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| I wrote the Hardware/Core exam a while ago and am studying for the A+ OS
exam now ...
I was wondering if anyone could offer some advice or tips on this? I am not
a techie (more of an administrative person) and found the core exam to be ok
for the most part.
I am scheduled to write at the end of the month!
Thank you,
Tammy
MOUS
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| RomeoMike 2003-02-20, 11:35 pm |
| Besides the help you can find elsewhere in the newsgroup, here is my advice, as an instructor who has helped students achieve 50 A+ and Network+ certs over the past three years:
1. Practice with as many OSes you can get your hands on. For A+, this means DOS, Win95, 95B, 98, SE, NT4, and Windows 2000.
Starting with third or fourth quarter of 2003, the CompTIA list will expand to include Millenium and XP.
2. Make a list of features unique to each OS.
One example: Internet Connection Sharing first appeared on 98SE, and is available on W2K and XP.
3. Check out the CompTIA A+ OS objectives at their website, and ensure you understand what the files/utilities are and how to use them.
4. The best/recommended practices of the CompTIA Subject Matter Experts may not square with how you would do it, but on the test, theirs is the only right answer.
There's always a chance CompTIA, Microsoft, etc will seed new questions into their exams. The goal is to be so well prepared that a few misses won't sink you. To borrow a quote Green Bay quarterback Bart Starr attributed to his coach Vince Lombardi, "We're going to chase the heck out of perfection, and catch excellence in the process."
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| Michael E 2003-02-23, 6:23 pm |
| Make sure you know which os does what.. Make sure you know the locations of
all the applets dealing with networking and device installation.
All in all make sure you know the key
files(MSDOS.SYS,CONFIG.SYS..NTLDR.EXE..etc and what they do.
Another thing you should do is make sure you've studied the os portion of a
book.
"Tammy" <tvm_butler@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:5sa5a.4796$bK4.683407@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
> I wrote the Hardware/Core exam a while ago and am studying for the A+ OS
> exam now ...
>
> I was wondering if anyone could offer some advice or tips on this? I am
not
> a techie (more of an administrative person) and found the core exam to be
ok
> for the most part.
>
> I am scheduled to write at the end of the month!
>
> Thank you,
> Tammy
> MOUS
>
>
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