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Passed Security+ 04/29
Hi guys
Just got my security+ and wanted to share my experience.
First of all i was surprised by amount of performance-based questions. I was under impression that its going to be 3 of them, but i got 6 or 7. For a second i felt like they will never end!
I user Darril's book and Darril's questions/answers book too to prepare. Flash card were really helpful to see where you stand. Watched some of the Professor Messer's videos as well. Tried to take Practice Exam from ProProfs - thats no good - poorly worded questions and a lot of them are not similar with real exam.
Good advise would be to memorize port numbers, it will help you to answer fair amount of question.
Thank you, Darill Gibson! The book was a great help to organize information in my head, very structured.
Just got my security+ and wanted to share my experience.
First of all i was surprised by amount of performance-based questions. I was under impression that its going to be 3 of them, but i got 6 or 7. For a second i felt like they will never end!
I user Darril's book and Darril's questions/answers book too to prepare. Flash card were really helpful to see where you stand. Watched some of the Professor Messer's videos as well. Tried to take Practice Exam from ProProfs - thats no good - poorly worded questions and a lot of them are not similar with real exam.
Good advise would be to memorize port numbers, it will help you to answer fair amount of question.
Thank you, Darill Gibson! The book was a great help to organize information in my head, very structured.
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OptionsDarril Member Posts: 1,588Welcome to the forums julisk. Congratulations on the pass and thanks for the kind words.
It seems like everyone I'm hearing from lately is reporting about 7 to 10 performance based questions. Glad to hear that they didn't surprise you.
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OptionsFat32 Member Posts: 9 ■□□□□□□□□□Good advise would be to memorize port numbers, it will help you to answer fair amount of question.
Yep, I'd also say to memorize protocols used over those ports: i.e. TACACS+, TCP over 49 and etc. I actually practiced writing down from memory 25 ports at least several times a week. -
Optionsjulisk Member Posts: 5 ■□□□□□□□□□Thank you!
Anyone passed SSCP after Security+?
trying to understand the major difference between this two, just bcs its only little bit of new information so i'm assuming that difference is in the exam structure.
I know i should post under SSCP exam forum, but they rarely compare it with Security+.
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OptionsMaster Of Puppets Member Posts: 1,210Congrats on the pass!Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity. My crime is that of judging people by what they say and think, not what they look like. My crime is that of outsmarting you, something that you will never forgive me for.
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Optionsrscrt Member Posts: 62 ■■□□□□□□□□Congrats!Anyone passed SSCP after Security+?
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OptionsWagnaard Member Posts: 124Congrats!
I would be interested in a comparison as well..
Ditto. Taking the Sec+ in a few hours, SSCP in about a month. -
OptionsDakinggamer87 Member Posts: 4,016 ■■■■■■■■□□Congrats on pass!!*Associate's of Applied Sciences degree in Information Technology-Network Systems Administration
*Bachelor's of Science: Information Technology - Security, Master's of Science: Information Technology - Management
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OptionsDarril Member Posts: 1,588Anyone passed SSCP after Security+?
trying to understand the major difference between this two, just bcs its only little bit of new information so i'm assuming that difference is in the exam structure.
I'm not sure I can nail down a major difference between the two, but here are some that come to mind.- More questions (250)
- Stricter requirements for certification
- Only multiple choice questions
- Some questions can be much deeper than Security+ questions
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Optionsaaronw Member Posts: 24 ■■■□□□□□□□I'm not sure I can nail down a major difference between the two, but here are some that come to mind.
- More questions (250)
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OptionsDarril Member Posts: 1,588Welcome to the forums aaronw. You're absolutely correct. The SSCP only has 125 questions and 25 of these are beta questions. Not sure what I was thinking there but thanks for the clarification.