Registered Penetration Tester

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Registered Penetration Tester Exam Cost

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The published price for the Registered Penetration Tester certification exam, what it covers, and what the real total budget looks like once retakes and study time are counted.

Registered level (lists Registered Penetration Tester (CRT), Registered Threat Intelligence Analyst (CRTIA) and Registered Intrusion Analyst (CRIA)): 600 GBP. Official pricing-page wording: "The prices quoted are exclusive of any VAT, GST or other applicable tax that may be chargeable based on your location. Any applicable tax will be confirmed on booking with Pearson Vue." exam fee
150 min
120 questions

What the exam costs

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Official exam fee
Registered level (lists Registered Penetration Tester (CRT), Registered Threat Intelligence Analyst (CRTIA) and Registered Intrusion Analyst (CRIA)): 600 GBP. Official pricing-page wording: "The prices quoted are exclusive of any VAT, GST or other applicable tax that may be chargeable based on your location. Any applicable tax will be confirmed on booking with Pearson Vue."
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What the fee covers

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ItemIncluded in the exam fee
The exam sessionYes, including the 150-minute session
Exam retakeDepends on the vendor policy, check before booking
Discount voucherNot listed in the published price
Practice questionsNo, those are a separate Certilum product (120 questions for this exam)
Training courseNo, sold separately by providers and training companies

The exam fee buys you one attempt at the Registered Penetration Tester. Everything else on your path to certification, revision material included, sits outside this price, and that is where most of the budget of a certification actually goes.

Note from the vendor record: Active; delivered at Pearson VUE centres globally. Prerequisite confirmed: "A valid CREST Practitioner Security Analyst (CPSA) certification is required before you can book and sit the CRT exam" (Practitioner -> Registered chain); retakes allowed 8 weeks after the original exam date. The CRT page does not restate a validity period (CREST Registered status is stated as valid three (3) years on the CRIA page), and the fee is published per level (600 GBP Registered) rather than per exam. Caveat: question counts are not published - the exam is scored out of 160 marks, and the older CREST Notes-for-Candidates PDF for CRT is no longer linked from the current page.

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