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68falcon

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i just took the core hardware portion of the test today, and thought it was incredibly easy, but i didnt make a very high score. what can i do to prevent this when i take the os part of the test?
 
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V00D00

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So study up. Go to the library, get a book, and take the practice tests inside it. A dude a while back made an irc bot with a bunch of A+ questions. I thought it was damn cool. I was trying to find the post, but couldn't.
 
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SGtheArtist

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Definately read up on the material using test preparation books & practice tests. Also take your time and manage your test time well.

If you're not sure about your answer check the box so you can come back to it at the end and review it before you submit your results.
 
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hjo3

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A+ flash cards worked amazingly well for me and my friends. We had to drive 2 hrs. to take the test, did flash cards the whole way. Easy as pie.
 
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are we talking about computer a+ that class is boring :( i took the test from the cd and it was asking me about how many pins scsi and how long the cables are and 56k modems. the test is outadated... and should be revised maybe the paper test is diffrent but i got a 39% on mine so i guess i dont know what i am talking about.
 
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SGtheArtist

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I agree that the A+ is more of a historic test than a current technologies test. However these historic technologies are still out there and companies are still using them so it is important to know about them.
 
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Topweasel

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Originally posted by: 68falcon
i just took the core hardware portion of the test today, and thought it was incredibly easy, but i didnt make a very high score. what can i do to prevent this when i take the os part of the test?
Click to expand...

If cramsession.com is still alive its about the greatest thing in the world.
 
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SGtheArtist

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GamerExpress, assuming that there's a computer industry left :roll:

I'm MCP, A+, Network+, MS Office Specialist & BBA in Info Sys. with 1.5yrs experience. I couldn't find anything more than working at Office Depot and I searched across the continuous U.S.

I'm getting an accounting degree now.

IT people are a dime a dozillion think twice before persuing the computer industry.
 
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68falcon

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yeah, i didnt do to good on mananging my time on the core cause it took me about 15-20 minutes to finish the test. my library doesnt have any books cause i live in the country and everybody around me i a redneck, so all we have is books on cars.
 
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SGtheArtist

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15 minutes! I could have swore that they gave you at least 45 minutes to finish. If you have time left go back over your answers there may have been some questions that gave insight to other questions you were not sure about.
 
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68falcon

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they give you 90 min, but i did go back and review all of them when i was done. i've always been a fast test taker. like they asked me how many pins where on certain cpu socket types, and on techexams.net it said they wouldnt ask you that.
 
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If you think A+ is outdated, then clearly you don't have any experience in IT. Most people are penny pinching bastards and will run Windows NT for as long as they can on their 20gb SCSI 1 array.
 
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I used some free online practice tests for my A+ and Net+ certs. PassItNow was pretty good for a freebie site.

But for the MCSA/MCSE exams, I highly suggest paying for Transcender and/or MeasureUp practice tests. I don't think I would even trust braindump sites for Microsoft exams.

 
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Mavrick007

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It depends on how far you want to take this, but after A+, you will probably want to get MCSE, CCNP, and the other various CompTIA course certs. At my organization we create courseware and testpreps to aid people in getting certified. If you are looking for just the A+, then you might want to get a good book, but if you want to pursue it further after the A+, then you might want to look into the online courseware.
 
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68falcon

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i used freecomptia, but i found some incorrect answers on some of the tests. i just dont like the test in general, i dont think its very fair, like the questions about what you would do first, there are a lot of things one could do. what are the basic things you need to know, like the different files like command.com and autoexec.bat etc. and menus?
 
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redbeard1

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Mike Meyers 5th edition A+ book is probably the best way to go. It guides you to the way they want you to answer the questions. As you found in the Hardware test, what seemed easy was misleading because they wanted you to choose their "more correct" answer.

Meyers also makes a very good Network+ book. I read both of these books and passed both A+ test and the Network+ tests.


Amazon
 
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Godsmack74

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Just my .02 here:

The OS portion is definitely the more difficult part of the test. Bar none the best site for informationo n any IT related test is:

http://www.braindumpcentral.com/

A little know but major resource for this sort of thing. Their questions are spot on, but dont always believe the most popular answers. If you look up the questions you will find the right answers. Don't get me wrong, the majority usually wins in the answers but not always. I have read the questions and answers and found on more than a few occasions that the majority was dead wrong.

This should help you out considerably.


 
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