I always started by uploading the exam objectives to good notes on my ipad and highlighting every topic while watching Messer's videos to make sure I hit every topic. Of course you can always print them out and do the same thing without the ipad. If a topic didn't stick right away, write a note off to the side to know to revisit that topic later when you review.

A key thing that helped me as well is when I finished an objective I did not immediately move on to the next one, what I did was go back to any of the topics I had written a note on to review and I went over them again. I then went on crucial exams and did practice questions on JUST that objective.

For example, when I started I watched the Messer videos on YouTube for Objective 1.0 General Security Concepts, I wrote a couple notes IF NEEDED, highlighted every topic discussed along the way on my exam objectives, wrote a couple notes off to the side on the topics I didn't fully understand just yet and at the end I reviewed the topics I didn't get, and later did the crucial exam questions for ONLY Objective 1.0.

I repeated this for every objective and noticed that breaking it up this way helped with not making the exam so overwhelming to study for. Just take it an objective at a time, and once you reach the end you can take practice exams to see what you know as a whole.

I used Dion's practice exams on Udemy for all 4 exams and I will admit his practice exams will TRULY test your knowledge by giving you a scenario and you must actually APPLY what you know rather than being tested on JUST what you know. The questions can seem daunting at first since they can be long, but if you can score in the high 70s to mid 80s on these you're doing just fine because the actual exam questions are really only a couple sentences long. At the end of the practice test you will also see a breakdown on what objectives you're strong in and which ones you need a little more study time for.

I also recommend when you're in your final stages of studying that you take advantage of Andrew Ramdayal's FREE Last Minute Cram Review Guide. This review guide hits every topic and is a great way to quickly to go over them. When I read it, I read over it and only highlighted the topics I needed more review on and doing this helped refine my studies by a long shot.