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Hi everyone,

I am about to take the A+ Core Test pretty soon and I would appreciate
from the ones who have already taken the test to share questions that
they found kind of difficult, or questions that they did not think
they would come accross. I think it would be really helpful for
everyone out here.

Thank you in advance to everyone
Julian

Questions I hated:

the actual number of pins of a certain AMD processor - I expected
socket/slot names, but NOT number of pins for AMD

resistance, categories and max segment length of networking cables (had
2-3 questions)

some subnet masks' questions (I think I had 1 or 2 of those)

some other processor specs - like what minimum FSB certain processor was
designed to run at

question pertaining to Bluetooth install and what has to be considered




Many questions were familiar from All In One book and his Total Tester
software (I had full version of it). I got questions on all the
"standard" stuff such as monitor ESD procedures, how many DIMMs make a
bank on certain processor, SCSI (how many devices, default IDs,
termination, etc - had a total of at least 5-6 questions), some RAM
troubleshooting (stuff like count showing less than installed, some
RAM-connected messages, etc), AT motherboard power connector, floppy
light constantly on, IRQs and I/O addresses, esp. of COM ports (had at
the very least 4-5 of those questions), etc. Also had several laser
printer questions.


I passed with a score of 610, really thought I'd get closer to 700.

Don't rely only on my experience though, as tests vary.

--Renata

Julian wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am about to take the A+ Core Test pretty soon and I would appreciate
> from the ones who have already taken the test to share questions that
> they found kind of difficult, or questions that they did not think
> they would come accross. I think it would be really helpful for
> everyone out here.
>
> Thank you in advance to everyone
> Julian

I did the core back in april. I remember there were quite a few printer
questions for some reason and laptop questions. I also remember specific
processor question that I just guessed at cuz I did not know. Know the easy
ones for sure, like IRQ specs, SCSI specs, what type of ports are on the
back of a computers ie parrallel is female db 25. If you study those and
know those ones, you will pass, those are the ones that get you the pass,
the tough ones are the ones that get you the honors scores.


"Julian" <> wrote in message
news: om...
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am about to take the A+ Core Test pretty soon and I would appreciate
> from the ones who have already taken the test to share questions that
> they found kind of difficult, or questions that they did not think
> they would come accross. I think it would be really helpful for
> everyone out here.
>
> Thank you in advance to everyone
> Julian

(Ryan Christiansen) wrote in message news:<. com>...
> Because the testing is random, it's hard to pin down exactly what
> questions will be on the test when you take it. Also, questions that
> are hard for some are easy for others. I suggest drilling yourself
> with questions from a book like "A+ Questions" that has more than
> 2,000 questions in it. You can find it here.
>
Read: My book.

> http://www.lulu.com/content/59032
>
>
>
> "Fred Mathering" <> wrote in message news:<ZANBc.856387$Ig.371983@pd7tw2no>...
> > I did the core back in april. I remember there were quite a few printer
> > questions for some reason and laptop questions. I also remember specific
> > processor question that I just guessed at cuz I did not know. Know the easy
> > ones for sure, like IRQ specs, SCSI specs, what type of ports are on the
> > back of a computers ie parrallel is female db 25. If you study those and
> > know those ones, you will pass, those are the ones that get you the pass,
> > the tough ones are the ones that get you the honors scores.
> >
> >
> > "Julian" <> wrote in message
> > news: om...
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > I am about to take the A+ Core Test pretty soon and I would appreciate
> > > from the ones who have already taken the test to share questions that
> > > they found kind of difficult, or questions that they did not think
> > > they would come accross. I think it would be really helpful for
> > > everyone out here.
> > >
> > > Thank you in advance to everyone
> > > Julian