How to prepare for the A+ Exams
 

I have booked 2 training courses for A+. Each one is a 5-day course:
Hardware mid-August and OS mid-October. I also have the 5th Edition
Mike Meyers complete A+ book.

How would you guys recommend I take the exam? I was thinking of
booking each exam 1 week after the course, and reading the Meyers book
in between the course finishing and the exam itself. How does this
sound?

Do you recommend Flash cards (or similar)?

Thanks, chobb

Re: How to prepare for the A+ Exams
 

"chobb" <chobb@fatdrunkandstupid.com> wrote in message
news:a20fd960.0407160525.44243ff3@posting.google.c om...
>I have booked 2 training courses for A+. Each one is a 5-day course:
> Hardware mid-August and OS mid-October. I also have the 5th Edition
> Mike Meyers complete A+ book.
>
> How would you guys recommend I take the exam? I was thinking of
> booking each exam 1 week after the course, and reading the Meyers book
> in between the course finishing and the exam itself. How does this
> sound?
>
> Do you recommend Flash cards (or similar)?
>
> Thanks, chobb

Sure, whatever works for you. I only used the Mike Meyers book and some
online practice tests. You should have NO problem if you take a course on
top of that! What I did was read the Meyers book cover-to-cover and
highlighted what I thought was most important. Memorization... I didn't
bother with that until I was all the way through the book. Got the concepts
down first, then went back and focused on the raw information. Flash cards
arent necessary. Just jot down all the stuff you highlighted on some
paper... writing it down will help you remember it better, and then you will
have all the notes right there in front of you.

Jason Peavey
A+

Re: How to prepare for the A+ Exams
 

How much are you paying for these courses? I passed A+ with alot of studying
on my own just with mike meyers 5th edition.

"chobb" <chobb@fatdrunkandstupid.com> wrote in message
news:a20fd960.0407160525.44243ff3@posting.google.c om...
> I have booked 2 training courses for A+. Each one is a 5-day course:
> Hardware mid-August and OS mid-October. I also have the 5th Edition
> Mike Meyers complete A+ book.
>
> How would you guys recommend I take the exam? I was thinking of
> booking each exam 1 week after the course, and reading the Meyers book
> in between the course finishing and the exam itself. How does this
> sound?
>
> Do you recommend Flash cards (or similar)?
>
> Thanks, chobb

Re: How to prepare for the A+ Exams
 

So far I have spent about $400, for 2 vouchers, 5th edition mike
meyers book, and Learnkey's A+ Certification 11-DVD set. I just passed
the Core, had no problems at all. Now I am going for the OS in a week
or so. I have the DVDs available if anyone interested for a real good
price. They helped me a lot.

Good luck to you

"Fred Mathering" <fredm@aol.com> wrote in message news:<yu%Jc.46659$ek5.22850@pd7tw2no>...
> How much are you paying for these courses? I passed A+ with alot of studying
> on my own just with mike meyers 5th edition.
>
> "chobb" <chobb@fatdrunkandstupid.com> wrote in message
> news:a20fd960.0407160525.44243ff3@posting.google.c om...
> > I have booked 2 training courses for A+. Each one is a 5-day course:
> > Hardware mid-August and OS mid-October. I also have the 5th Edition
> > Mike Meyers complete A+ book.
> >
> > How would you guys recommend I take the exam? I was thinking of
> > booking each exam 1 week after the course, and reading the Meyers book
> > in between the course finishing and the exam itself. How does this
> > sound?
> >
> > Do you recommend Flash cards (or similar)?
> >
> > Thanks, chobb

Re: How to prepare for the A+ Exams
 

"chobb" <chobb@fatdrunkandstupid.com> wrote in message
news:a20fd960.0407160525.44243ff3@posting.google.c om...
> I have booked 2 training courses for A+. Each one is a 5-day course:
> Hardware mid-August and OS mid-October. I also have the 5th Edition
> Mike Meyers complete A+ book.
>
> How would you guys recommend I take the exam? I was thinking of
> booking each exam 1 week after the course, and reading the Meyers book
> in between the course finishing and the exam itself. How does this
> sound?
>
> Do you recommend Flash cards (or similar)?
>

I think I would cancel out of each class. You aren't going to learn
anything during a 5-day class that you couldn't just as easily learn on your
own. If you have a system you can take apart, and access to some different
Operating Systems (Windows 98, WIndows 2000 and Windows XP are all you
really need), you've got everything you need to pass both A+ tests.

Re: How to prepare for the A+ Exams
 

On Jul 18, 2004 "LadyTech" blathered:

> .... what I call a "closet computer" (spare) :-)

You really should encourage your computers to "come out of the closet".

--
TechGeekPro - MCSA, A+, Net+, i-Net+
"Not only am I certified, I'm certifiable!"

Re: How to prepare for the A+ Exams
 

"Fred Mathering" <fredm@aol.com> wrote in message news:<yu%Jc.46659$ek5.22850@pd7tw2no>...
> How much are you paying for these courses? I passed A+ with alot of studying
> on my own just with mike meyers 5th edition.
>
> "chobb" <chobb@fatdrunkandstupid.com> wrote in message
> news:a20fd960.0407160525.44243ff3@posting.google.c om...
> > I have booked 2 training courses for A+. Each one is a 5-day course:
> > Hardware mid-August and OS mid-October. I also have the 5th Edition
> > Mike Meyers complete A+ book.
> >
> > How would you guys recommend I take the exam? I was thinking of
> > booking each exam 1 week after the course, and reading the Meyers book
> > in between the course finishing and the exam itself. How does this
> > sound?
> >
> > Do you recommend Flash cards (or similar)?
> >
> > Thanks, chobb

I'm not. Work is. :)

Otherwise I'd think twice...

Re: How to prepare for the A+ Exams
 

"Patrick Michael" <heismanpat@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<G5EKc.10034$Wv4.4863@okepread03>...
> "chobb" <chobb@fatdrunkandstupid.com> wrote in message
> news:a20fd960.0407160525.44243ff3@posting.google.c om...
> > I have booked 2 training courses for A+. Each one is a 5-day course:
> > Hardware mid-August and OS mid-October. I also have the 5th Edition
> > Mike Meyers complete A+ book.
> >
> > How would you guys recommend I take the exam? I was thinking of
> > booking each exam 1 week after the course, and reading the Meyers book
> > in between the course finishing and the exam itself. How does this
> > sound?
> >
> > Do you recommend Flash cards (or similar)?
> >
>
> I think I would cancel out of each class. You aren't going to learn
> anything during a 5-day class that you couldn't just as easily learn on your
> own. If you have a system you can take apart, and access to some different
> Operating Systems (Windows 98, WIndows 2000 and Windows XP are all you
> really need), you've got everything you need to pass both A+ tests.



Thanks for all the info guys. (Work is paying for the classes, so I'm
going to stick with them).

chobb

Re: How to prepare for the A+ Exams
 

On 19 Jul 2004 00:33:58 -0700, chobb@fatdrunkandstupid.com (chobb)
wrote:

>"Patrick Michael" <heismanpat@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<G5EKc.10034$Wv4.4863@okepread03>...
>> "chobb" <chobb@fatdrunkandstupid.com> wrote in message
>> news:a20fd960.0407160525.44243ff3@posting.google.c om...
>> > I have booked 2 training courses for A+. Each one is a 5-day course:
>> > Hardware mid-August and OS mid-October. I also have the 5th Edition
>> > Mike Meyers complete A+ book.
>> >
>> > How would you guys recommend I take the exam? I was thinking of
>> > booking each exam 1 week after the course, and reading the Meyers book
>> > in between the course finishing and the exam itself. How does this
>> > sound?
>> >
>> > Do you recommend Flash cards (or similar)?
>> >
>>
>> I think I would cancel out of each class. You aren't going to learn
>> anything during a 5-day class that you couldn't just as easily learn on your
>> own. If you have a system you can take apart, and access to some different
>> Operating Systems (Windows 98, WIndows 2000 and Windows XP are all you
>> really need), you've got everything you need to pass both A+ tests.
>
>
>
>Thanks for all the info guys. (Work is paying for the classes, so I'm
>going to stick with them).

Good plan...accept anything you can get (legally) for free.

Tom

>
>chobb

Re: How to prepare for the A+ Exams
 

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