Measured data
Registered Threat Intelligence Analyst
We scored 150 real Registered Threat Intelligence Analyst exam questions 1-10 on question complexity and broke the result down by exam domain.
- 150 questions scored
- 5 domains
- 2.2/10 overall complexity
Complexity by exam domain
Higher scores mean more demanding question formats. The exam score is computed over the whole bank, not averaged across domains.
- Analysis and Processing37 questions · complexity 2.2/10 · Gentle
32% multi-select · 8% scenario · 32% interactive
- Dissemination and Reporting30 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Intelligence Collection and Sources43 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Operational Intelligence and Incident Response16 questions · complexity 1.9/10 · Gentle
31% multi-select · 0% scenario · 31% interactive
- Threat Intelligence Concepts and Principles24 questions · complexity 3.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 33% scenario · 33% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analysis and Processing | 25% | 37 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 2.2/10Gentle |
| Dissemination and Reporting | 20% | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2.0/10Gentle |
| Intelligence Collection and Sources | 25% | 43 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 2.0/10Gentle |
| Operational Intelligence and Incident Response | 15% | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1.9/10Gentle |
| Threat Intelligence Concepts and Principles | 15% | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3.0/10Gentle |
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 Registered Threat Intelligence Analyst 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 Registered Threat Intelligence Analyst Foundation question bank, 150 questions, 5 domains. Published by CERTILUM. This is Certilum’s own measurement of its own question bank and is not an official CREST statistic.
- Questions analysed
- 150
- Exam domains
- 5
- Hardest domain
- Threat Intelligence Concepts and Principles (3.0)
- Most approachable domain
- Operational Intelligence and Incident Response (1.9)
- Question mix
- 52 single · 49 multi · 49 interactive
- Measured on
- Foundation
Frequently asked questions
What our Registered Threat Intelligence Analyst complexity numbers mean and how they are produced.