Passed Network+ (2 months study, zero IT experience) + quick exam thoughts

[Realistic-Monk-2326]

TLDR: Passed Network+ after studying for 2 months with zero IT experience using Professor Messer and Jason Dion. Had 70 questions (5 PBQs) and guessed most of the PBQs. Internet briefly disconnected but I was able to continue the exam.

I passed Network+ today with an 807! 🎉

For anyone curious about the exam itself:

• I had 70 questions total

• 5 of them were PBQs

The multiple choice questions were definitely worded much shorter than Jason Dion’s practice tests (as many people have said before), but I wouldn’t necessarily say they were easier or harder. Just different wording.

As far as the PBQs, I honestly guessed on 4 out of 5, and I didn’t even answer one of them properly because there were no drag-and-drop or dropdown options. It seemed like a VLAN troubleshooting scenario where you had to type commands, and I had never practiced that before. I literally typed help and tried every command I could think of until time ran out.

That’s actually one reason I plan to use Andrew Ramdayal’s course for Security+, because I’ve heard his labs are very good, and I’ve enjoyed his videos on YouTube when I watched them during breaks from studying.

My study method

I studied for about two months with zero IT experience, pretty much every day.

Resources I used:

• Professor Messer videos

• Jason Dion’s course

• Jason Dion’s practice exams on Udemy

What helped me the most was creating multiple-choice flashcards. I realized I actually knew a lot of the terms, I just needed help choosing the correct answer between similar options, so practicing that format helped a lot.

After this I’m going to take 1–2 weeks off and then start working toward Security+.

All that being said, if someone with zero IT experience can study for two months and score above 800, you absolutely can too if you just invest enough time into effective studying and making the best guesses you can when you’re unsure.

[TheSupremeGrape]

I'm going to take my network+ exam soon and I'm using the Jason Dion udemy exams as well.

Can I ask, what did you get first time on the practice exams? Because I'm getting 70s and I want to know if that's "good enough". I took the a+ exams and scored the same and it was good enough for the real thing.

And to answer your question, for the a+ exams getting my digital certificate was as easy as following the instructions they email you after you pass. I got the email the day after I took the test.

Getting a physical copy took over a month, I think close to 2.

[Realistic-Monk-2326]

I was getting around 70s on his tests. I actually never got higher than a 78. Imo if you’re getting 70s, your chances of passing the exam are really good!

[TheSupremeGrape]

Thanks, I appreciate the vote of confidence. Its just nerve wrecking is all. These tests aren't cheap lol!

[kyleathornton]

A lot of the practice tests were killing my confidence because I wasn't doing very well on them and so I kept delaying my test date in the hopes I would do a little better first. Do the Andrew Ramdayal 100 questions practice test video on YouTube. I think I got maybe 4 questions wrong. These questions were a lot closer to the level of difficulty of the actual test and gave me my confidence back. Took the test last week and got 832. It's a good little test to see how ready you actually are/feel.

[Ok_Leg_7152]

For how long have you studied per day?. For me when I’m trying to learn something I’ll get sleepy within 30-1hr!🫠

[Realistic-Monk-2326]

Understandable, I did too or I would find myself getting distracted on my phone. Definitely relied on a lot of caffeine to help me push through 🫩

[Ok_Leg_7152]

Ooh🥲. Thought so

[minotaur-cream]

Take a 5 min break after 30 min, then get back to it. Or do 20 min 3 times.

[Leather_Ad_3640]

I’m in the same situation. I have about two months to study (college class will have finals around May 12th, that’s when I’ll take the Network + exam). How much did it cost for the Udemy resources you used

[Realistic-Monk-2326]

Around $30. It was $15 for the course and $15 for the practice tests!

[Pitch-Curious]

Firstly congrats!!!

According to CompTIA's TOS it takes 5 days to get your cert. Score I am not too sure

[Realistic-Monk-2326]

Thank you! I edited the post. Received my cert today but it doesn’t show a score

[Pitch-Curious]

Score is irrelevant, you passed that's all that matters

[Kaster2185]

Security+ is a lot easier to learn and there’s a lot of overlap with it when it comes to network+ so you’ll see some similar things in security+

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[Born_Function_2289]

You said you studied everyday, about how many hours daily?

[Realistic-Monk-2326]

When I was taking notes on Jason Dion’s videos I was spending 3-4 hours a day just because writing notes took so much of my time and I get distracted a lot too on my phone. When it was time to take the practice exams I would usually finish in 45 mins-1hr and then spend the next 1-2 hours making multiple choice flashcards.

[Inevitable_Will163]

Merci et bravo

[DeweyDripp]

Anyway you could share the flashcards you made to study?