CGEIT® Exam Passing Principles
CGEIT Exam Passing Principles
1. Item&QAEItemDevGuidesareyourfriends.2. MaintainaGovernanceperspective.3. Applythethemes.4. Filterandsimplify.5. Generalizeandcontextualize.6. Adopttherightattitude.7. Guess(aka.LuckyLuke).
CGEIT Exam Passing Principles
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ISACACGEITItemDevelopmentGuide: http://www.isaca.org/Certification/WriteanExamQuestion/Documents/CGEITItemDevelopmentGuide2013.pdf
ISACACGEITQAEItemDevelopmentGuide: https://www.isaca.org/Certification/WriteanExamQuestion/Documents/CGEITQAEItemDevelopmentGuide.pdf
Questionsstyle: Multiplechoice:
Stem+4options. Multipleplausible/probableanswers. Singlethebest/correctanswer.
Eachitemassociatedwith: SingleCGEITdomain.
KnowledgestatementinCGEITjobpractice.
1. Item & QAE Item Dev Guides are your friends
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Questionsaresubtlebutnottricky. Havearationaleforselectingtheoptionthatyouhave: SelectaresponseoptionforreasonsrelatedtoITgovernance:oversightvs.meremanagement: e.g.,COSOcontrolactivity.
Bestansweristheoneassociatedwithbettergovernance,notnecessarilybetterresult/outcomesfromsomeotherperspective: e.g.,inefficientoutcomemeasuresvs.efficientactivitymetric.
2. Maintain a Governance perspective
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Examincludesfew(ifany)itemsrelatedtothespecificsofanyparticulargovernanceframework: Otherschemestocertifyindividualsonspecificframeworks(e.g.,ASL,BiSL,COBIT,ITIL,TOGAF,OBASHI)
Simplysayingexamisnotcheckingdeepunderstandingofanymethodology. Seekbroadest understanding of item,selectanswerthatis
most generally correct: Applytheprinciples underlingagivenframework,ratherthanframeworkspecificdetails.
SmallnumberofideasarepervasiveintheCGEITbookofknowledge: Choosequestionoptionsthatareconsistentwiththerelevantprinciples. Ifchoosingananswerthatisinconsistentwiththeprinciples,haveagood(governance)reasonwhytheexceptionholds.
3. Apply the themes
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Realworldgovernancequestionsaremultifacetedandrequirescrossdomainknowledgetoanswer. Examquestionsaremuchsimpler,thetestitemsarelesssomultifaceted.
Crucialelementhereistoidentifythesingle domain fromwhichquestionwasdrawn:1. Firstfilter /eliminateanswersnotconnectedwithidentifieddomain.2. Then,apply general principles ofthatdomainwhenfinding
answer.
4. Filter and simplify
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Itemssometimesdonotprovideenoughinformationtodetermineanunequivocalbestanswertheyareincompletebydesign.
Bewillingtoapplyyourunderstandingofthemostlikelycontextforthequestion: Itemwritersareaffectedbytheirownbiasaboutwhatisgenerally
trueofITandorganizationsandmaynotfeeltheneedtoincludesuchinformationinthequestion.
Howcandidatefills in the blanksindicatesthecandidatesknowledgeofcurrentpractice/issues.
5. Generalize and contextualize
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Manytestitemswillseemtobeincrediblyeasy: Mostcommonpostmortemresponseisdisappointmentratherthanconfirmation.
Takethetestserious50%ofcandidatesfail: Exercisecautionwithitemsthatseemoverlyobvious,subjectiveorirrelevant:
Givethoseitemsasecondorthirdread. AskwhatmightIbemissing? Knowwhatgovernanceprincipleisappliedinyouranswer.
6. Adopt the Right Attitude
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Nopenaltyforguessing/incorrectanswers. Eachanswercountssoanswereveryquestion: Worstcase:eliminatethoseanswersthatareclearlywrongandthenguessintelligentlybyintuition: e.g.picktheoptionthatseemstohavemostgeneralapplicability.
Ifsimplyhavenoidea: Selectthelongestresponseoption seriously!.
Lastresort: OptionC.
7. Guess (aka. Lucky Luke)
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