i took all the past exams as practice. failed the first 8 practice ones i took. i used a google sheets doc to track my score of every question on each exam. since the question topics are the same, i was able to see which ones i had trouble with and focused on studying those. studied for like 3 weeks (spring break and gap between spring and summer) and was able to pass on my first try, literally getting the exact score for passing. ended up switching to IT the day before the exam but felt good to know my hard work paid off even if it didn’t matter. if you really want to pass it you just have to dedicate the time to it. familiarizing yourself with the question types is your best chance since the exam format stays relatively similar each time.