Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!
Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!
-
Congratulations Chris Miller on being selected by the Tek-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!
Passed A+ and Net+
- Thread starter punkchow
- Start date
- Status
punkchow,
Congrats! Maybe you could share with others the materials you used, and your own information about the exams themselves (number of questions, topics tested, etc.)
Wishdiak
A+, Network+, Security+, MCSA: Security 2003
Congrats! Maybe you could share with others the materials you used, and your own information about the exams themselves (number of questions, topics tested, etc.)
Wishdiak
A+, Network+, Security+, MCSA: Security 2003
- Thread starter
- #4
Yes, the Network+ was, in my opinion, easier. Maybe because of my background, who knows....
As far as what was on the tests, I'll be sufficiently vague
I got 80 questions on the HW and OS which I think is standard? I got 72 on the Net+.
The HW kind of threw me. I studied a lot of the POST errors, memory addresses, IRQ's, etc....never saw a single question on them. I don't remember there being an emphasis on one area, but there were a couple that I thought "these three are definitely wrong, this one would be right assuming this is a typo." I don't know if that was really the case or if I got those right; that would be nice to know.
The OS test was definitely Windows through and through. It had a lot of questions about the ERD and recovery console. Varied pretty well between all the Windows flavors with a definite slant toward NT (go figure).
The Network+ fell right in line with every practice test I saw. Know the connectors, the 802.x standards, the topologies, and troubleshooting. I got about 10 questions where you had to figure out what could be the problem; those are cake. There was a lot more token ring stuff than I thought necessary. Something about a wireless point-to-point vs. point-to-multipoint vs. cellular vs. something else. Maybe a synapse fused or something, but I drew a total blank on it.
What did I use? Well, pretty much everything I could get my hands on. There are tons of free resources out there, and I got quite a bit out of them. One thing about the freebies: DOUBLE CHECK THE ANSWERS! I questioned a few of the answers and then saw the same advice from others. It's sound advice. Trust yourself and use the resources to fill in the holes. If I had only one resource available (no, it's not free, however) it would tbe the Testout series. They are very comprehensive and I got some useful info from them.
Well, good luck to those about to take them,
Adam
As far as what was on the tests, I'll be sufficiently vague
I got 80 questions on the HW and OS which I think is standard? I got 72 on the Net+.
The HW kind of threw me. I studied a lot of the POST errors, memory addresses, IRQ's, etc....never saw a single question on them. I don't remember there being an emphasis on one area, but there were a couple that I thought "these three are definitely wrong, this one would be right assuming this is a typo." I don't know if that was really the case or if I got those right; that would be nice to know.
The OS test was definitely Windows through and through. It had a lot of questions about the ERD and recovery console. Varied pretty well between all the Windows flavors with a definite slant toward NT (go figure).
The Network+ fell right in line with every practice test I saw. Know the connectors, the 802.x standards, the topologies, and troubleshooting. I got about 10 questions where you had to figure out what could be the problem; those are cake. There was a lot more token ring stuff than I thought necessary. Something about a wireless point-to-point vs. point-to-multipoint vs. cellular vs. something else. Maybe a synapse fused or something, but I drew a total blank on it.
What did I use? Well, pretty much everything I could get my hands on. There are tons of free resources out there, and I got quite a bit out of them. One thing about the freebies: DOUBLE CHECK THE ANSWERS! I questioned a few of the answers and then saw the same advice from others. It's sound advice. Trust yourself and use the resources to fill in the holes. If I had only one resource available (no, it's not free, however) it would tbe the Testout series. They are very comprehensive and I got some useful info from them.
Well, good luck to those about to take them,
Adam
punkchow,
That's definately the number of questions that I saw on the Network+, although the exam will change sometime this year.
Your insights into the A+ exams will probably be useful to those preparing for those exams.
Thanks for the info.
Wishdiak
A+, Network+, Security+, MCSA: Security 2003
That's definately the number of questions that I saw on the Network+, although the exam will change sometime this year.
Your insights into the A+ exams will probably be useful to those preparing for those exams.
Thanks for the info.
Wishdiak
A+, Network+, Security+, MCSA: Security 2003
- Status