Passed Sec+

Just got back from the testing center and I passed with a score of 830. David L. Prowse's book is a viable study guide as I used it exclusively along with the practice tests that came on the CDs which was included in the book. I used the regular edition and not the academic edition.

I would estimate total study time to be between 30-40 hours with the bulk of them being within the last month. I originally bought the book back in January, but didn't really hit it hard until the past 2-3 weeks. I would usually study for 45 minutes - 1.5 hours each day. I'm usually at work 1.5 hours ahead of time, so I would get in about 45 minutes of studying in my car before work and another 45 at night when I got home.

I pretty much just read the book and took notes as I read. I also did the end of chapter quizzes. When I finished the book I took a practice exam and reread the chapters I was weak on. Yesterday, I spent 3-4 hours using the practice exam questions from the Pearson testing simulator. I would take the practice exam, mark the questions that I wasn't 100% sure of the answer, and then go back through and read the explanations for the questions I marked as well as the ones I got wrong. I like to review the explanations for the ones that I marked that way I can see if my thought process was correct in answering that question.

Yesterday, I also read through my notes. Today I showed up an hour and a half early to the testing center. I spent that time in my car browsing through the entire book looking anything that was bolded, italicized, underlined or in tables.

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Comments

jones551

Congrats! Great Work

Infosec85

Congrats on the pass, I'm due to sit mine on the 9th of May. Earliest I could get due to where I live. I know in the comptia sample questions there are questions on Linux. Can you confirm if there is much in the way of Linux on the exam?

Congrats!

Congrats!

Congrats!

Infosec85 wrote: »

Congrats on the pass, I'm due to sit mine on the 9th of May. Earliest I could get due to where I live. I know in the comptia sample questions there are questions on Linux. Can you confirm if there is much in the way of Linux on the exam?

Due to the NDA, I can't comment on the specifics of the exam I took. However, I did just do a keyword search on the Security+ exam objectives PDF made available on the Comptia website for "Linux" and that did not return any results.

AndersonSmith

Congratulations! That's a great score!