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Passed my A+

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lcolson1959 (MIS)
20 Feb 06 10:46
Finally started going after my certifications.  Passed the A+ Hardware with a 662 which I was a little disappointed with, but passed the A+ OS with a 828 today!!  I am working on the Network + now so I can use as an elective for the MCSE down the road.

How would anyone here rate the A+ difficulty wise compared to the Network +?

How would anyone rate the A+ tests to the Microsoft tests difficulty wise??

Thanks
glister (TechnicalUser)
20 Feb 06 15:58
As far as difficulty, I would say the A+ is more difficult because of it's breadth of knowledge.  The recently revised Net+ is a very well written exam.  Probably CompTIAs best.

Congrats.

A+,N+,S+,L+,I+,HTI+,e-Biz+,Security+,CETma,CFOT,CCNT,CCTT,ACSP,ISA CCST3
glister (TechnicalUser)
20 Feb 06 16:03
You should consider a rollover of your A+ to the Electronics Technicians Assoc.'s Computer Service Technician (CST).  Another feather in the cap and you get introduced to the good folks at the ETA.  Real people. A good organization.  I just returned from the ETA National Convention and I had a great time.  Good networking, good training sessions, not to mention that it was in Las Vegas.

http://www.eta-i.org/Rollover.html

 

A+,N+,S+,L+,I+,HTI+,e-Biz+,Security+,CETma,CFOT,CCNT,CCTT,ACSP,ISA CCST3
glister (TechnicalUser)
20 Feb 06 16:04
You should consider a rollover of your A+ to the Electronics Technicians Assoc.'s Computer Service Technician (CST).  Another feather in the cap and you get introduced to the good folks at the ETA.  Real people. A good organization.  I just returned from the ETA National Convention and I had a great time.  Good networking, good training sessions, not to mention that it was in Las Vegas.
You would be suprized how many educators, authors and technicians are migrating over to the ETA. (something's in the wind...)

http://www.eta-i.org/Rollover.html

 

A+,N+,S+,L+,I+,HTI+,e-Biz+,Security+,CETma,CFOT,CCNT,CCTT,ACSP,ISA CCST3
Wishdiak (TechnicalUser)
21 Feb 06 6:34
lcolson1959,

In my own experience, the questions on the Network+ exam tended to be trickier than the A+, but less of them, and a single exam.

If you're planning on using A+/Network+ as your MCSE elective, one caveat: A+/N+ satisfy the MCSA elective but not MCSE (at least on Server 2003). The CompTIA Security+ exam satisfies the elective requirement for both.

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcsa/windows2003/
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcse/windows2003/

Wishdiak
A+, Network+, Security+, MCSA: Security 2003
http://www.wishdiak.com
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