N+ exam
Hello everyone, i have recently decided to change careers. I have been a personal trainer and a musician for most of my adult life but decided it was time for a change. So i enrolled in an IT school. The computer world is really new to me but i realize if i want job security in the future this is the way to go. I passed the A+ essentials and A+ practical test fairly easy but i am having a hard time with the N+ exam. I have taken it twice now and havent missed it by about 5 questions each time. I was considering buying some of the test questions from Actual tests or some of the other ones out there.. I was wondering what you guys thoughts are on this? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Merry Christmas!
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What book are you using? How did you go about studying/preparing? How long have you been studying for?
Also, check out Transcender, Measure Up, and/or Kaplan. In addition to paid products, they each include demos for free (usually 10-30 questions.) CompTIA also has a demo test on their site. There's also LearnSmart which currently has large pdf tests for a dollar ($1). They're huge tests - hundreds of pages probably, w/ the questions divided by categories. I got practice tests for all the certs I plan to take 2013/2014 for $11 from them.
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Congrats on the A+ pass and not giving up on the Network+. If you're dropping the exam, it indicates you're missing some key knowledge. Using questions that purport to be the actual exams and don't give explanations won't help you get that knowledge and when you come across questions that are only slightly modified, you'll get them wrong. If you go that route, you might eventually pass, but the lack of knowledge tends to snowball. People that go this route are often exposed when asked simple questions in job interviews, or on the job if they do get past an interview.
I'd suggest getting some study materials and going over the concepts that you missed the most on the exam.
Good luck.
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Also, do all the practice questions that came along w/ the Mike Meyers book.
Then, if you really need more practice, there's Measure Up, Transcender, and Kaplan.
Also print out the objectives and go over each item on it. make sure you understand each bullet. You can test yourself by giving an explanation on each bullet out loud.
The best thing would be to try to find out your weak/problem areas and attack them. At the moment, do you know what they are?
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Understanding how the different protocols differ from EACH OTHER would help. But so will practice exams. Let us know how you do on the practice exams you try.
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