Certified Ethical Hacker v13

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Certified Ethical Hacker v13 Pass Rate

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The score you need to pass the Certified Ethical Hacker v13 certification exam, what the cut score actually means, and how to read your mock results against it.

125 questions
2.1/10 difficulty

The number you need to hit

Published cut score for this certification.

Passing score
Not published
60% to 85% (cut score varies by exam form; no fixed percentage published)
How you are scored
Performance bands
60% to 85% (cut score varies by exam form; no fixed percentage published)
What to aim for
Above Target
With a band-based result, the goal is not to clear a line but to land in the top band on every domain.

Pass score vs pass rate

Two different numbers that get mixed up constantly.

Pass score (cut score)

The scaled score the vendor publishes. For the Certified Ethical Hacker v13 it is not published. Without a cut score there is no target percentage to compute, so prepare against the domain weights instead: 4% of the exam is decided by the first block you study.

Pass rate (percentage of candidates)

The share of candidates who pass. EC-Council generally does not publish this for individual exams, and the numbers you find online usually come from candidate self-reported surveys. We would rather tell you nothing than tell you a figure we cannot source.

Where you lose points

The exam is not scored flat. Each domain carries its own weight, so a domain where you lose everything can sink a score that looks fine on paper.

Cryptography4%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 4% of the exam, and it has 5 practice questions here.

Cloud Hacking6%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 6% of the exam, and it has 8 practice questions here.

System Hacking14%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 14.000000000000002% of the exam, and it has 18 practice questions here.

Network & Perimeter24%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 24% of the exam, and it has 30 practice questions here.

AI & Machine Learning10%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 10% of the exam, and it has 12 practice questions here.

Scanning & Enumeration12%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 12% of the exam, and it has 15 practice questions here.

Web Application Hacking10%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 10% of the exam, and it has 12 practice questions here.

Reconnaissance & Footprinting12%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 12% of the exam, and it has 15 practice questions here.

Wireless, Mobile & IoT Hacking8%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 8% of the exam, and it has 10 practice questions here.

The practical version: the Certified Ethical Hacker v13 is not passed by knowing most of the content. It is passed by being strong in the domains that carry weight, and by not leaving one of them empty.

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