Passed CISA in the 1st attempt
Hi. I passed the CISA exam after studying almost 4 months. I feel a bit surprised that Domain 1 is my weakest area.... Just want to give back to this subreddit as you guys give me some insights on exam tips to help me pass it.
Background: I don't have internal audit experience but I have been working in tech and cyber security for a few years. Practised 4000+ questions to prepare for the exam.
I went for an exam when I scored 75-83% for dump/mock questions/QAE in general.
Studied all 5 domains - I spent a bit more time on Domain 4 and 5
Materials used:
1/ QAE manual 12th version - revisited the wrong questions for a few times
- 1st attempt: 68%, then later on I scored 72-74%. Last attempt was 76%
2/ Nutshell Training - redditor here. I read his PDFs and his videos to clear up some confusion
https://m.youtube.com/@NutshellTraining
3/ Prabh Nair - watched all his CISA videos (I believe his videos are useful, letting me understand the complicated concepts)
- I watched his videos of Domain 1-2 twice because I felt confused about IT governance and framework when studying
- practice questions - must-watch
https://youtube.com/@prabhnair1
4/ Pete Zerger - watched all his CISA videos (watch them first if you are in the preliminary stage of studying)
- good for the beginning of your studying journey, giving you rough idea
https://youtube.com/@insidecloudandsecurity
5/ Purchased question banks and subscribed to a 6-month subscription on CISA dump/mock questions with explanations) from Taobao sellers
- questions consolided from different free-of-charge wesbites but the sellers revise the answers and provide detailed explanations
6/ Chatgpt
- asked AI to explain the wrong questions + help you to summarize the common patterns of your wrong questions
- Focus on and re-study your unfamiliar areas
7/ Useful site: https://cisaexamstudy.com/cisa-exam-full-mock-test/
- The mock tests are quite close to actual exam questions. I scored 72-83%
- I did them for 2 times
8/ a Reddit post - Cheat sheet
- exam skills - I read it for 3 times. Remember the meanings of the key words (e.g. Best, First....) https://www.reddit.com/r/CISA/comments/1slfkls/cisa_review_cheat_sheet/
Happy to answer if you have any questions.