A+ exam - hard???

bfletcher24

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I am going to take my A+ cert test in a couple weeks....I am reading the "exam cram" book and on the practice tests I do pretty well.

Anyone here have any tips on what I can expect? I am kinda nervous....this will be my first certification test
 

AnyMal

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The exam is easy. I was in and out in 15 minutes for both exams. If you score at least 90% on your practice tests, you'll do fine.
 

bfletcher24

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Originally posted by: AnyMal
The exam is easy. I was in and out in 15 minutes for both exams. If you score at least 90% on your practice tests, you'll do fine.

15 minutes for *each* exam? Or both total?

Jesus....I'm gonna be so nervous....it will probably take me 15 minutes to answer the first question, lol.

I know I'll do better on the hardware portion.....the OS one might give me a few problems.
 

TheShiz

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it isn't bad, but does have some cheesy questions, like being able to tell the different ways of doing the same thing in various versions of windows. I thought the OS one was more difficult than hardware, probably because I've been messing around with hardware for fun for years.

Tim
 

compudog

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Test is easy. On my test, there were some wacky connector questions, though the newer tests may not have them anymore.
 

Turkey22

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I think the days of the 15 minute test is over for A+. Right after I took mine (finished both within 15 minutes total) they changed the testing format so you can only take the version with a set number of questions. Everyone who finished it in 15 minutes prolly took the adaptive version. I think mine had a total of 30-40 questions, but I think the other one has 60-80 questions per test... but I dont remember for sure. I found it surprisingly easy, but it was basicly a DOS and Win3.11 test. Memorize your irq's.