alt.certification.a-plus - Worried about A+ exam

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Worried about A+ exam

Fred Mathering

2004-03-15, 1:24 am

Hi all,

I have been studying hard for the past couple of months for A+ exam. Yes, I
probably should of made an attempt to write it sometime ago, but I am very
busy. One of the requirements for my job is to have A+ plus. Tough thing
though is that I do not work on computers very much, there will be
occassions that I will have to. As well, alot more importantly is getting my
N+.

My problem is that I past practice exams with a decent mark, then I look for
more practice exams and i see questions that I never ever heard of. THis is
my worst fear go into the exam. On one hand, it seems that I can ace the
test, on the other, it seems that i am going to bomb big time and i can't
afford that. What should I expect. All of my learning has been through
readin books, not much hands on. AM I screwed?

David Bland III

2004-03-15, 2:24 am

Fred, you're screwed! NOT! :-)

Though hands on experience does help in understanding computer concepts,
if you feel comfortable after studying as much as you have and after doing
well on the practice tests then by all means go for it. Further delay may
only
serve to increase your anxiety and therefore hurt, not help, your chances.
Most people only put in more study until they feel comfortable in passing
the
tests and feel they have a good enough grip on the concepts and facts. You
seem to be there already.

The only thing that might worry me is your hands-on experience with
Operating
systems. As long as you have used PCs enough to become familiar with Windows
9x or XP and some DOS, you should do OK with enough study of the details.
My advice is that if you are doing fine on the OS practice exams already,
then
GO FOR IT! Good luck!

D. Bland

"Fred Mathering" <idontthinksotim@frogster.au> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I have been studying hard for the past couple of months for A+ exam. Yes,
I
> probably should of made an attempt to write it sometime ago, but I am very
> busy. One of the requirements for my job is to have A+ plus. Tough thing
> though is that I do not work on computers very much, there will be
> occassions that I will have to. As well, alot more importantly is getting
my
> N+.
>
> My problem is that I past practice exams with a decent mark, then I look
for
> more practice exams and i see questions that I never ever heard of. THis
is
> my worst fear go into the exam. On one hand, it seems that I can ace the
> test, on the other, it seems that i am going to bomb big time and i can't
> afford that. What should I expect. All of my learning has been through
> readin books, not much hands on. AM I screwed?
>
>

Simon Chang

2004-03-18, 11:25 pm

Fred,

I agree with David. Another thing you should be asking yourself is, "Why am
I required to have an A+ certification to work at this current job, and yet
I don't work on computers very much?" (I am just repeating what you said in
the original post.)

You may want to get more hands-on experience in additions to books, if what
I said in the above paragraph jostles a few brain cells. Nothing wrong with
reading books - after all, that's how I passed my A+ many moons ago. But
the combination of visual, tactile, and cognitive stimuli will reinforce
what you learned.

Don't think that you absolutely must ace EVERY practice test before you take
the real one. At some point, you have to just make the call and decide to
take the plunge for real, even though there are eight more practice exams
that you aren't so sure about passing. It's different for everyone what
that point is (mine are certainly different from yours), but the alternative
is that you will be taking practice exams for the rest of your life and
never take the real thing.

Best wishes,

SC

"Fred Mathering" <idontthinksotim@frogster.au> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I have been studying hard for the past couple of months for A+ exam. Yes,
I
> probably should of made an attempt to write it sometime ago, but I am very
> busy. One of the requirements for my job is to have A+ plus. Tough thing
> though is that I do not work on computers very much, there will be
> occassions that I will have to. As well, alot more importantly is getting
my
> N+.
>
> My problem is that I past practice exams with a decent mark, then I look
for
> more practice exams and i see questions that I never ever heard of. THis
is
> my worst fear go into the exam. On one hand, it seems that I can ace the
> test, on the other, it seems that i am going to bomb big time and i can't
> afford that. What should I expect. All of my learning has been through
> readin books, not much hands on. AM I screwed?
>
>

Fred Mathering

2004-03-20, 1:24 pm

SC,

I work in the printer field, I will be leaning more toward the network side
of things in the months/years to come. I need A+ as a requirement from my
employer, then N+ as well. I am very determined to do it to, computers is
something I always wanted to learn more about, its just that the courses are
not cheap and I have been trying to find the time to do more hands on.

I am anal when it comes to alot of things in life, especially exams, yes,
there is a time when I feel its right. I graduated with honors in college,
so its a matter of getting back into the swing of things ( school wise).

Thanks for the concern,

Fred

"Simon Chang" <simonychang@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Fred,
>
> I agree with David. Another thing you should be asking yourself is, "Why
am
> I required to have an A+ certification to work at this current job, and
yet
> I don't work on computers very much?" (I am just repeating what you said
in
> the original post.)
>
> You may want to get more hands-on experience in additions to books, if
what
> I said in the above paragraph jostles a few brain cells. Nothing wrong
with
> reading books - after all, that's how I passed my A+ many moons ago. But
> the combination of visual, tactile, and cognitive stimuli will reinforce
> what you learned.
>
> Don't think that you absolutely must ace EVERY practice test before you
take
> the real one. At some point, you have to just make the call and decide to
> take the plunge for real, even though there are eight more practice exams
> that you aren't so sure about passing. It's different for everyone what
> that point is (mine are certainly different from yours), but the
alternative
> is that you will be taking practice exams for the rest of your life and
> never take the real thing.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> SC
>
>
> "Fred Mathering" <idontthinksotim@frogster.au> wrote in message
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shahrial

2004-03-21, 8:04 am

IMHO, go for it.

Which books are you reading?
There are many good books out there.
The popular ones are Sybex, Mike Meyer's and Exam Crams...

Good Luck.

Fred Mathering

2004-03-21, 11:24 am

I have david groths (sybex) book, ordering michael myers book, and spent all
day yesterday at chapters reading the exam cram 2 book.

Thanks

Fred

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> IMHO, go for it.
>
> Which books are you reading?
> There are many good books out there.
> The popular ones are Sybex, Mike Meyer's and Exam Crams...
>
> Good Luck.
>
>
> shahrial
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Missyandbrade

2004-03-28, 12:24 am

Don't worry too much. I work at a bank and get only a limited amount of time
actually fixing hardware and OS problems. I still passed and if I can I'm
pretty sure most others can. I know it sounds silly, but it's really true to
relax and get plenty of sleep the night before. It seems like the tests have
wording that if you stop and think about you can eliminate most of the wrong
answers.

Fred Mathering

2004-03-28, 11:24 am

excellent thanks

"Missyandbrade" <missyandbrade@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Don't worry too much. I work at a bank and get only a limited amount of
time
> actually fixing hardware and OS problems. I still passed and if I can I'm
> pretty sure most others can. I know it sounds silly, but it's really true
to
> relax and get plenty of sleep the night before. It seems like the tests
have
> wording that if you stop and think about you can eliminate most of the
wrong
> answers.

miket

2004-03-30, 11:25 am

"I work in the printer field, I will be leaning more toward the network
side
of things in the months/years to come."

Fancy sitting any questions that involve printer on my exam paper and
i'll do your network stuff

) - i have serious problems remembering
the stages of laser printing for some reason !!!!!!

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georgewood

2004-04-20, 1:24 am

1) clean
2) condition
3) write
4) develop
5) transfer
6) fuse

in that order

"miket" <miket.13xvmh@mail.mcse.ms> wrote in message
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>
> "I work in the printer field, I will be leaning more toward the network
> side
> of things in the months/years to come."
>
>
>
> Fancy sitting any questions that involve printer on my exam paper and
> i'll do your network stuff

) - i have serious problems remembering
> the stages of laser printing for some reason !!!!!!
>
>
>
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namonam

2004-04-20, 5:09 am

mneumonic for the laser steps.

California Cleaning
Cows Conditioning
Won't Writing
Do Developing
The Transfering
Fandango Fusing

quote:
Originally posted by georgewood
1) clean
2) condition
3) write
4) develop
5) transfer
6) fuse

in that order

"miket" <miket.13xvmh@mail.mcse.ms> wrote in message
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>
> "I work in the printer field, I will be leaning more toward the network
> side
> of things in the months/years to come."
>
>
>
> Fancy sitting any questions that involve printer on my exam paper and
> i'll do your network stuff ) - i have serious problems remembering
> the stages of laser printing for some reason !!!!!!
>
>
>
> --
> miket
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