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During a kickoff discussion for a penetration testing engagement, a client's CISO argues that CPENT-certified professionals are valuable primarily because they possess deep technical exploitation knowledge. Based on EC-Council's stated proportion of skills required for a CPENT AI assignment, how should you correct this view?

A Assignments require 80% technical knowledge and 20% critical skills like scoping and legal requirements
B Assignments require 20% technical knowledge and 80% critical pen-testing skills like scoping, planning, and legal requirements
C Assignments require an equal 50/50 split between technical exploitation and reporting skills
D Assignments are entirely technical, with soft skills handled by project managers

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