Passed both A+ exams by a thread of hair

I got 505 out of 900, with a passing grade of 505 for my Core hardware.
I got 515 out of 900 with a passing grade of 515 for my software test.

I don't know whether to feel lucky or unfortunate. o_O

I logically went through each question, and I thought I answered most correctly but it seems my studying wasn't good enough. I read through Sybex and another, large red book. I used practice tests and took lots of notes on everything from POST to printers, so my grade surprised me. Anyone else seen a strange occurence like this? ^^
I also used the notes on this site.

Just happy to be done with that thing. I'd better study harder for my Security+ and CCNA.

KG

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janmike

Congratulations on become A+ certified!

jescab

CONGRATZ dude.........a pass is a pass......but I would continue to study

elathrop

Congratulations! I'll be taking the A+ in another month and I'll gladly take a 505 or whatever it is I need to pass. I'm afraid of the test because I keep finding different "correct anwers" that contradict one another.
On one test, a question was: " How much L2 cahe does a Pentium II have?" The answer is 512K. A few questions later the "correct answer to a question is that "the main difference between a Pentium II and a Pentium III is that the Pentium III has more L2 cashe" Well, I'll buy that the PIII has better cashe or faster cashe but all PIII's are listed as having 256 or 512K L2 cashe. That's really got me confused! Also, I'm getting 3 different answers to the question, "how many DMA channels does an AT have?"
So, I think if you passed, you did great!!!

ASUSTeK

Rare scores indeed, a pass is a pass anyway. But I'll recommend that you be extremely careful about Security+. It requires a much higher pass grade. Make sure you go through the objectives and confirm that you are comfortable with each one before taking the exam.

KGhaleon

Thanks. Yeah, to be honest I really only reviewed and went over the material in a week or so, since I was suppose to have taken the exams a long time ago. I never thought I'd pass on the first try.

I'm definately putting my all into the next few exams. I don't plan to take my CCNA until I can configure routers and answer the questions with my eyes closed.. <_<;;

KG

evanderburg

Did you take both on the same day?

Plantwiz

Congratulations

KGhaleon

Yes, I took both with a small 30 minute break inbetween. There was mainly just a lot of memorization involved, and they threw lots of tricky questions at me. I've had experience working in the field, so I don't consider the score a huge failure. I was suppose to get my A+ years ago but procrastinated until recently when I picked up a few books and studied. I spent one week studying for each test and took them, thinking that I would fail at least the OS portion. I'm glad I was wrong.

Semyaza

=" "how many DMA channels does an AT have?"

I had that same problem my book told me AT has 4 then the test software with the book itself said it was 8, I dodged that question on the exam though so meh, chances it will ask you gotta be small as hell.