Free ISACA CISM Practice Test (CISM)
CISM is a management certification, not a technical one. These questions are written from a security manager's seat across all four ISACA domains, where the answer turns on who decides, who owns the risk and what comes first rather than on how a control is configured.
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About the ISACA CISM exam
These facts come from the objectives published for CISM, and our question bank is weighted to match them.
- Exam code
- CISM
- Questions
- Up to 150
- Time limit
- 240 min
- Passing score
- 450 / 800
Domains and weightings
- 17%Information Security Governance
- 20%Information Security Risk Management
- 33%Information Security Program
- 30%Incident Management
ISACA CISM questions people ask
- How many questions are on the ISACA CISM exam?
- Up to 150 questions in 240 minutes. The exact number varies between test forms, which is why the objectives say "up to" rather than giving a fixed count.
- What score do you need to pass CISM?
- A scaled score of 450 on ISACA's 200 to 800 scale. That is a scaled score, not a percentage and not a count of correct answers, and ISACA does not publish how raw answers convert to it. Anyone telling you it equals a specific percentage is guessing.
- How long is the CISM exam and how many questions does it have?
- 150 questions in 240 minutes. All of them are multiple choice with a single best answer; CISM does not use the choose-two format that the CompTIA and AWS exams do.
- Do I need five years of experience before I can take CISM?
- You can sit the exam at any time. The five years of information security management experience is required to become certified, not to take the exam, and you have five years from passing to submit it. Up to two years can be waived by certain other certifications and degrees.
- Is CISM harder than CISSP?
- They are different rather than ranked. CISM is narrower and almost entirely management: governance, risk, programme and incident management, answered from a manager's seat. CISSP spans eight domains and goes deeper technically. People coming from a hands-on background usually find CISM's judgement framing the harder adjustment.
- Are these real ISACA CISM exam questions?
- No, and be wary of any site that claims otherwise. Every question here is written from scratch against the published exam objectives. Sitting an exam having memorised leaked live questions breaks the non-disclosure agreement you accept at the test centre and can get your certification revoked.
- Is this practice test actually free?
- Yes. Without an account you get 20 questions a day, and the count resets every day. A free account removes the daily cap and unlocks the full ISACA CISM question bank, flashcards, study notes, performance-based questions, a timed exam simulator and a readiness score. There is no paid tier and no card required.
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