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CGEIT Exam Passing Principles
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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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