ptilsen wrote: » On the topic of Server+ -- I'd skip it if I were you. It has very little market value, especially outside of the U.S. There's only a very specific career point a person could be at where it would make any sense, and entry level searching isn't it. Focus on getting either the Comptia triad (A+, Net+, Security+) along with a track-specific cert (Win7, Linux+, CCENT/CCNA, etc).
ptilsen wrote: » I don't believe Comptia divulges their scoring methodology. My understand is that questions are weighted with different scores in such a way that if you get the score they consider passing, you know "enough". Certification scoring systems (at least Comptia and MS) do not translate well into traditional percentages or ABCDF grades. A similar concept we have in the U.S. is A.P. testing, which is something high school students can do to get college credit for what they learned in an A.P. class. The score is 1-5, 5 being the best and 1 the worst, but the scores don't remotely translate into letter grades or percentages. They have specific meanings attributed to them, and the vast majority of institutions will accept a 3 or higher. Almost no institutions won't accept a 4, and a few might even accept 2s. Certification scoring systems are every bit as strange. I wouldn't overthink it. On the topic of Server+ -- I'd skip it if I were you. It has very little market value, especially outside of the U.S. There's only a very specific career point a person could be at where it would make any sense, and entry level searching isn't it. Focus on getting either the Comptia triad (A+, Net+, Security+) along with a track-specific cert (Win7, Linux+, CCENT/CCNA, etc).
Kai123 wrote: » 615 out of 900? Thats a big drop from the network+. I am looking into either the Linux+ or Server+ to keep me going while I look for a job, but if even if the server+ was a bit more difficult, the pass score is low enough to make up for it. Anyone shed light on this? Kai.
