Passed my A+ Hardware

[ThE_MarD]

Heyyo,

W00t! yep folks! I'm half ways to being fully a+ certified!

Lots of questions on SCSI, maybe a couple on IRQ's (doh! I focused on learning these at the last minute too, lol), IDE cables.. also some sockets and IEEE standards. Pretty straightforward text stuff. I just took this test today, so yeah.. btw, they did ask a few questions aboot cabling (stuff like 10baseT, what kindof connectors like RJ-45, DB-25).

So no worries everyone, it's possible to pass. You don't need too high of a percentage to pass (I think 55%), and it was 80 questions.

[Tyler1989]

Great and congrates I will be taking my test in 6 months. Please tell me though if you don't mind how old are you now (and for others how old were you when you took the test).

[ThE_MarD]

Heyyo,

I'm 20, so yeah.. took the test at the age of 20.

[IBMan]

i plan on taking mine sometime soon
however in my freetime this year i will reread some of the material and watch th e dvds again

[GuitarFreak1857]

how old do you have to be to take the test? cause i checked out Mike Meyers' A+ Certification book, i'm 15, going to be in 10th grade.

[ThE_MarD]

Heyyo,

I'm gonna wing it n' say the legal age of your country for stuff like alcohol, or maybe driving.

You could always ask nearby technical schools or private schools that have the course about that dude, I'm sure they could give you the answer.

[elitesoldier]

how old do you have to be to take the test? cause i checked out Mike Meyers' A+ Certification book, i'm 15, going to be in 10th grade.

i think you can take the test at any age you want, i would highly advise you start studying for it since you have alot of free time now. When you get older, your going to have to get a job and possibly go to college at the same time, that doesn't leave much time for you to do certs and stuff. Also ask your parents if they will pay for the exam for you, and even if they don't, just start studying and then take the test when your like 17 and have the money from a job. gl.

[Dark_Sniper*]

Originally posted by GuitarFreak1857
how old do you have to be to take the test? cause i checked out Mike Meyers' A+ Certification book, i'm 15, going to be in 10th grade.

yea you can take it whenever you want im going to 10th too and this year im taking A+ too but online which sucks but still yea you can take it whenever you want if you fail your screwed. lol

[ThE_MarD]

Heyyo,

w00t! just passed my a+ os tech as well now. Just my network+/server+ left.

[BASSMASTER]

Originally posted by ThE_MarD
Heyyo,



So no worries everyone, it's possible to pass. You don't need too high of a percentage to pass (I think 55%), and it was 80 questions.

Congratulations on being a+ certified. Getting the actual certificat in the mail is so exciting, i was so proud when it came!

By the way, not that it matters, but the 55% is kindof untrue. CompTia won't tell you how the test is actually scored. But some questions are worth more than others, and some don't even count (they are just used for there analasys) and the scoring system is very confusing.

Anyways congrats!