Finished reading the Mike Myer's 801/802 book, where to go from here?

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I just finished reading the Mike Myer's book front to back while taking notes on concepts that I wasn't familiar with. To be honest, it's a lot of information and I don't expect myself to remember all the information. So my question is, where should I go from here? I guess the obvious is to go over my notes, but are there good practice books that I can take so I can test myself while looking at my weak points? I was looking into the Exam Cram practice book and was wondering if any of you guys used it?

Also, I noticed that the 801/802 asked about a lot of small details (like PCI bus speeds for example). Do you recommend any flash cards for these?

Thanks.
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Rosco2382

Take a look at Professor Messor's videos. Professor Messer's CompTIA 220-801/802 A+ Training | Professor Messer - CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+, Linux, Microsoft Technology Training

I used his videos to help me prepare as did a bunch of others on this site.

DoubleNNs

For memorization of large topics? Create tables (write them out). This is good for stuff like contrasting the different Wireless standards, or comparing cables. Stuff like that.

For memorization of individual facts - create flash cards. I used them for port #s.

It might take a little bit of time to create those above, but you'll be reviewing while you make them. And once they're made it'll probably take a few days, maybe even a few hours, to have everything completely memorized.

Exam Cram is also a great study material - I used that to pass my own A+. ProfessorMesser also is AMAZING. I recomment viewing his videos. You can load them in VLC player and accelerate the play speed. I often watched them at like 1.75 or 2x play speed. Get thru an hour of videos in about than 35 mins, and since it's review by now, your brain will have abs no problem keeping up.

Good luck!

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thanks for the response guys. I'll start watching these videos.

So there are no commercial flash cards that you guys used, you only created them on your own? I was just afraid that if I create them on my own, I'll be missing material.

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ok, I just looked in the back of the book and found the 801/802 exam objectives with page numbers. I will go ahead and review these items and create flash cards for memorization. THANKS HOMIES!!!

DoubleNNs

When I say make flash cards, I mean maybe 20-30. Not a flash card for every single concept in the book. Just your sticking points.

Making charts are much less time consuming, and allow you to see the bigger picture better than individual facts on an index card.