A+ Certification exam

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Hey guys im taking an A+ certification exam on thursday. I one of the better students in the class. I was just wondering if you guys had any tips for me that I use to help me prepare for this exam. This does not include doing anything illegal or stupid.

 

[black lincon]

Certification exam? for what? an A+? I wasn't aware I needed to be certified to get perfect scores. Maybe that's why I got that one point of on that history test.

 

[Labyrinth]

If you can't think of something sit straight, breathe deep and look up at about 45 degrees. It works surprisingly well.

 

[ZeroMachine]

What's an A+ Certification exam? Never heard of it before.

 

[Alex_P]

Certification exam? for what? an A+? I wasn't aware I needed to be certified to get perfect scores. Maybe that's why I got that one point of on that history test.

It's a certification for computer technicians. It deals with standard desktop hardware and Windows software. (Google is your friend.)

-- Alex

 

[Mask of 1000 Faces]

Study, eat a proper meal, and get plenty of rest.

If the exam is truly important to you, and you really have tried your hardest, you'll do fine.

 

[Glerken]

I one of the better students in the class..

Ahh. Nice dose of irony before bed.
To do good on your exam, eat a good dinner and breakfast, study, have a good night sleep, and stay relaxed. You'll do fine on it if you don't worry to much about the exam.

 

[Avatar Roku]

Certification exam? for what? an A+? I wasn't aware I needed to be certified to get perfect scores. Maybe that's why I got that one point of on that history test.

It's a certification for computer technicians. It deals with standard desktop hardware and Windows software. (Google is your friend.)

-- Alex

Ah, so A+ is a programming language, like C, C+, or C++?

 

[Alex_P]

Ah, so A+ is a programming language, like C, C+, or C++?

Not quite. It's the name of a certification. An "A+" technician knows how to put computers together and troubleshoot issues -- IIRC, it mostly focuses on the really bad stuff like hardware failures and boot failures. The exam proves that you know how to do a bunch of things that a good technician needs to know to do his job. Which makes you more employable, of course.

(Also, there is no "C+", only a C++. The "++" is a reference to an instruction inside C/C++ that means "increment this number".)

-- Alex

 

[Avatar Roku]

Ah, so A+ is a programming language, like C, C+, or C++?

Not quite. It's the name of a certification. An "A+" technician knows how to put computers together and troubleshoot issues -- IIRC, it mostly focuses on the really bad stuff like hardware failures and boot failures. The exam proves that you know how to do a bunch of things that a good technician needs to know to do his job. Which makes you more employable, of course.

(Also, there is no "C+", only a C++. The "++" is a reference to an instruction inside C/C++ that means "increment this number".)

-- Alex

Thanks. Hmmm, looking at that second part, my programming teacher was wrong least year. Or, since it was a year ago, I could have just forgotten. After all, we learned Java, with C++ only mentioned in passing when we saw the hilariously named textbook "C++ for you++"

 

[Bluntknife]

for those of you that don't know A+ is a hardware certification for people who have little to no experience plugging things in.

I personaly never took the course because I felt it was a waste of 400 dollars.
A friend recently took it and the most complex thing they did was make thier own ethernet cables.

That being said, if you have half a brain on you, you'll do fine.

 

[zacaron]

go to bed early the night before maybe take some over the counter medicin to help put you to sleep if your stressed and try not to do to much cramming the night before do something fun and relaxing like watch a movie or play a videogame.

 

[Crystal Cuckoo]

I one of the better students in the class..

Ahh. Nice dose of irony before bed.
To do good on your exam, eat a good dinner and breakfast, study, have a good night sleep, and stay relaxed. You'll do fine on it if you don't worry to much about the exam.

Lol, look who's talking

Anyway, if you've studied well, and you haven't crammed on the night before, you should be fine... Good luck!

 

[Xan Krieger]

I gotta schedule my exam. Thankfully I got a new neighbor and he has several certifications including A+. I loved a prepatory class I took where I actually saw a computer start on fire because someone put the RAM in improperly.

 

[asinann]

Certification exam? for what? an A+? I wasn't aware I needed to be certified to get perfect scores. Maybe that's why I got that one point of on that history test.

It's a certification for computer technicians. It deals with standard desktop hardware and Windows software. (Google is your friend.)

-- Alex

In other words, something that won't get you any work because places that hire computer techs want someone that has experience, not classes.

 

[Valiance]

Hey guys im taking an A+ certification exam on thursday. I one of the better students in the class. I was just wondering if you guys had any tips for me that I use to help me prepare for this exam. This does not include doing anything illegal or stupid.

Look, there's gonna be a BULLSHIT question regarding the required amount of ram Windows XP needs. Don't put what it requires, put what your TEXTBOOK says it requires.

 

[Gitsnik]

Take it from someone who actually has the A+, read that textbox from cover to cover a couple of times. Nods to Vallance but I don't recall seeing that question, though considering the OS X certification had the same thing in it, I tend to believe it was in there. And don't stress about it too much, just remember figures and stats and you'll be fine, it's damned near impossible to fail it IMHO.

Certification exam? for what? an A+? I wasn't aware I needed to be certified to get perfect scores. Maybe that's why I got that one point of on that history test.

It's a certification for computer technicians. It deals with standard desktop hardware and Windows software. (Google is your friend.)

-- Alex

In other words, something that won't get you any work because places that hire computer techs want someone that has experience, not classes.

Actually, IIRC, a lot places in Europe won't hire you if you don't have it.

 

[Talendra]

Make sure you do it exactly as they tell you. In my A+ exam some of the things were totally ridiculous, but that's the way they want you to do it.
Go over any terminology your not comfortable with and get a good nights rest, if you have been studying then it is a fairly easy exam.

 

[Alex_P]

In other words, something that won't get you any work because places that hire computer techs want someone that has experience, not classes.

I'd assume they demand both. The problem with just selecting for experience is that some people work in a field for years but still absolutely, positively suck. And different employers can have different concepts of what makes someone competent. A standardized exam helps establish how skilled someone is based on some common baseline. It's kinda like how colleges use SATs (and, yeah, I don't doubt the problems are the same).

-- Alex

 

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-- Alex[/quote]Ah, so A+ is a programming language, like C, C+, or C++?[/quote]

No, it isn't programming it is dealing with the hardware of the computer and know to install software. You learn how to deal with the bios and tell what is wrong with a computer. You also learn how to update the computers properly. Java would be an additional language to program in other than C++, i actually find it easier to use even though you need to type more.