Any advice....A+ Essentials Exam

Hi,I'm new to this forum. I took a course at a computer school for A+ Essentials. I studied real hard and took the test this week and failed. To get a feel for different variations of the test I took all types of practice exams, etc.... I feel as if I learned more from the practice exams then I did with my coursework. I want to take the exam again at the end of the month while everything is still fresh in my mind. I feel a bit discouraged from failing the test this week. I was ready to give up and then I found your site which seems like it has a huge amount of information.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Pam

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undomiel

My recommendation would be to go through all of the tech notes on this site and get as much hands on experience as you can. I personally found real world experience to be the best study guide for the exam.

Plantwiz

undomiel wrote:

My recommendation would be to go through all of the tech notes on this site and get as much hands on experience as you can. I personally found real world experience to be the best study guide for the exam.

+1

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The exam is geared toward candidates WITH experience....something that keyboard warriors tend to minimize across the forums because so many seem to 'want' that next certification. The downside with attidutes as such is that the intended purpose of the certifications becomes clouded.

And, people fail tech exams....not a huge deal. Sucks when it's you, but fact is some very smart people have failed. So you'll take it again...and pass and move forward.

-Download the objectives
-Review the TechNotes here
-What sort of books are you reviewing? Meyers and Sybex (IMHO) are the best reliable source....just my opinion.
-Read white papers
-Build a lab if your hands-on experience is limited
-Volunteer/shadow techs to learn more
-Interact on the forum

You'll get it. It takes work, but you'll appreciate the work you do to get there.

chrisduggan

Jump onto http://wikipedia.org/ and research some of the bits you are not so confident with, print them out and using a highlighter pen mark relevant articles.
That helped me

Let us know how you get on

hnguyen11033

Please don't give up. No one is perfect. Used it as a learning experience. Study your weaknesses, and when you are confident, go nail the sucker!

pwatson wrote:

Hi,I'm new to this forum. I took a course at a computer school for A+ Essentials. I studied real hard and took the test this week and failed. To get a feel for different variations of the test I took all types of practice exams, etc.... I feel as if I learned more from the practice exams then I did with my coursework. I want to take the exam again at the end of the month while everything is still fresh in my mind. I feel a bit discouraged from failing the test this week. I was ready to give up and then I found your site which seems like it has a huge amount of information.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Pam