Passed! With mixed feelings...
Well, I passed this morning. Got a 703, not terrible but not the score I wanted. The test was much harder than the study material sample questions (TestOut) led me to believe. Definitely will be using a more diverse study method from now on. This site really helped me a lot, thanks guys.
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Second, the goal is to pass and it seems that you have done this so there is little to complain about. It could be a variety of factors that lead to the score you have, but without reading and memorizing questions beforehand....scores tend to be a little more reasonable.
Please don't misunderstand....there are people who study and test on a regular schedule and they tend to know their material so indepth and are in tune with the exam process they score very well.
And as the saying goes...a PASS is a PASS
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"Grammar and spelling aren't everything, but this is a forum, not a chat room. You have plenty of time to spell out the word "you", and look just a little bit smarter." by Phaideaux
***I'll add you can Capitalize the word 'I' to show a little respect for yourself too.
'i' before 'e' except after 'c'.... weird?
I know exactly how you feel... I just passed on Monday. This was my first cert exam, and I really thought I knew the material back and forth, so I was surprised when I got a 691. I came away from the experience with the same lesson (to vary my study materials even more).
But, Mr. Plantwiz is right. A PASS is a PASS!
Working on exerience and one book, you are likely to get in the 700's.
Comptia expects A LOT and some of it's questions are quite random. Things you would expect find on a MCSA/E or LPIC-X test. While some important fundamentals are skipped over and then some fundamentals hammered on.
Take the win and move on man. May I ask, why Security+? Why not MCSA? CCNA? Or a Linux cert?
In the begining of the test it stated some of questions would have no point values assigned to them. Not sure if they are sampling people's knowledge or trying to rattle the test taker.
Quest for 11K pages read in 2011
Page Count total to date - 1283
And they won't tell you.
It can be used to evaluate a candidates knowledge level. Possible newer technologies and when a revision is due. New questions that maybe were not previously released. etc...
Think of it simply as a survey of the cross-section
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"Grammar and spelling aren't everything, but this is a forum, not a chat room. You have plenty of time to spell out the word "you", and look just a little bit smarter." by Phaideaux
***I'll add you can Capitalize the word 'I' to show a little respect for yourself too.
'i' before 'e' except after 'c'.... weird?