CEH v13 study plan, week by week

1. Week 1

   Learn

   Focus: Information Security and Ethical Hacking Overview, Reconnaissance Techniques

   • Take the free 10-question diagnostic to see where you start
   • Flashcards for this week's domains, a short session every study day
   • 80 practice questions from this week's domains, reading every explanation and its cited source

2. Week 2

   Learn

   Focus: System Hacking Phases and Attack Techniques, Network and Perimeter Hacking, Web Application Hacking

   • Flashcards for this week's domains, a short session every study day
   • 80 practice questions from this week's domains, reading every explanation and its cited source
   • Review your flashcard queue before starting the new domain

3. Week 3

   Learn

   Focus: Wireless Network Hacking, Mobile, IoT, and OT Hacking, Cloud Computing, Cryptography

   • Flashcards for this week's domains, a short session every study day
   • 80 practice questions from this week's domains, reading every explanation and its cited source
   • Review your flashcard queue before starting the new domain

4. Week 4

   Practice

   Weighted toward: Reconnaissance Techniques, System Hacking Phases and Attack Techniques, Web Application Hacking

   • 120 mixed questions across every domain, weighted toward Reconnaissance Techniques
   • Redo your missed questions until each one sticks
   • Check your Readiness Read and move your time to the weakest domain it names
   • Your first mock exam (full length): 125 questions in 240 minutes, under the timer

5. Week 5

   Practice

   Weighted toward: Network and Perimeter Hacking, Mobile, IoT, and OT Hacking, Information Security and Ethical Hacking Overview

   • 120 mixed questions across every domain, weighted toward Reconnaissance Techniques
   • Redo your missed questions until each one sticks
   • Check your Readiness Read and move your time to the weakest domain it names

6. Week 6

   Exam rehearsal

   Weighted toward: Reconnaissance Techniques, System Hacking Phases and Attack Techniques, Web Application Hacking

   • Mock exam (full length): 125 questions in 240 minutes, under the timer
   • Review every question you missed on it, then 80 more from the domains it exposed
   • The day before the exam: a light flashcard review and nothing new

Question targets assume about 3 minutes a question, including the explanation and its source. Learn weeks follow the official domain order and give heavier domains more time. Mock exams and questions beyond the free 25 need Pro.