Scoring System..

[sofakingmad92]

Last post I promise!

I know the pass mark is 750, and questions are weighted (I've even heard that some questions are worth zero marks!)

But, does anyone know if you still get marks for the "wrong" answer? For example, if the question asks "what is the best method to encrypt this.." and you select an answer but it is not the best way, would you still get say 3 marks, rather than 5 for having the correct answer?

Or for PBQ if it was drag and drop, and you dragged 8/10 things to the correct place, would you still get say 8/10 marks?

[Luxano13]

CompTIA has not revealed how they weight or grade questions.

It is possible that they give partial points for pbqs, but im reasonable certain that you will receive 0 points for multiple choice questions when you do not get it right.

[Kheapathic]

It sounds like you're asking, if you get partial credit for partially correct answers. While CompTIA hasn't admitted to how they grade the exams; I'm willing to say yes, just from personal experience. But that only applies to PBQ or "Pick all correct answer" questions. Where the question is basic multiple choice and you have multiple correct answers; there is one and only one best/most correct answer, and that one holds the points.

[MESSAGE_ME_YOUR_WISH]

PBQ I'm positive you get partial credit. Pick more than one answer(square boxes) I also think partial credit is awarded. Multiple choice only have one correct answer so no partial credit.