A+ Exam

[Rand Dusing]

I'm probaly going to take the A+ exam sometime soon. After I'm done reading Mike Myer's All-in-Book. Anways how old where you guys when you took the A+ exam? I'm 15.

Also, do you know any places where you can take the exam? My mom works at Prometric but they don't have it at the one she works at.

[TeachAGeek]

I took the A+ exam at 21..but it is super easy, only took me a day of studying.

Good Luck

17 when i took mine, its easy. i read the exam cram book and A+ for dummies

plus i would wait till november as i heard there will be an updated A+ exam

http://www.comptia.org/certification/A/upgrade.asp

so if you take it now, you will want to take the updated verison too to be up to speed

i would wait

[LordKwiKSilva00]

i just passed mine here back in june...believe it was june 6th...my suggestion is this: dont worry bout the hardware section, study software and OS's...there are a lot of questions on the OS technology part of it concerning DOS, Win9x(every version for the 9x series, 95, 98, etc...) and winNT 4.0...if you do take it before november, these are the most you hafta worry about...after novemver when they update the tests, you may want to study winME, win2K pro, and winXP(all verions of XP and 2K will prolly b on there)

stuff to study for the OS Tech exam(2nd part of the A+) includes but is not limited to:
OS security, setup and install, troubleshooting, etc...

its not too hard, outta 1300 on the harware section i got a 996, and the OS tech section i didnt study and i got a 695 outta 1300(690 is passing on the OS part, 700 is passing on the hardware)

i took it through my high skool, and they ran it from prometric, so your mom's work should have it....check HERE for really good info on the A+ exam...one other thing i would suggest to you is to talk to your guidance counselor or someone like that and see if you can take it through your skool...most skools can get you a discounted price if you take it there...my skool ran prometric, and if i wouldnt have taken the A+ through skool, i would have payed over 200 bux for both tests combined...i paid just over half of that by taking it through my skool...think it was like 120 for me...each test runs close to 100 a piece, and there are 2 tests...and if ya fail em, there is no discount next time, you hafta pay full price again...also, depending on your background with computers, i would wait til you have more experience before taking it...it took me 4 years to get mine(i worked on computers since i was 13, took the test when i was 17) and in those 4 years i learned a lot...we started a program at skool, a microsoft certified IT academy program, and that taught me jack...it was those 4 years that i worked on computers uncertified that got me the A+...hope this helps ya a bit more...

Brian

BTW, good luck if you decide to take it, hope ya nail it the first time

[LordKwiKSilva00]

also, sry bout the length of my last post, its a lot of reading but it is worth it...should help you out a lot...good luck dude

[Blazer06]

I was 14 when i took both the hardware and O/S. I failed the o/s (alomost no studying.) Main hing is know how to do things multiple and unconventional ways. Lots of NT questions.


I am 15 now, and planning to retake the O/S in about a month.

BTW, dont take them botht hte same day.


Blaze

why not take them the same day blazer? if you study it shouldnt be a problem. I did the both test parts in 20 minutes

[Blazer06]

idk, i was always told, buy people who have taken them, not do it the same day.


Blaze

its not difficult at all.

[skuz]

I did it when I was 24, just with experience and 2 simulation exams that was enough for me and it was quite easy.