ISACA CRISC

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ISACA CRISC Pass Rate

CRISC

The score you need to pass the ISACA CRISC certification exam, what the cut score actually means, and how to read your mock results against it.

65% to pass
150 questions
2.2/10 difficulty

The number you need to hit

Published cut score for this certification.

Passing score
65%
450/800 scaled score
Margin
35%
room for wrong answers, on a flat mock
Wrong answers allowed
53
out of 150 questions

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 ISACA CRISC it is 65%. This is the number you can actually prepare against, and it is the one that decides your result on exam day.

Pass rate (percentage of candidates)

The share of candidates who pass. ISACA 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.

Governance26%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 26% of the exam, and it has 39 practice questions here.

IT Risk Assessment22%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 22% of the exam, and it has 33 practice questions here.

Technology and Security20%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 20% of the exam, and it has 30 practice questions here.

Risk Response and Reporting32%

Losing this domain entirely costs you 32% of the exam, and it has 48 practice questions here.

The practical version: the ISACA CRISC 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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