A+ Certification

Much really depends on what area of the world you are in.

If you are in the US, you have essentially three choice to gain the knowledge necessary to pass the test:

1. Take a course. There are many, many places that offer A+ Certification courses from commercial for-profit technical education organizations, to communicty colleges.
2. Self study. Again there are many, many books dedicated to the A+ certification. I personally like the Sybex series of books.
3. On the job experience. There is nothing to say that you have to buy a book or take a course before attempting the certification test.

How long should it take? My favorite answer is: It depends! What computer experience do you have at present? How fast do you absorb knowledge? How long do you retain knowledge? How much time do you have to dedicate to test preparation? Everyone is different. It might take you a week, or it might take you 6 months. It depends on you, and the time and resources you have available.

Good luck.

It depends on what expierence you already have with computers,I recently passed the A+ Hardware core exam and currently studying for the OS exam,to which I am using A+ Complete Study Guide
Deluxe Edition by David Groth and Dan Newland,also using the Cram sessions

There are a number of sites to refer to that may be of help,see the following
1)www.cramsessions.com
2)www.certexams.com
3)www.examguides.com
4)www.freecommptia.com

Certainly I wouldn't stress about it too much. Sites such as what are listed above are the resources I used. There are plenty of free study guides and practice exams online to get you by.

* Use the free study aides on the internet
* Know your basic lists such as IRQ's and I/O addresses and the OSI model.
* Know some networking basics
* Relax! I took the adaptive exam a few months back and was in and out in about 10 minutes. I had 20 questions for the Hardware, 24 for the OS.

You won't take more than 30 questions anyway. If you can't pass by thirty questions, you've already failed. 20 is the minimum. You'll find that if you practice with the many exams online, you'll be very prepared.

I live in rural west central south dakota. I work as a ISP technician for our local telephone company (1.5 yrs)therefore i get hands on experience with fixing ALOT of PC's ~ I am very determined to get my a+ certification and would like any information that you can offer ~ it's greatly appreciated! thanx =)

I would recommend Mike Meyer's A+ All-In-One certification guide, the Exam Cram books and some hands on experience. How long it will take depands upon your background and experience working on computer hardware. If you've built and repaired systems for years, it'll be a piece of cake. If you've never swapped a HD or installed a scsi drive, you'll need to do some work.

The "rule of thumb" is the A+ shows proficiency like someone who has worked as a PC technician professionally for 6 months should have.

Take a look here for the book:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0072126795/ref=pd_sim_books_1/103-6023755-9603054?v=glance&s=books

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Good luck! Hope this helps...

I would go with Alpha male's reply since I am also using Mike Meyers book for my self study, even though I am getting hands on experience I would still recommend buying the all in one axam guide as it tells you how all the parts and the OS works andwhat all the meanings actually mean.

Is there really only 30 questions on both of the exams?

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