Recently, Amazon recommended to me a product called "CERTIFIED INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL (AIIM IQ0-100) Exam Practice Questions and Dumps: Exam Study Guide for CIP AIIM (IQ-100) [sic] Exam Prep LATEST VERSION".
IQ0-100 was the code Prometric used for the original CIP exam, which ran from September 2011 to April 2016. I didn't buy the book, but I know what it contains, because this isn't the first one I've seen.
If you're not familiar with the term, "brain dumps" in this context refer to actual exam questions from actual certification exams that are made available to candidates for a fee. Security is a big deal for certifications, but there are ways to get these exam questions, including unscrupulous test center employees and candidates who take the test over and over again, memorizing different questions each time.
The idea behind brain dumps is terrible, because candidates who shouldn't pass the exam because they don't have the requisite knowledge and experience end up eking out a passing score. This leads over time to the discrediting of a certification because nobody knows if you earned it - or bought it by memorizing compromised exam questions.
At the same time, many of them are absolutely laughable. In many instances, it's a simple "cheat sheet" - e.g. 1. A 2. B 3. A 4. C and so forth. Almost all certifications today use question and item randomization. That is, the actual questions are randomized, so if 3 candidates started their tests at the exact same time, one might get a question from Domain 1, one from Domain 3, and one from Domain 6. And the individual question distractors and responses are randomized too - so that for a question on, e.g., determining the appropriate retention period, for Candidate 1 the correct answer is A, while for Candidate 2 it's C and for Candidate 3 it's D.
They also tend to be outdated. As noted above, IQ0-100 refers to the first version of the CIP exam. AIIM is currently on the third version, updated in June 2019. Many of the topics on the first exam have been removed, and while there are some topics that have been consistent across exams, all of the questions are rewritten pretty much from scratch each time to reflect nuances in their focus. So, if you purchase this or another brain dump that refers to IQ0-100, you're getting badly outdated questions for a badly outdated exam. And if you rely on that to pass the current CIP exam, you may perform even WORSE than if you didn't get the brain dump at all.
I've even seen a few where someone wrote their own questions, which only tangentially relate to the exam at all, and sell them somewhat successfully.
And these aren't cheap - I've seen them for over $150. These higher end products often include an exam delivery engine - aka random software from a sketchy site. I'm not saying they are all malware - wait, yeah, I pretty much am. If you install it, you deserve what you get.
So how can you tell if you're about to attempt to cheat the process? Here are some easy ways to tell.
First, if you're looking for these at all, you're doing it wrong, and I hope you fail the exam, whether it's CIP or any other certification. I may even laugh at you and call you out publicly.
Next, the website will be PLASTERED with guarantees about how you'll pass. Money-back guarantee! Good luck getting your money back - and not having your identity stolen.
The exam will rarely be referred to by its actual name; instead, it will be referred to as IQ0-100 (CIP), or 350-601 (Cisco CCNP), or MS-101 (Microsoft 365 Mobility and Security), etc. For example:
Our PDF of MS-101 exam is designed to ensure everything which you need to pass your exam successfully. The MS-101 Questions & Answers covers all the knowledge points of the real exam. We update our product frequently so our customer can always have the latest version of the brain dumps.
The descriptions will also often be extremely generic with little to no detail about the domains, the topics covered, etc.
Finally, if you look at the various exams covered on a particular site, you'll see identical verbiage for each exam, e.g.:
- Our IQ0-100 Exam Dumps PDF contains Complete Pool of Questions and verified Answers including references and explanations (where applicable). Our objective to assemble IQ0-100 Dumps is not only help you pass exam at first attempt but really Improve Your Knowledge about the latest IQ0-100 Course.
- Our MS-203 Exam Dumps PDF contains Complete Pool of Questions and verified Answers including references and explanations (where applicable). Our objective to assemble MS-203 Dumps is not only help you pass exam at first attempt but really Improve Your Knowledge about the latest MS-203 Course.
- Our PMP Exam Dumps PDF contains Complete Pool of Questions and verified Answers including references and explanations (where applicable). Our objective to assemble PMP Dumps is not only help you pass exam at first attempt but really Improve Your Knowledge about the latest PMP Course.
You can find literally thousands of these sites, mostly automatically generated, using a search for the exam code, e.g. https://www.google.com/search?q=%22iq0-100%22
So. Do yourself, and your industry, a favor. Don't try to take the easy way out - and probably get burned in the process. There are legitimate prep courses and workbooks available. Put in the work, put in the time, learn all the things, and you'll crush the exam and be prepared for whatever doors the certification opens for you.
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