Just sayin hi all!!

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Just wanted to say hi,

I have always been interested in computers but sadly never actually got around to studying for any certificates. My current experience lies mainly in pc building, upgrading, and installation, which has been carried out for friends and family over the past couple of years.

A short while ago a friend of mine lent me their Comptia A+ course CD and I thought it would be fun to see how much I actually did know! I managed to work through the course and currently get regular scores of 90+ percent in the test exams provided, but I feel the need to practice more before booking the exam (afraid of failure!!). So any advice offered here would be very appreciated.

I currently work from home reselling web hosting accounts, but this is not what I wish to do for evermore!! I am still undecided as to what direction I want to proceed in, but know it will definitely be something in IT.

I look forward to using these forums and seeing you all on the boards!!

 

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Hi and welcome......

Kat

 

Hi Dantronix - welcome to CF.

I would be most wary of sitting the exam having only used a practice CD to study from. Basically the disk is just to fine-tune the skills and knowledge you have (hopefully) gained from your main text. The chances are that when you are saying you are regularly scoring 90+ %, this is because you have practically memorised the limited number of questions on the disk.

Save yourself the cost of a possible resit - buy a main study text (look in our A+ Forum for recommendations). If you're going to go for it, go for it properly, in my opinion.

Hope that helps

 

Hey Dantronix, welcome to CF.

 

What the CD help me with is realising I could possibly push for a career in IT, I realised that I need to get the correct training apparatus and thats why I'm here, to find out where exactly I should start, especially as there are so many options available at hugely varied prices.

 

Here's a thread we have in the A+ board with some suggested guides and useful info. See what you think:

CLICK HERE

 

Thanks for the info,

What do you think of the TestOut.com Software? As this is the CD I have been using, it has the full hardware course and a virtual lab simulator, as well as a test exam which generates random questions each time.

 

Welcome to the forums, dantronix!

 

Hi and welcome to CF. Glad you found us.
My personal opinion is to study, study, learn and learn.
I am a bit of a slow coach when it comes to certs but I want to really understand the concepts so when I take the exam if i pass I can move on to another without forgetting what I learnt.
From what you have been doing with PC's you should find the A+ straight forward. Why don't you pop to Amazon
and have a look at probably the best A+ book around. It is a great read and informs you all you need to know for both exams. You have already done the practical so should be flying!

Good luck and look forward to helping out.

 

thanks for the comments boyce,

I genuinely am going to purchase the recommended book from amazon, possibly end of this week.

Please keep the advice coming as I could do with as much as possible.

Cheers All

 

i just got that book yesterday and i also got the groth one from before... mike meyers' book IMHO is a class above groth! i highly recommend it mate!

 

Welcome to the forums!!

Good luck with the studying

 

Greetings, Dantronix. Welcome to CertForums. Glad you found your way here.

 

Hi and welcome to the forum.