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| Thread ID: 108667 | 2010-04-06 10:22:00 | Anyone done the IT A+ test? | Nomad (952) | PC World Chat |
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| 873710 | 2010-04-06 21:17:00 | So easy to "cram" for an exam, and pass with a C-, but still not actually "learn" anything. When I attended my ex's graduation ceremony for her Masters, the Dean said, during his speech, that studying at Uni wasn't so much about learning something, but more importantly about learning how to learn. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 873711 | 2010-04-06 21:25:00 | I'd done my Polytech course and MCP by the time I looked into it. Couldn't see the point. Especially after a guy we hired at a place I ran, he'd done it and he always argued with me - He'd say A+ said XXX, I'd say, no swap this out etc etc. So some of it at least seemed to be crap. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 873712 | 2010-04-06 21:40:00 | I think industry qualification are good for backing up your experience to both employers and potential customers. Experienced IT folks do not need to attend expensive training courses, you can study at home for A+, Net+, MCP(up to the MCSE and other) etc, and sit the exams for a fee externally, works out a lot faster and a lot cheaper. Training courses are useful for un-experienced people looking to get into IT imo. |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 873713 | 2010-04-06 21:43:00 | I'd done my Polytech course and MCP by the time I looked into it . Couldn't see the point . Especially after a guy we hired at a place I ran, he'd done it and he always argued with me - He'd say A+ said XXX, I'd say, no swap this out etc etc . So some of it at least seemed to be crap . That means he failed the chapter of professionalism and ethics . :p That teach that too and what question you should first ask the customer to start analysing . . . One thing I learnt and don't like when call centres say is that, they say to me is your computer a brand name when it takes a while to bootup . I mean its professionalism to not critique a customer's computer . Nor to say to the customer it was your fault, or say to the customer you are wrong let's do this instead . There is a 900pg book, of 17 or 18 chapters, covering the A+ Essentials exam and the IT technician exam . That's not bad, but when I get to the various test online for some reason 100Qs can take me over an hour . And its suggested we find as much as possible to do . Some were debatable like . . If no lights outside the network card . It says check device manager . Unless I am mistaken, I think to check the physical connection b/c with no drivers installed the lights should still come on . . Another is that they say who use a DB-25 plug . I said printer and external HD . They say printer and scanner . But that are both right . In explanation they say, these days the HD is either USB or FW but the same is true to the scanner . In the past scanners may of been SCSI with some running LPT, but HD were the same SCSI or LPTs . . . . They talk about disposing the computer . They say recycle or destroy the HD . But the real answer is to properly sterialise the data with a type of magnet . They say use a glass cleaner to clean the CRT screen but a CRT screen has coating . This is off the paid exam practice test sites . |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 873714 | 2010-04-06 21:50:00 | use exam collections. People comment on how close the tests are to the proper thing. If you want I will try find the app to run the tests and the tests I was given to do A+ | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 873715 | 2010-04-06 22:25:00 | use exam collections. People comment on how close the tests are to the proper thing. If you want I will try find the app to run the tests and the tests I was given to do A+ You mean the app in the top right hand corner of The site (http://www.examcollection.com/) 2.7MB that says how to open VCE files |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 873716 | 2010-04-07 03:06:00 | Just studying now . . . I find that the questions can be ambigious . I am using online test sites for practice . And, the need to remember 2 pages of CPU socket designs, screen resolutions, IRQ numbers which isn't set in concrete anyway . It's not aligned, if a person studies the driving road code its tightly aligned to the actual test . All in all we have 3 weeks allocated, I'm behind . . Microsoft practice that! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 873717 | 2010-04-07 05:07:00 | oh did not know there was a free version | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 873718 | 2010-04-07 10:28:00 | Some were debatable like .. If no lights outside the network card. It says check device manager. Unless I am mistaken, I think to check the physical connection b/c with no drivers installed the lights should still come on .. Another is that they say who use a DB-25 plug. I said printer and external HD. They say printer and scanner. But that are both right. In explanation they say, these days the HD is either USB or FW but the same is true to the scanner. In the past scanners may of been SCSI with some running LPT, but HD were the same SCSI or LPTs .... I have noticed so many things like that in tests myself. If you want to be really picky, I have a desktop computer case by Everex computers which also uses a DB-25 wired in a custom manner to supply the front Audio, USB and power to the amplifier, 5 different LEDs etc in the front panel (there are speakers hidden in the bottom) I can understand if they aren't going to know that one, BUT for things like you said, it's stupid. I've also got a trackball and an external CD-writer that use DB-25... (though one is serial and the other parallel) |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 873719 | 2010-04-07 23:30:00 | This is why I hate getting IT qualifications. Lets remember 100,000 items of information. Most of it so old it doesnt matter. Spew it back at the correct time at exam. Forget most of it, apply a small useful percentage of it over a few years. Good as a reference but theres something called 'understanding' which is more important. Pay money to fill my mind with crap? Il do that only as much as I have to! |
pkm (13527) | ||
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