Passed yesterday with an 835!!!

slim256

After taking the SY0-101 about 6 months ago and missed passing by a few points I finally retook the exam and passed the SY0-201 this time. I felt it had a lot better wording and structure this time around.

I read Darrill's book cover to cover and found it covered all of the topics and concepts very well. I also used PrepLogic practice questions that I bought for $10 a few months ago on their site. Thanks Darrill!!!!

Now I think I'm going to work on the Linux+ exam.

veritas_libertas

Congratz!

remyforbes777

Congrats. I hope to be putting that in my list of certs as well. I am reading the Comptia All in One Security + Guide book. I need to also purchase some practice questions. On a scale of 1-10 10 being the hardest, how hard was the test for you?

slim256

Well when I finished I was sure I failed because there were a lot of questions that I wasn't sure of but ended up doing well so I'm not sure what to say. I think the CCNA was like a 9 for me and then the Security+ is like a 6 or a 7. If you know the underlying concepts you will do well. Darrill's book is really well as I'm sure the Sybex is too. The difficulty lies in the higher score needed to pass compared to other CompTIA tests. What I thought helped me was mark all the questions I wasn't sure about the answer and then when I was done when back and reviewed the answers that I put down first. I ended changing a few and I think it paid off in the end. Don't worry, you will do fine on it. It's not that difficult of a test.

Killermac

Congrats. What do you think was the hardest topic.

KM

Darril

slim256 wrote: »

After taking the SY0-101 about 6 months ago and missed passing by a few points I finally retook the exam and passed the SY0-201 this time. I felt it had a lot better wording and structure this time around.

I read Darrill's book cover to cover and found it covered all of the topics and concepts very well. I also used PrepLogic practice questions that I bought for $10 a few months ago on their site. Thanks Darrill!!!!

Now I think I'm going to work on the Linux+ exam.

Congratulations! That's a great score.

Glad the book helped.

Darril Gibson
Author: CompTIA Security+: Get Certified Get Ahead
ISBN-10: 1439236364

slim256

I don't know if I would say the hardest topic but the most heavily touched topic was cryptography. If you are reading Darrill's book I would say read chapter 9 a few times. They liked to ask a lot about different types of cryptography and characteristics etc. Some of the questions have a couple of answers that seem like they could work but trust your instinct and don't feel like they are trying to trick you. Hashing/Encrpytion/Authentication/Identfication are also good topics to study.

msteinhilber

Congratz!

7255carl

congrats on the pass

mrmcmint

Congrats on the pass!

worldmac1

Congratulations on the nice pass!! Thanks for all of your input as well...