CISSP® practice questions: the prompt for ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini

Copy a prompt into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI. Each asks for CISSP® questions in the domcq/1 format, with the exam’s official topic names and question format, and nothing else.

What do you want your AI to do?

Your AI writes them to the exam’s outline and format.

You are writing exam-style multiple-choice practice questions for me. I am preparing for CISSP, set by ISC2. Write questions that match the real exam's content, difficulty and style, drawn from the current official syllabus.

Write 20 questions. Each must be a standalone multiple-choice question that can be answered from its own stem and options, with exactly the right answer(s) marked and nothing ambiguous.

Set each question's `topic` to one of these names, copied exactly (same words, same capitalization; these are the only topic names the import accepts):
- Security and Risk Management (subtopics: Understand, adhere to, and promote professional ethics; Understand and apply security concepts; Evaluate and apply security governance principles; Understand legal, regulatory, and compliance issues that pertain to information security in a holistic context; Understand requirements for investigation types (i.e., administrative, criminal, civil, regulatory, industry standards); Develop, document, and implement security policy, standards, procedures, and guidelines; Identify, analyze, assess, prioritize, and implement Business Continuity (BC) requirements; Contribute to and enforce personnel security policies and procedures; Understand and apply risk management concepts; Understand and apply threat modeling concepts and methodologies; Apply Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) concepts; Establish and maintain a security awareness, education, and training program)
- Asset Security (subtopics: Identify and classify information and assets; Establish information and asset handling requirements; Provision information and assets securely; Manage data lifecycle; Ensure appropriate asset retention (e.g., End of Life (EOL), End of Support); Determine data security controls and compliance requirements)
- Security Architecture and Engineering (subtopics: Research, implement and manage engineering processes using secure design principles; Understand the fundamental concepts of security models (e.g., Biba, Star Model, Bell-LaPadula); Select controls based upon systems security requirements; Understand security capabilities of Information Systems (IS); Assess and mitigate the vulnerabilities of security architectures, designs, and solution elements; Select and determine cryptographic solutions; Understand methods of cryptanalytic attacks; Apply security principles to site and facility design; Design site and facility security controls; Manage the information system lifecycle)
- Communication and Network Security (subtopics: Apply secure design principles in network architectures; Secure network components; Implement secure communication channels according to design)
- Identity and Access Management (IAM) (subtopics: Control physical and logical access to assets; Design identification and authentication strategy (e.g., people, devices, and services); Federated identity with a third-party service; Implement and manage authorization mechanisms; Manage the identity and access provisioning lifecycle; Implement authentication systems)
- Security Assessment and Testing (subtopics: Design and validate assessment, test, and audit strategies; Conduct security control testing; Collect security process data (e.g., technical and administrative); Analyze test output and generate report; Conduct or facilitate security audits)
- Security Operations (subtopics: Understand and comply with investigations; Conduct logging and monitoring activities; Perform Configuration Management (CM) (e.g., provisioning, baselining, automation); Apply foundational security operations concepts; Apply resource protection; Conduct incident management; Operate and maintain detection and preventative measures; Implement and support patch and vulnerability management; Understand and participate in change management processes; Implement recovery strategies; Implement Disaster Recovery (DR) processes; Test Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP); Participate in Business Continuity (BC) planning and exercises; Implement and manage physical security; Address personnel safety and security concerns)
- Software Development Security (subtopics: Understand and integrate security in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC); Identify and apply security controls in software development ecosystems; Assess the effectiveness of software security; Assess security impact of acquired software; Define and apply secure coding guidelines and standards)
Where subtopics are listed, set `subtopic` to one of them; otherwise choose a short, specific `subtopic` of your own or leave it out.

Spread the questions across the topics in the real exam's proportions, about:
- Security and Risk Management: 3 (16% of the real exam)
- Asset Security: 2 (10% of the real exam)
- Security Architecture and Engineering: 3 (13% of the real exam)
- Communication and Network Security: 3 (13% of the real exam)
- Identity and Access Management (IAM): 3 (13% of the real exam)
- Security Assessment and Testing: 2 (12% of the real exam)
- Security Operations: 2 (13% of the real exam)
- Software Development Security: 2 (10% of the real exam)

Give each question exactly 4 options. Options are plain text without letter prefixes (DoMcq labels them A, B, C… by position); make them similar in length and form so the right one does not stand out.
Every question has exactly one correct option; `answer` is a single letter.
Never use these as an option: "all of the above", "none of the above". Avoid "both A and B" style options too.

Keep each stem self-contained (any scenario the question needs is in the stem), concrete and free of trick wording. Do not refer to other questions, images, tables or exhibits.
Every item is a standard multiple-choice question: do not write advanced innovative questions items.

Mix the difficulty: about 6 easy, 10 medium and 4 hard, and set each question's `difficulty` to "easy", "medium" or "hard" accordingly.

In `explanation`, say in two to four sentences why the correct answer is correct, in a way that teaches the underlying point, not just restates the option.

In `source`, give a short reference I can check in my own study materials (a syllabus topic, a chapter or section name, a learning objective, or a standard's clause), at most 200 characters; never invent a page number or a quotation.

Leave out `rationales` and `id`.

Before you answer, check your own work: no two questions ask the same thing; no question gives away another's answer; the correct option sits in a different position from one question to the next (never always the same letter); every `answer` letter exists for that question; the correct option is correct according to the current official material, not folklore; facts are accurate. Fix anything you find.

Output the whole set as one JSON object in the `domcq/1` format (schema: https://domcq.com/schema/v1; this is the import format of https://domcq.com):

```json
{
  "format": "domcq/1",
  "exam": "cissp",
  "set": "CISSP practice – [a short name for this set]",
  "questions": [
    {
      "stem": "[the question, 10–2000 characters]",
      "options": [
        "[option 1]",
        "[option 2]",
        "[option 3]",
        "[option 4]"
      ],
      "answer": "B",
      "explanation": "[why the correct answer is correct, 1–3000 characters]",
      "topic": "Security and Risk Management",
      "subtopic": "[optional, more specific]",
      "difficulty": "medium",
      "source": "[a reference I can check]"
    }
  ]
}
```

Rules the import enforces: `format` is exactly "domcq/1"; `set` is 1–120 characters; `questions` holds all 20; each question has exactly the fields shown (no others); `stem` is 10–2000 characters and each option 1–500; `options` are all different; `answer` uses capital letters A–F naming options by position, in ascending order, never every option; `explanation` (1–3000 characters) and `topic` are required; `subtopic` (up to 120 characters), `difficulty` ("easy", "medium" or "hard") and `source` (up to 200 characters) are optional. Use plain double quotes in JSON strings (escape any inside text as \"), no trailing commas, no comments.

Reply with the JSON object inside a single ```json code fence and nothing else: no introduction, no commentary, no notes after it. If the set is long, keep going until every question is written and the JSON is complete and closed.

Then

  1. Paste the prompt into your AI and wait for the whole JSON file. If it stops early, ask it to continue from where it stopped and finish the JSON.
  2. Copy the AI’s reply and paste it at domcq.com/import. DoMcq checks the file and shows exactly what to fix, if anything, as a message you paste back to your AI.
  3. Save, then practice: tutor mode, exam mode with the real exam’s timing, and progress by topic.

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