Hey I finally passed this thing....... All of my stubbornness finally paid off. I had first taken it about a year ago and I thought that I was ready however about 20 - 25 questions into the test I was asking myself where did they come up with this stuff as it was not what I had been expecting..... Really took the wind out of me as I have never failed something that I had actually tried at. At the time I remember a lot of questions that concentrated on nontechnical aspects of the material that I had not been anticipating. So after setting it aside for a while I picked up the materials and started studying again. I really didn’t purchase any new study materials I just made better use of online resources and spent more time studying things such as the DRP and BCP while ensuring that I had a solid understanding of all other materials covered. I then made use of practice exams both on this site and located at
http://www.free-tests.com/comptia.shtml. I also made use of all of the practice exam questions and review questions in both of my texts. When I took the test the 2nd time around I felt like it again concentrated in only a couple of area's however its content was very different from what I recall on my first test. I feel that what makes the Security+ exam so difficult for some and not for others is that it really requires broad based knowledge that is difficult to get from a book but easy to pick up with on the job experience in this field. My recommendations really are to just keep at it if you fail and always make sure to take plenty of practice tests along with studying material from multiple sources.....
