higherho wrote: » I also been studding for roughly 2 weeks taking my time reading each chapter and taking the chapter exams to understand the material. What is your guys typical practice? I Just downloaded that book and installed the Kindle app on this MAC. After I read my first book I should just start on this book? After that I feel like I should be good to go. Thank you for the replies. yea after I am done shopping today I will be reading the book all day. Only have 145 pages left. So its possible I will finish it today.
erpadmin wrote: » If you have the DG book on Kindle, I would just go ahead and read that. The Sybex book is also good for the Security+, but I personally found it superfluous. Darril's book got it right on the money and if you read that book, do well on the chapter tests and then do the final, you should be good to go. Many people just ran through that book in 5-10 days (myself included) and passed between 790-875 (or something like that). Read past threads/posts....see for yourself why this book is THE Security+ resource.
higherho wrote: » Alright I will do that. I just got back from shopping and I was reading the DG book on my Droid (lol). I then was reading chapter 7 in the Sybex book on the way home (read through 30 pages of the cryptography section). I plan to just start reading in 20 minutes and not stop until 10:00 tonight. Do you think I should start on the DG book at chapter 7 though 9 first then go back and review one through 6? since I already read those chapters in the sybex book?
erpadmin wrote: » This will sound crazy, but you will want to read from chapter 1 to chapter 10. The book is an easy read. (I also have it on Kindle). It won't feel like you're reading stuff you already know....that's one of the reasons people like this book....he keeps you engaged. One you're done with each chapter, do the chapter exams. If you start now, you'll be at chapter 7 by 10 tonight. (maybe even the whole book....) Seriously, it's that good.
higherho wrote: » Why is the passing score an 83 and not an 80?
higherho wrote: » The guy just tells me what I need when I compare it to the other book it just fills me with so much information my mind is about to explode.
erpadmin wrote: » Welcome to the meaning of superfluous.
higherho wrote: » I would have been taking my CCNA but the DOD requires the Security +. After this exam I will be finishing up my CCNA studies. I feel that I am getting more out of this book than the last and feel more confident. Thanks for pointing it out to me
higherho wrote: » I agree they are very helpful I finished 7 chapters so far and here are my chapter scores 1. 90 2.95 3.90 4.84 (I read two questions incorrectly which knocked me out of the 90% bracket) 5. 86 6. 95 7. 90 This is a good book. I am going to recommend it to other people. The only mistakes I see myself making is not reading the question fully or just reading it once and selecting an answer which is what I did in chapter 4 /5. So I made a mental note not to do that again :P I do have a question regarding grading. Lets say the questions ask you to choose all that apply and the answer was A and B. but you select A and C. Do they mark the whole problem wrong or give you partial credit? I'm assuming they mark it wrong. I am going to take a little break right now and then come back and read more. I plan to review on monday through thursday and I was just going to go back and read the "Remember" parts and re take the chapter exams. I do not want to get more sources of information because sometimes having many different sources stuff might class and thats how test anxiety happens (at least from my experience).
miller811 wrote: » Sounds like you are now on the right track.
higherho wrote: » Chapter 10 is now completed. On the chapter exam I got a 93.4 (16/17). I have to say this book was an awesome read. I hope he does more books in the future that pertain to my area of IT. it is 7:54 pm EST right now. I am planning to take a shower then review the chapter reviews for each chapter. Tomorrow at some point I will take the Final Exam. Friday at 1:00 EST is my Security + exam time!
erpadmin wrote: » So far so good. Just remember, as much as you want to, don't cram/study hard tomorrow....just do the final exam and then some real light reading afterwards. Then make sure you have a nice cup or cups of coffee before you sit for Security+...the coffee made sure I didn't fall asleep by question 40...lol. BEST OF LUCK!!
higherho wrote: » well I just took the final exam in DGs book and got 20 wrong which equals to an 80%. I am upset because over half of the ones I got wrong were simply me not reading the question correctly. Like for example coping logs onto a DVD RW. This is a no no because its rewritable and when I looked at the question I selected it because I saw DVD. I will review what I got wrong but I must read the question and answers more than once. The others I got wrong were mainly in chapter 5 which I will look over before the exam.
erpadmin wrote: » It's like people think I'm joking when I spell out the word "read" when it pertains to this test. The good news is that the real exam is a lot easier than the DG final exam. This assumes of course you "R-E-A-D" the questions and answers. I got 90% on DG's exam. On the real thing, I got 97% (870/900 * 100). So it looks like you'll be good to go, my friend. Just relax and sleep well tonight.
higherho wrote: » Thank you ER, I appreciate it I am going to review the final exam today and take my time tomorrow. I will have coffee in the morning thats for sure
higherho wrote: » I will remember that. So its 9:40 EST! I am leaving around 11:30 EST to get something to eat and during that time I will boot up my droid to read some exam overviews for like chapter 7 and 5. Then I will leave the place were I will be eating at around 12:15 and get to the place at 12:30. Exam starts at 1:00!!!!!!!!!!!
superman859 wrote: » Good luck, and just read carefully and you will be fine! Force yourself to re-read every question and review them at the end before submitting. Sometimes this can be hard because you are quite confident you knew most of them and only review the marked ones, but don't! Review ALL of them, simply because it will give you a second look at each question to make sure you don't make those silly mistakes that we all love to make.
