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Brut
Aug 21, 2007
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Scheduled 220-801 and 220-802 for tomorrow after realizing that 70% of the A+ is random poo poo I already know and the rest is printers apparently.

Got my final resume draft from DustingDuvet yesterday and it looks loving awesome, just gotta add the A+ in to it when I pass (or apply to Subway if I don't) and proper job search starts Monday!

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Brut
Aug 21, 2007
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The above is pretty much on point, but if you're looking to knock out a couple certs just cuz its free, A+ is passable easily and sec+ I hear is quite quick as well, with as low as a week study time mentioned frequently. MCSE consists of, uh I'm not sure about the new one but it used to be 7 tests, I think it might be 5 now but even 5 MS tests would take you quite a while.

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Aug 21, 2007
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forever gold posted:

The test version doesn't matter, but the newer version has a revised syllabus and a few simulations.

I took the newer tests this January and the cert they gave me was A+ ce which expires eventually, I'm not sure which you get if you pass the older versions. If you don't remember old hardware (ISA/PCI etc) you'd probably be better off taking the new stuff.

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forever gold posted:

Depends on your familiarity with the material. I didn't know much about computers and I found reading one of those thick books (the Sybex one) to be illuminating. I hear the Michael Myers book is less dry though. That said, I bet you can absorb the material just through the web and the Professor Messer videos. Prof Messer even has a great deal of practice questions on his website compiled over the last few years that are quite similar to the ones on the test.

I did next to no preparing for it after just kind of generally looking over the subjects, the one thing I wasn't expecting is some of the questions were not at all related to technical things but rather chain of custody for evidence or chain of command stuff for people problems, although the correct answer basically screams PICK ME if you take the time to read it slowly.

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ShadowStalker posted:

So if you take an exam and pass, you can't take the exact same one for 6 months. Why would you retake it if you passed? That just seems stupid.

That's really more to prevent you from helping others cheat by copying the exam somehow.

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