Has anyone recently taken the CompTIA A+ certification exams?

[Nocturnal]

If so, what was improved and harder about the newer exams? Thanks so much in advance.

 

[Night201]

Sorry for not being able to help you, but I can tell you that earlier versions weren't too hard. If you know computer and how they work it shouldn't be that hard.

 

[AFB]

A+ sounded easy.

 

[Nocturnal]

ttt

 

[Jesta]

Since I teach it I get to take the exams whenever they change. The only real difference in Core is the addition of wireless standards (802.11, Bluetooth, etc.). For OS they only really added very little XP stuff.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

I was going to take the A+ about 3 years ago, then I realized how unrealistic the material was.

 

[Nocturnal]

Jesta, how should I go about preparing? What books should I read? Should I take an hour a day and read as much as I can?

 

[HappyPuppy]

Originally posted by: Jesta
Since I teach it I get to take the exams whenever they change. The only real difference in Core is the addition of wireless standards (802.11, Bluetooth, etc.). For OS they only really added very little XP stuff.

Does it still include Win3.x and DOS?

 

[Zugzwang152]

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy

Originally posted by: Jesta
Since I teach it I get to take the exams whenever they change. The only real difference in Core is the addition of wireless standards (802.11, Bluetooth, etc.). For OS they only really added very little XP stuff.

Does it still include Win3.x and DOS?

knowing DOS commands can still be useful. Win 3.x is pretty useless though. they shouldn't be teaching anything before win 98 at all.

 

[KarenMarie]

Originally posted by: DeathByAnts
I was going to take the A+ about 3 years ago, then I realized how unrealistic the material was.

me too! There were asking stuff that no one ever uses anymore, no one would ever use again and no one would ever have to know. In the end, I didn't bother.

 

[Jesta]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Jesta, how should I go about preparing? What books should I read? Should I take an hour a day and read as much as I can?

Yea, just read some basic material over the 2003 objectives and you should be fine.

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
Does it still include Win3.x and DOS?

Nah, they took that out when the test changed in 2001, thank god



The 9x/ME stuff is still in there but it's pretty basic stuff. We run a repair shop out of the classroom and you would be suprised at the number of 9X machines we still get through there. Not fun but a fact of life. And even though DOS isn't a requirement to know for the cert anymore, I still teach it because it is just a good thing to know.

 

[Scarpozzi]

I walked in cold a few years ago and passed it without studying. A+ is fairly simple...however, it's good to review the com port memory addresses and stuff that no one ever remembers. Also, be sure they don't revise the test just before you take it. When I took it, I ended up having to take the "non"-adaptive test. It was around 70 questions on each part of the test. Certainly more monotonous than if you were to take the adaptive version.

 

[Jesta]

As of right now there is no adaptive version for the 2003 objectives, so you will be taking the 70 question test

 

[MiniDoom]

it's not bad to know, good base foundation for a pc tech and future engineer. I cant stand meeting system engineer's that don't know Dick about general pc crap!

 

[Pex]

all the sample tests i took had questions about which technology was which number (802.xx) and stupid stuff like which device has which interrupt address. thats the only stuff i didnt know. gonna take a+, network+ in the summer.


btyw whats the diff between network+ and i-net+? is the i-net+ more web stuff?

 

[Jesta]

Yea, INet+ is more managing internet servers and such (Mail Servers, Web Servers, etc..)