Passed Hardware (and OS) today
The test was much easier than I thought it would be. I got a 629 on hardware, and a 608 on the OS part. I used the Mike Meyers' All-in-one to study, and I think the key fact is that I read through it *twice*...once taking very thorough notes, and the second time I just "skimmed" over it.
Without being too specific, here's some of the areas I was tested/not tested on:
A bunch of questions on startup/POST errors. I had several questions that involved a non-bootable CD/Floppy drive, etc.
A bunch of networking(mostly cabling)
I had absolutely no questions on specific IRQ/I/O addresses. However, there were some resource-related troubleshooting questions.
I had only *one* question that asked to match a socket with a CPU, and it was incredibly easy.
Several hard drive questions (jumper settings, BIOS limitations, limitations of each file system, etc)
This sites' practice tests helped a lot with my study. I think some of the questions are very unlikely to be on the test (especially the DOS memory stuff - protected, extended, expanded, etc.), but their format was pretty much identical to what I saw on the hardware test. The OS was very much the same way....Just wanted to say thanks to wheover put them together.
Without being too specific, here's some of the areas I was tested/not tested on:
A bunch of questions on startup/POST errors. I had several questions that involved a non-bootable CD/Floppy drive, etc.
A bunch of networking(mostly cabling)
I had absolutely no questions on specific IRQ/I/O addresses. However, there were some resource-related troubleshooting questions.
I had only *one* question that asked to match a socket with a CPU, and it was incredibly easy.
Several hard drive questions (jumper settings, BIOS limitations, limitations of each file system, etc)
This sites' practice tests helped a lot with my study. I think some of the questions are very unlikely to be on the test (especially the DOS memory stuff - protected, extended, expanded, etc.), but their format was pretty much identical to what I saw on the hardware test. The OS was very much the same way....Just wanted to say thanks to wheover put them together.
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janmike
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Congratulations on the new cert, bighusker!"It doesn't matter, it's in the past!"--Rafiki -
2lazybutsmart
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Congratulations on the pass!Exquisite as a lily, illustrious as a full moon,
Magnanimous as the ocean, persistent as time. -
Lovely Legs
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I am about to start an A+ course. Any advice would be really welcome...What section is most difficult?
