How we write and check questions

CertArea covers 374 certification exams. This page explains where the exam details come from, how the practice questions are made, and what we do when something is wrong.

Exam details

Fees, durations, question counts, passing scores, languages and retirement dates are taken from the vendor's own exam page or exam guide. Each exam page shows the date those details were last checked and links to the official page.

When a vendor does not publish a value, we leave it blank. We do not estimate it.

Practice questions

• Every question is original. None are copied from a live exam, and we do not accept or publish leaked exam content.
• Questions are written against the vendor's published exam objectives, so each one maps to a topic the exam actually lists.
• Drafting is AI-assisted. Each question carries a topic, four or five options, the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is right.
• We avoid "all of the above" and "none of the above", and multi-answer questions say how many answers to choose.

Checks before a question bank is published

• Structure: every question has a valid answer key, no duplicate options and an explanation.
• Duplicates: repeated questions inside a bank are removed.
• Giveaways: the correct answer must not be recognisable by its length or by always sitting under the same letter.
• Coverage: the free test draws questions from every topic area, so the sample reflects the whole exam.

What a practice test can and cannot tell you

A practice test shows which topics you know and which you need to revisit. It is not the real exam, the questions will differ, and a practice score is not a prediction or a guarantee of a pass.

Corrections

Exams change and questions can be wrong. If you find an outdated detail or an answer you disagree with, email support@certarea.com with the exam code and the question. We check it against the official material and fix it.

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