My very own N+ Blog!!

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Malnomates;Ok,I sat a practice exam last night...
Finding your posts interesting as I'm going to start studying for my N+ soon.

Any good links for practice exams?

 

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Hi Mal
just come across your N+ blog. Is this what they call generic troubleshooting prcedure?


1) SYMPTOM-Establish the symptoms,obviously!!

2)AREA-Establish the area affected, is it a local issue or a wider reaching issue?

3)CHANGE-Establish what has changed since the last good working state.

4)PROBABLE-Identify the probable cause.

5)IMPLEMENT-Implement your plan of action, the proposed solution.

6)TEST-Test the results of the implemented plan.

7)EFFECT-Examine and document the effects of the implemented plan.

8 )DOCUMENT-Document the final results.

Now repeat the buzzwords, go on!

 

That is CompTia's interpretation of structured troubleshooting really, they will expect you to know and understand these processes and be able to identify them from a given scenario, a 'what comes next?' type question. I hope the blog helps, it certainly helped me, but then it would huh?

 

Hey Mal!

Well i must say that this thread is one of the best threads i have ever read on any forum!

its just brilliant the way you narrate the information has helped me so just in just two of three hours!

are there any more threads like this maybe for A+ as that would be just brilliant! 10 outta 10 !

Becki x

 

I have to agree with Becki on this, big thanks to mal on this idea, I always had a copy of this blog with the comptia objectives in my revision and scanned it every night leading up to the exam..

Great work Mal

 

There needs to be a correction in your blog

SPX = Transport (This is like TCP in TCP/IP *Connection Oriantated*)
IPX = Network (IPX is like IP in TCP/IP *Connectionless*)

You put all these into the Transport layer and that's not right, sorry. But apart from that thanks for sharing the info dude.

Cheers

 

Blimey Mal!

what an excellent thread, must of taken you ages to type all that. Well done!
I must admit there was some parts of N+ I have been struggling on, but after reading Mal's thread..it all becomes clear now!
Rep Left

 

Well thank you immensely for your kind comments all...

There are a few mistakes in there, they're not deliberate but as i completed each objective I wrote my understanding of them in each blog entry. Finding and correcting those errors show you have a competence and understanding of your materials for N+ so by all means hunt them down and correct them as necessary. As for other blogs, well I'm about to start on the Security+ trail and will be putting together the same sort of thing as I go along. If these blogs help just one individual to pass a CompTIA exam then I will be an extremely happy bunny!

Writing down information that you have studied and absorbed is a terrific way of retaining all those facts, figures, tables and theories, it helped me endlessly. Whatever cert you are sitting I wish you all the best and will help whenever I can, as will any CF member here. Good luck, study hard and keep your chin up folks...

 

Hey Pete - sorry but I can't get that link to work.

Anyone who is reading Mal's excellent thread and they can't get that link to work as well then:-

What is Active Directory?

 

Well said

I concur with writing it down and making concise notes, I find it's the only way to learn stuff

 

Really helpful thread. Well done, you should consider teaching I.T.

 

Good reading, I'll use this before I take any practice exams

 

Great blog I only glanced through the pages but I awaiting my Network+ book from Amazon and will soon begin self-studying for this exam and I already know i'll be using this blog as alternative resource should I get stuck at any stage along the way!