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Re: CISSP Study Strategy?
From: Mike Patterson <mike () snowcrash ca>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:06:37 -0400
On 2010/06/27 12:14 AM, Kevin Shortt wrote:
It's key to have a good night's rest and eat a healthy breakfast. It makes more of a difference than you think. There is a lot of BS in the morning.
Reading this, it occurred to me that not all PDC readers are likely to be veteran exam-takers. I've no CC-anything, but it seems to me that the written exams for that can't be much different from any other non-trivial written examination. So, yes, get lots of sleep the night before, you definitely don't want to be studying last-minute, even if you already know it. Study in the condition which you wish to write the exam: if you've been drinking when you study, for instance, you're better off drinking before you write! Best not to drink for either portion though. If you can, find out what the exam room environment will be like, and actually try to study in a similar location if possible. So if you're writing in a conference room, try to get some studying done in a conference room. As Kevin said, you want to be well-rested and well-fed (but not *too* well-fed, people tend to think better slightly hungry and worse when full). Try to be well-rested when you're studying as well, see above - you want your studying conditions to be close to your writing conditions. Late night studying is better than none at all, but it's nowhere near as effective. Try not to study in huge allotments; do it in 60-90 minute chunks and take breaks between chunks. If you need to memorize things, there's any number of mnemonic techniques. Some will work for you, some won't. Try them out as you go along. The best way to verify is to memorize, then close all your books and write whatever it is back out without any reference. You may think you have "most" of it, but you'll find later that you're almost certainly incorrect. Common mnemonic techniques are method of loci, interacting images, and pegword. Mike (making use of his cognitive psychology textbooks, finally...) _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list Pauldotcom () mail pauldotcom com http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
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