For anyone who has taken CISSP- if you used the Boson practice tests, how much should you score in Boson to be sure to pass the actual exam ? What’s a good indicator? 70% in Boson=70% on actual test? Or 80/90?

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Shoot for 75-80, at least, on every test. The CISSP is extra difficult compared to most exams because you can’t flip back and forth between questions. Making sure you’re scoring high on each boson test helps prepare for that testing style. IMO

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^ I second this; but obviously if you take them multiple times and remember the Q/A....the score essentially becomes pointless

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My coworker managed to pass it by getting 70%+ in each domain. I recommend focus study the area you are lower at.

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The practice questions are so different than the actual exam. I would say practice questions are more technical and more straight forward. Actual questions are more logic based. You really have to think from a management perspective. For me I scored around 75 for the official questions and 68ish on Boson. But I passed the actual exam with 100 questions.

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