GCFA - any tips before I take it?
Sitting for the GCFA this week and looking for any final advice from folks who've passed.
Where I'm at: scored 74% on my first practice exam from a first pass (with a digital index) a few weeks back and 82% on the second about 3 weeks ago - I have since gone back and watched every lab walk through, re-read a few sections, retooled my index and added more tabs to the books, and watched course content videos for sections I was weaker on. Fair warning on that 82% - one of the CyberLive questions was effectively a freebie I couldn't answer because a Volatility plugin just refused to populate any data in the lab environment (network plugin returning zero results), so the real number is likely a touch higher.
A few things I'm specifically wondering about:
- For CyberLive, how close is the lab environment/tooling to what you practice on? Any surprises?
- Is the practice exam like the real thing? I'm just worried I'll get surprised by something vs the practice tests.
- Anything about index/reference use you wish you'd known going in?
Appreciate any wisdom. Thanks in advance!
Edit: Thank you to everyone who sent over such wonderful advice. Thought I'd update the group and mention I passed with an 87%!