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by croydon8

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To Fellow It Professionals

I have been studying for the last two months for A+ certifications using certification books, but unfortunately I have been unable to find a suitable site that gives free exam exercises, the only one I have found is (CompTIA?s) the official site. I need to do a lot of test before I go and do the official test. And also can you tell me the exam questions or sections I need to concentrate more on.
Secondly I want to do LPI (Linux Professional Institute) certifications I was thinking of doing it with SmartCertifiy and American company based in Dublin, Ireland.
They offered me that: -
1. They guarantee I pass the exam or I get my money back.
2. The cost is ?700 but he said he may reduce to ?500
3. The course is based on CBT
What I want to know is that is this good offer, and is it worth going for. Is there a big demand for LPI certified.
Any suggestions, comment and advice is appreciated.
Ermiyas MEKONNEN

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by sgt_shultz

personally, i would spend the money any other way, in particular, re-taking the test(s). i would not pay anybody to get me certified in anything...i would spend my money getting what i need to get actual hands-on experience...i believe what will further your career the most is to have the experience, not the certificate. I am not saying a cert won't be valuable and help you get into an interview. but you are building your reputation as well as your career. do you want to be (perceived as) a paper tiger? get your experience and see if the certificate doesn't just follow along...
A+ certification is not going to be hard.
why don't you just go take the A+ test and then retake it, if it happens you don't pass. I bet you will pass.
As for the linux, well, imho there is (and will continue to be) plenty of demand. but you really need to *know* something, not just have the certification...
i would spend my hard earned money on real software, real hardware, real reference books and actualtesting fees. I would spend my money setting up a linux box and connecting it to a windows network....
In my humble opinion, if you want a way to get employment leads, and you have time and money to put in that direction, volunteer. maybe you can find a church, humane society, community group, firehall, charity... who needs a: database, website, network, security solution, intranet...
you could set up a linux box for them to be webserver, ftp site, firewall, database server, backup server, maybe even linux desktops...get experience and recognition. it is a better way to leverage your investment, imho
good luck and have fun...go get your a+ cert!!

by outamyhead

I have read on here that there are just two exams but I had been to a site that had test exams and all the different hardware topics were setup as separate tests?

Is it just two exams or is there a whole load of them on each subject matter in thebooks?

http://kfsterling.com/practice_exams.htm

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