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Take one question at a time. Read it fully and carefully. Identify the stem, the key concept that is being tested. Underline the core concept, which is being tested. Read all the choices even if you have think you have the right answer in the first or second or third choice.

You may encounter some questions, which are familiar to you, which you have answered in the CISA review manual or in the test questions. Read the question fully, understand it, and look at the choices and then answer. It may be possible that the questions may have been rephrased or re-worded and may have a different answer to what you have seen in the tests or the choices may be re-arranged or rephrased. In the choices, when there are two choices which are similar. Pick the one which is more macro and bigger in nature.

Remember the context of the situation as given in the question and the available choices have to be considered to arrive at the best choice. For choosing the right answer, you may be able to identify the right answer straight away.

You may also adapt the process of elimination by ruling out the apparently incorrect choices one by one so as to narrow down your choices and pick up the right choice. Every question will have one of the choices framed as a distracter. The distracter may attract those with incomplete knowledge or attempting to answer the question with just common sense. It is essential to be able to eliminate the distracter.

You may need probably of all of four hours to answer questions. Hence, it is essential that you practice sitting at one place and practicing answering the mock tests so that you get practice of sitting for four to five hours at a stretch.

Your concentration level may come down after an hour or so. It is important that you have a little break by having a sip of water and looking away from the question paper and get back your concentration before you start answering again. Take a few deep breaths, stretch yourself if required and then get back to the task.

Consistent concentration is important. If you have any medical problems, which hinder your sitting for long stretch of time, or you need regular medication, inform the proctor in advance and take necessary precaution. You need to be fully relaxed so as to have maximum concentration. Avoid last minute reading and late night reading before the exam day. It may not really help.

The Questions and choices are straightforward and simple. They are meant for testing your understanding of concepts and practice of IS Audit. They are not meant to test your grammar or proficiency in English. Hence, do not try to analyse the question and answers too much. There may not be any.

However, passing the exam is primarily dependent on your ability to concentrate during your exams and picking up the right choice. Hence, it is very important that you are able to devote proper time for each of the question and concentrate throughout the exam.

The exam consists of one paper, which has all questions. The questions are not in a particular order of domains or chapters but are usually mixed up at random.

It is not worthwhile trying to figure out to which domain a questions belongs. What is most important is how well you are able to answer the questions in the exam. Practice the questions and get the reasoning and choice correctly. Remember, the exam is not expected to test your memory but your understanding. Hence, there is no need to cram any definitions or concepts except the most fundamental ones and that too for understanding.

Remember, the principle of farming, you need to sow in time and take care on regular basis so as to reap in time. Last minute preparations may result in lack of concentration on the exam day. The questions are not directly picked up from any text book or reading material but are prepared by Practicing CISAs and are aimed to test your understanding of the concepts and practice of IS Audit.

Practice, practice and practice questions available with you. But remember the standard of the questions in the exam is much higher than what you have practiced. Be mentally prepared. If you have conceptual clarity and apply your thinking as an IS Auditor, you should be able to pick up the right answer. The exam is based on percentile. The lowest score among all the candidates is converted to 25 percentile and the highest score is converted to 99 percentile.

Your raw score is then converted accordingly to a percentile. Hence, depending on the overall performance of the candidates, the number of questions you have to get right to get 75 percentile is dependent on overall performance of all the candidates. However, it is preferable not to worry too much about the percentile but focus on getting the maximum questions right.

Ensure that you are marking the answers exactly. Cross-check regularly to ensure this. You have to be extra careful if have skipped any questions to be answered later. It is important to ensure that you skip marking the answers for that question. You may use a ruler for ensuring you are marking the required choice for the appropriate question. As part of preparation, do discuss the questions and answers with an open mind.

If you are auditor, get the technology perspective and if you are from IT, get the Audit perspective. Remember as an IS Auditor, you are expected to be auditing Technology as deployed in the organization. You need to be well versed with these concepts. The questions may require you to grade the risks in terms of highest or lowest. In terms of security and controls, you may be required to pick up the best or least effective controls in the context of the question.

An IS Audit question may require your judgement in terms of concepts, practical procedures or risk ranking or presenting the findings to the management. There may be few questions, which tests your understanding of core technology.

Familiarize yourself with the test. Know the tasks, knowledge and scope of the subject, the type of questions and proposed answers. The Exam is not Technology or platform specific. Hence, do not get too engrossed with technology details and reading of technology. Make a time plan of what you need to read and prioritize.

Deal with unread materials concisely. Formulate a reading strategy in advance with a time table and study plan. Form a small study group or e-group for studies and discussions. Review your preparation actively alone and also with group on a regular basis. Review and discuss with group your logic and reasoning and get other perspective also. Prepare yourself emotionally and physically to take the exam.

Take your family and friends into confidence so that you are able to sacrifice your social commitments and focus on the exam. Motivation is an important aspect of preparation for the exam. Motivation will help you concentrate and be focused on the task on hand. Self Motivation is the best motivation. Remember, you are taking a prestigious and global recognized exam, which will make a significant difference to your career, earnings and your self-esteem. See yourself being congratulated by your peers and colleagues.

Exam Venue Visit the venue in advance before the exam and know the route, parking facility and exact place of exam. Reach the exam half an hour before the scheduled time so that you are not running to the venue in a hurry. Do come to the exam to the venue before time and use the time for relaxing. Carry your identification cards, admission tickets, pencils sharpened, erasers, water bottle.

You may not get time to read and it may not be worthwhile trying to read in the last minute. The admission ticket is expected to be received by the candidate weeks before the exam. It is sent both by email and by post. This course also comes with unlimited practice exams. So, you can get super familiar with the CISA exam format and environment. As you can see, these CISA review courses are completely comprehensive. Allow the course to guide your learning process for each domain so that you can achieve a deep comprehension of the exam content.

That way, you can verify that you now understand everything the CRM says about that domain. If you open the CRM at that point, you can use it to get a fresh perspective on your troublesome topics.

It tells you exactly what the CISA exam will cover and goes into detail about each topic. Moreover, its technical nature can help you prepare for both the CISA exam and your career in information security audit, assurance, and control.

Specifically, you need a full CISA review course that goes back to the basics of information systems and assesses your knowledge with exams and quizzes. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

Table of Contents. Please rate this Article Ratings. Read the question fully, understand it, and look at the choices and then answer. It may be possible that the questions may have been rephrased or re-worded and may have a different answer to what you have seen in the tests or the choices may be re-arranged or rephrased.

In the choices, when there are two choices which are similar. Pick the one which is more macro and bigger in nature. Remember the context of the situation as given in the question and the available choices have to be considered to arrive at the best choice.

For choosing the right answer, you may be able to identify the right answer straight away. You may also adapt the process of elimination by ruling out the apparently incorrect choices one by one so as to narrow down your choices and pick up the right choice. Every question will have one of the choices framed as a distracter. The distracter may attract those with incomplete knowledge or attempting to answer the question with just common sense.

It is essential to be able to eliminate the distracter. You may need probably of all of four hours to answer questions. Hence, it is essential that you practice sitting at one place and practicing answering the mock tests so that you get practice of sitting for four to five hours at a stretch.

Your concentration level may come down after an hour or so. It is important that you have a little break by having a sip of water and looking away from the question paper and get back your concentration before you start answering again. Take a few deep breaths, stretch yourself if required and then get back to the task. Consistent concentration is important. If you have any medical problems, which hinder your sitting for long stretch of time, or you need regular medication, inform the proctor in advance and take necessary precaution.

You need to be fully relaxed so as to have maximum concentration. Avoid last minute reading and late night reading before the exam day. It may not really help. The Questions and choices are straightforward and simple. They are meant for testing your understanding of concepts and practice of IS Audit.

They are not meant to test your grammar or proficiency in English. Hence, do not try to analyse the question and answers too much. There may not be any. However, passing the exam is primarily dependent on your ability to concentrate during your exams and picking up the right choice. Hence, it is very important that you are able to devote proper time for each of the question and concentrate throughout the exam. The exam consists of one paper, which has all questions.

The questions are not in a particular order of domains or chapters but are usually mixed up at random. It is not worthwhile trying to figure out to which domain a questions belongs. What is most important is how well you are able to answer the questions in the exam. Practice the questions and get the reasoning and choice correctly. Remember, the exam is not expected to test your memory but your understanding. Hence, there is no need to cram any definitions or concepts except the most fundamental ones and that too for understanding.

Remember, the principle of farming, you need to sow in time and take care on regular basis so as to reap in time. Last minute preparations may result in lack of concentration on the exam day. The questions are not directly picked up from any text book or reading material but are prepared by Practicing CISAs and are aimed to test your understanding of the concepts and practice of IS Audit. Practice, practice and practice questions available with you.

But remember the standard of the questions in the exam is much higher than what you have practiced. Be mentally prepared. If you have conceptual clarity and apply your thinking as an IS Auditor, you should be able to pick up the right answer. The exam is based on percentile. The lowest score among all the candidates is converted to 25 percentile and the highest score is converted to 99 percentile.

Your raw score is then converted accordingly to a percentile. Hence, depending on the overall performance of the candidates, the number of questions you have to get right to get 75 percentile is dependent on overall performance of all the candidates.

However, it is preferable not to worry too much about the percentile but focus on getting the maximum questions right. Ensure that you are marking the answers exactly. Cross-check regularly to ensure this. You have to be extra careful if have skipped any questions to be answered later. It is important to ensure that you skip marking the answers for that question. You may use a ruler for ensuring you are marking the required choice for the appropriate question. As part of preparation, do discuss the questions and answers with an open mind.

If you are auditor, get the technology perspective and if you are from IT, get the Audit perspective. Remember as an IS Auditor, you are expected to be auditing Technology as deployed in the organization. You need to be well versed with these concepts. The questions may require you to grade the risks in terms of highest or lowest. In terms of security and controls, you may be required to pick up the best or least effective controls in the context of the question.

An IS Audit question may require your judgement in terms of concepts, practical procedures or risk ranking or presenting the findings to the management. There may be few questions, which tests your understanding of core technology.