the last 3 weeks leading to the exam. It could also be because I was overthinking on certain questions in the exam

Could be, the database should really be all it takes... 🤷‍♂️

What’s the passing rate for cisa? Planning to take it after I pass cpa ..

Do they tell you how you scored in each section? I passed it earlier this year so there was a score summary for each. Scored a 540 but my impression after the test was that I did way better so I think there may have been some over reliance on the questions database. Some of the questions look the same as what is in the DB but really are asking something different. My advice is knowing the DB questions will probably get you a pass 80% of the time, but if they generate a bunch of questions you haven't seen, you need to be well versed in the actual concepts. I would go back and study the manual or hope you get a set of questions more aligned with the database next time

Database questions were good enough for me. I was getting about 80% over 200 questions. If you are only trying 30-50 at a time this may not be sufficient or if you do not practice the areas you struggled with.

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