A+ Exams Separate or Both at Same Time?
Hi I'm new here, but was curious about how most people go about taking the A+ exam. The book I'm using to study for it (Exam Cram 220-801 220-802 by David L. Prowse) suggests that only 1 out of 10 of his students take both exams at the same time and usually have good success with it, but he recommends taking them separately. So is it common for most people to take them separately or both at the same time? I'm just about ready for the hardware portion, but haven't gotten into the software section yet. I apologize if I've posted this in the wrong section or anythin, like I said I'm new here and this is my first post. Thanks in advance!
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I have always recommended and still recommend taking both exams the same day. Simply put, this is how the problems come up in the field, and a tech should be able to handle both.
HOWEVER, my one newly revised exception to the above is for those who are not native English speakers/readers or for those who cannot take the exam in their native language. After discussing with a few folks, those who do not speak English fluently may have enough mental stress translating their way through one test and might need a break before the second...so, that would be my only exception (simply because these folks will be working in their native tongue on the job, but for the exam they have only an English option.
Bottom line, no one can tell you what will work for you, you need to decide and set up your dates to get the exams completed.
Personally, for A+ prep I like the Mike Meyers text as my first choice. I you need only a light review, than Passport and Exam Cram will be fine.
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Download a copy of the objectives and review those. If you are very familiar with all those topics, you should have no problem with the exams. Either way, (postponing the test date or just booking it from a week or two from now) It sounds like you can take them both the same day easily.
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"Grammar and spelling aren't everything, but this is a forum, not a chat room. You have plenty of time to spell out the word "you", and look just a little bit smarter." by Phaideaux
***I'll add you can Capitalize the word 'I' to show a little respect for yourself too.
'i' before 'e' except after 'c'.... weird?
However, I've chosen to take the exams separately (I'm aiming for approximately one week apart), and the reason is simply because I hadn't taken any kind of certification exam before and I wasn't 100% sure what to expect. I felt reasonably prepared going into the first exam (801) last week, but I thought to myself, how awful would it be if the 801 exam shocked me and I somehow failed, and then I had to take the 802 exam (my weaker area of the two) immediately after with no time to adjust or reschedule?
Now that I've got one exam under my belt, I think that if I study another split-exam subject in the future (such as Linux+), I'll sit for both back to back next time.
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