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Tips to Passing Network+
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| Carl Gregory 2002-12-21, 2:25 pm |
| Yesterday I passed Network+ with a score of 740. The score would have
been higher but I got tripped up with DSL modem questions.
I had taken a community college class last YEAR on Network+, one point I
would highly recommend is scrape up the money and take the test right
away if you take this route. Its unbelievable how much stuff you forget!
I would also recommend getting Sybex' Network+ by David Groth. It helped
immensly.
The most important recommendation I can make is to make a "braindump" of
all you know before the test starts. The center gives you two numbered
pieces of scratch paper before you take the test. The test doesn't start
until you tell it to. Take one of the sheets of paper and write out
everything you know, I had on my 1st sheet:
The OSI Model - including devices and protocols & encapsulation.
A basic subnetting grid.
Factors of 2 up to the 15th power.
The basic ports (FTP, TELNET, SMTP, POP3, HTTP, ETC.)
The IEEE standards and brief explanation (ex 802.5 Token Lan)
There were several students taking the A+ and Network+ exams at the
testing center and most of them failed. They were all college students
that had taken the respective classes for their cert. None of the ones
that failed had ANYTHING written on their scratch paper!!
You might be thinking "but I already know that stuff!" But in a testing
situation you need to get all the easy ones correct. It would be a
travesty to fail this cert test because you forgot that TCP is part of
the Transport Layer.
Hopefully this helps.
Carl
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| Cyberbear 2002-12-22, 4:24 am |
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"Carl Gregory" <you@me.com> wrote in message
news:Xns92EB7AA09C498Spell@68.6.19.6...
> Yesterday I passed Network+ with a score of 740. The score
would have
> been higher but I got tripped up with DSL modem questions.
>
> I had taken a community college class last YEAR on Network+,
one point I
> would highly recommend is scrape up the money and take the test
right
> away if you take this route. Its unbelievable how much stuff
you forget!
>
>
> I would also recommend getting Sybex' Network+ by David Groth.
It helped
> immensly.
>
> The most important recommendation I can make is to make a
"braindump" of
> all you know before the test starts. The center gives you two
numbered
> pieces of scratch paper before you take the test. The test
doesn't start
> until you tell it to. Take one of the sheets of paper and
write out
> everything you know, I had on my 1st sheet:
>
> The OSI Model - including devices and protocols &
encapsulation.
> A basic subnetting grid.
> Factors of 2 up to the 15th power.
> The basic ports (FTP, TELNET, SMTP, POP3, HTTP, ETC.)
> The IEEE standards and brief explanation (ex 802.5 Token Lan)
>
> There were several students taking the A+ and Network+ exams at
the
> testing center and most of them failed. They were all college
students
> that had taken the respective classes for their cert. None of
the ones
> that failed had ANYTHING written on their scratch paper!!
>
> You might be thinking "but I already know that stuff!" But in
a testing
> situation you need to get all the easy ones correct. It would
be a
> travesty to fail this cert test because you forgot that TCP is
part of
> the Transport Layer.
>
>
> Hopefully this helps.
>
>
> Carl
Carl,
Good suggestions! Somewhere along the line you must have been
taught, or learned on your own, how to pass a test! I am gearing
up to take the Network+ exam on January 17th. I will be
incorporating your ideas into my plan for success.
Good post!
Ron
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