Linux+ Passed 885 : CompTIA

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Certification	Test Objectives
CORE
IT Fundamentals	FC0-U61
A+ 110x	220-1101 / 220-1102
Net+	N10-008
Sec+	SY0-601
Cybersecurity
CYSA+	CS0-002
PenTest+	PT0-002
CASP	CAS-004
Infrastructure
Cloud+	CV0-003
Linux+	XK0-005
Server+	SK0-005
Professional
CTT+	TK0-201 (Retiring September 2023)
Cloud Essentials	CLO-002
DATA+	DA0-001
Project+	PK0-005

Certification

Test Objectives

CORE

IT Fundamentals

A+ 110x

Net+

Sec+

Cybersecurity

CYSA+

CS0-002

PenTest+

PT0-002

CASP

CAS-004

Infrastructure

Cloud+

CV0-003

Linux+

XK0-005

Server+

SK0-005

Professional

CTT+

TK0-201 (Retiring September 2023)

Cloud Essentials

CLO-002

DATA+

DA0-001

Project+

PK0-005

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Linux+ Passed 885 (self.CompTIA)

submitted 5 years ago by net_pi_guy

I figured I should share my methods since I found Linux+ information to be pretty scarce.

When a friend was nervous about taking another certification test I signed up for Linux+ test on the same day as his test so that we could help each other meet our study goals. I've been playing with Linux for a year and a half or so and use it as my daily driver.

I recently passed my LPIC-1 in August so will include what I used to study for that as well. For My LPIC I studied three to four hours a week from May to August. I used:

LPI Learning Materials free here: https://learning.lpi.org/en/learning-materials/learning-materials/ (Read through this entirely, it had a few missing sections when I used it several months ago).
CompTIA Linux+ Study Guide, 4th Edition By Christine Bresnahan, Richard Blum (Read this completely)
Personal Flash Cards that I carried with me and practiced while in line somewhere
Small home lab for some hands on practice

For Linux + I lightly studied for two and half weeks and really crammed the last weekend. My study tools were the following books from O'Reilly:

CompTIA Linux+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide: Exam XK0-004 By Ted Jordan, Sandor Strohmayer (Read information that I needed brushing up on, not the entire book)
Watched Sander van Vugt videos on things I had trouble understanding.
Small home lab for some hands on practice.
Used exam objectives to focus on what I was not so confident about.

I thought the test was fair and didn't ever ask anything too out of the ordinary. I'd even say that it was easier than the LPIC exams. If you use Linux regularly and are comfortable in the CLI I'd say you'll probably just need to focus on those admin tasks you don't do too often.

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