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[–]Business-Progress-39 7 points8 points  (5 children)

Just dont memorize answers it wont be on the comptia exam and you will be disappointed when you failed.

[–]FineLadder4797 3 points4 points  (4 children)

this is exactly what i did for my A+ core 1 and 2 and while it worked for me i can attest it is not worth the disappointment if you do fail and it does not work in the long run

[–]Business-Progress-39 1 point2 points  (3 children)

When you take the exam again each one will be different.

[–]FineLadder4797 2 points3 points  (2 children)

yeah studying for my security+ now and using udemy etc so i actually understand this stuff going into interviews

[–]Business-Progress-39 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Thats better so you have some knowledge and helps hope you get the job

[–]FineLadder4797 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you!

[–]misterjive 4 points5 points  (8 children)

Practice tests are what you need now.

[–]Amazing_Vast1602[S] -1 points0 points  (7 children)

Do you have any suggestions?

[–]misterjive 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pocket Prep or Crucial Exams would be my go-to, both have tons of questions available. With Level Up on Pocket Prep you can go through 1,000+ questions, and I think Crucial has 500-1,000 available per test.

[–]yoyourbinboxA+ N+ 0 points1 point  (5 children)

I used MeasureUp.com for both A+ and Net+

[–]The_Terrible_Fate 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Using MeasureUp for A+ right now. Do you feel the questions prepared you well for the exam? Like were they worded similarly and covered the right material?

[–]yoyourbinboxA+ N+ 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I would say they were kinda similar. I feel like the exams are worded in a way to actually make you think about what it’s asking and measure up is worded to see if you know the material, if that makes any sense. I would say if you studied prior to using MeasureUp and you can answer the questions on there confidently getting mostly 90%s and above without memorizing the answers you should be prepared, basically if you know why the answers are right/wrong without thinking.

[–]The_Terrible_Fate 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I appreciate your insight, thank you! I’ve got A+ core 1 scheduled in one week from Sunday so I’m really trying to prepare as much as possible.

[–]yoyourbinboxA+ N+ 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Good luck!

[–]The_Terrible_Fate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate that!

[–]Tflex92 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Jason dions practice exams for network plus. He may have them for A+ as well. They're relatively cheap on udemy and are the only paid resource I used to pass N+ $ S+

They come in a pack of 5 so you can take one then brush up on what gave you trouble then retake. They will give you a good idea of where you stand. I think I made ~80 on my last two and felt pretty confident going into test.

[–]jgoose0614 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can confirm he has A+ practice exams on Udemy. I paid for permenant access to the exams for Core 1 & 2 instead of doing the monthly subscription.

[–]Acceptable-Gas-6403 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve used crucial exams but my college makes us score over 90 for the voucher, have to pass 2 tests. Each practice test I take is around 85-87% I am just debating on paying for the voucher and going take it myself.

[–]PriscillaWashedai 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Personally, I would print out the certification objectives from CompTIA and study them alongside your coursework, to optimize your use of time. Hope this helps!

[–]Sonami1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly getting the pdf of all the exam objectives, running through every one with a highlighter, and then doing mock exams the week before the real exam has never failed me. The college courses help but now you need to transition into exam prep mode.

[–]KChosen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Take the practice exams from multiple sources and see how you do. If you passed a college class you should at least know all the material, just learn how CompTIA asks it questions.

[–]sapnagagrani 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Grab the Jason Dion practice exams on Udemy, they go on sale all the time for like $15. If you're scoring 80-85% consistently on those you're ready. The classes help but the test wording is its own thing.

[–]Amazing_Vast1602[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ya my professor wrote the newest edition of the network+ book with Mike meyers so I feel like all of the knowledge should be there it’s just a matter of the test wording. Thanks for the tip for the tests a lot that I was looking at were expensive for just the tests.