🚀 Quick Summary:

• 🌐 Online, open-book format

• 🎯 Task-oriented scenarios

• 📅 6-month deadline from lab end date

• 📧 Details sent 10 minutes before exam

• ✅ Pass/fail results only

• 🏠 Room overview may be required

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🎯 Real-World Assessment Approach

Our certification exams are designed to validate real-world skills through practical, scenario-based assessments:

• 🚫 No multiple-choice questions

• 🛠️ Task-oriented challenges

• 💡 Demonstrate problem-solving abilities

• 📚 Open-book format (just like real work!)

• 🎯 Focus on applying knowledge effectively, not memorizing facts

• 📚 Use of Gen AI tools is strictly prohibited during the exam

⏱️ Exam Experience

Duration:

• 🕕 6 hours for all certifications

• ⏰ 24 hours for CDE (Certified DevSecOps Expert)

📧 Exam Details: You'll receive detailed challenge information exactly 10 minutes before your scheduled start time, giving you time to:

• 🗂️ Prepare your workspace

• 📖 Review any last-minute materials

• 🧘 Get mentally prepared

🏠 Room Overview:

• May be required to maintain exam integrity, but designed to be minimally intrusive.

📅 Flexible Timeline

One of our most important policies - you get a generous timeline:

• ⏰ Up to 6 months from lab end date to take your exam

• 📊 Example: Lab ends March 1st → Exam voucher valid until August 31st

• 🎯 Schedule when you feel most prepared and confident

• ⚖️ Accommodates different learning paces and life circumstances

Common Questions

Q1: I have a quick question about the Lab environment. Does it support the latest version of security software?

A1: We use specific versions of security software in our exercises, but the latest version should still be supported if you’d like to try it. However, we suggest using the specific version provided in the exercises.

Q2: Can we take the exam after the lab access duration expires?

A2: Yes, but we still recommend you to complete all mandatories before taking the exam.

Q3: Are the exam tasks connected to each other, or can I attempt them in any order?

A3: Each task is independent and not linked to the others. If you get stuck on one challenge, we recommend moving on to another to manage your time effectively. Partial points will also be awarded for completed sections.

Q4:  I have just received an email stating that I did not pass the exam. Please, can I request for a failure justification? If possible, screenshots showing each question and justifications for not meeting the requirements to pass them.

A: It is sad news I know but, a justification is necessary. We only share whether someone passed or failed, we do not share the score, or feedback of where a student did not achieve a certain result. We acknowledge that it is sad news, however we are bound by our policies not to divulge exam result information. If you wish to, you can re-appeal the result by replying to the exam result email. I see that the evaluation team has acknowledged your re-appeal request.  Could I suggest you wait for the re-appeal? In the meantime, you could also self review the tasks that you were not able to complete in the exam challenges. Your exam is already evaluated 6 times by 3 different evaluators. Let’s wait for the feedback from the evaluators, and we will be more than to help you out within our boundaries.