Which Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator domain is the hardest?

By our measurement, Forensic Science is the hardest domain in the Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator bank, scoring 2.8 out of 10. The most approachable domain is Procedures and Methodology at 1.8.

How many questions were analysed?

We analysed 150 Foundation questions for the Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator, split across 10 exam domains. The figures on this page are recomputed from the live bank on every crawl, so they never drift from what you actually get in a practice session.

Is this the official pass rate?

No, and we do not publish one, because vendors do not release reliable per-domain pass rates. This is our own measurement of the bank. Treat it as a map of where the demanding questions sit in the blueprint, not as a prediction of your score.

Measured data

Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator

Name: Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator exam question complexity by domain
Creator: CERTILUM

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We scored 150 real Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator exam questions 1-10 on question complexity and broke the result down by exam domain.

150 questions scored

10 domains

2.1/10 overall complexity

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Complexity by exam domain

Higher scores mean more demanding question formats. The exam score is computed over the whole bank, not averaged across domains.

Exam complexity score2.1/10Gentle · measured across 150 bank questions

Cloud/IoT Forensics12 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
Digital Evidence14 questions · complexity 2.7/10 · Gentle
43% multi-select · 14% scenario · 29% interactive
Digital Forensics24 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
Forensic Science9 questions · complexity 2.8/10 · Gentle
44% multi-select · 11% scenario · 33% interactive
Forensics Investigation Process21 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
Malware Forensics14 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
36% multi-select · 0% scenario · 29% interactive
Network Forensics17 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
35% multi-select · 0% scenario · 29% interactive
Procedures and Methodology13 questions · complexity 1.8/10 · Gentle
31% multi-select · 0% scenario · 31% interactive
Reporting & Testimony7 questions · complexity 2.6/10 · Gentle
29% multi-select · 29% scenario · 29% interactive
Tools/Systems/Programs19 questions · complexity 1.9/10 · Gentle
32% multi-select · 0% scenario · 32% interactive

Full per-domain breakdown

Blueprint weight, bank size and question format mix for every domain of the exam.

Domain	Blueprint	Questions	Single	Multi	Interactive	Complexity
Cloud/IoT Forensics	8%	12	4	4	4	2.0/10Gentle
Digital Evidence	9%	14	5	5	4	2.7/10Gentle
Digital Forensics	16%	24	8	8	8	2.0/10Gentle
Forensic Science	6%	9	3	3	3	2.8/10Gentle
Forensics Investigation Process	14%	21	7	7	7	2.0/10Gentle
Malware Forensics	9%	14	5	5	4	2.0/10Gentle
Network Forensics	11%	17	6	6	5	2.0/10Gentle
Procedures and Methodology	9%	13	5	4	4	1.8/10Gentle
Reporting & Testimony	5%	7	3	2	2	2.6/10Gentle
Tools/Systems/Programs	13%	19	7	6	6	1.9/10Gentle

How the score is calculated

The formula is fixed and public, so anyone can reproduce these numbers from the same bank.

Every question in the Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator bank is measured on four signals that can be read directly from the database. Each signal is expressed as a share of the questions in the domain, and the four shares are combined with fixed weights:

Multi-select questions (40% weight). Items with more than one correct answer. The candidate has to find all of them, which is the single hardest format in the bank.
Scenario questions (30% weight). Questions longer than 150 characters, which describe a situation instead of a definition and therefore test reasoning rather than recall.
Interactive questions (20% weight). Items that require reading code or a configuration snippet.
Deep explanations (10% weight). Questions whose explanation runs past 300 characters, which signals a concept with real nuance behind it.

The combined share is multiplied by ten to produce a 1-10 score. The exam-level score is computed over the whole bank rather than averaged across domains, so a small domain cannot distort the total. Figures on this page are recomputed from the live bank on every crawl.

Data set: Certilum Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator Foundation question bank, 150 questions, 10 domains. Published by CERTILUM. This is Certilum’s own measurement of its own question bank and is not an official EC-Council statistic.

Questions analysed: 150
Exam domains: 10
Hardest domain: Forensic Science (2.8)
Most approachable domain: Procedures and Methodology (1.8)
Question mix: 53 single · 50 multi · 47 interactive
Measured on: Foundation

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Frequently asked questions

What our Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator complexity numbers mean and how they are produced.

It measures how structurally demanding the questions are, not the official pass rate. We score every question in our Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator bank on four measurable signals and combine them into a 1-10 score. Higher means more multi-select items, longer scenario questions, more interactive code items and deeper explanations — that is, questions that require reasoning rather than recall.