Tips For Non-it People Looking To Pass A+ Essentials

For non-IT people, like me, here is how it should be done to pass both exams. Grab a book, like the Mike Meyers book, and read throughly, make sure you understand everything, drop down your own notes for easier review. You will probably not pass the exams by only reading and memorizing everything on the book. You need to study further, e.g., when studying chapters on Windows, you need to practice on your computer and learn more in depth. For example, opening registry window, try to look around and get familiar with the options in the Registry. I got caught on one question how to save a copy of the registry file (File/export), things didn’t mention in the book. Try to look around in Windows and look at every items, their properties and settings, that will especially help you on ‘OS path’ types of question. Same when working on command line, practice on the command and explore further more on the syntax (***/?). If you are not familiar with PCs, take your time to learn and digest. You really have to understand the materials to pass the exams because many questions are on the application of the materials. During the real exam, you will certainly find some questions on new stuff that you don’t know, but most of the time with educational guess, you can narrow down to the right answer by the process of elimination. I found the practice exams in Mike Meyers book very useful as they are similar to the real exams. I also did the most recently posted exams found in Quiz school of this site. Older exams tend to cover more questions on Win9x. I first took the Essentials exam, then I review troubleshooting session of each chapter (Mike Meyer’s book), and review chapters on Windows, and on Networking and did the practice exams from the book. I took the 602 five days later. Do not wait more than 1 week to take the 602, because there are still a few theoretical questions. I don’t recommend taking both exams the same day for non-IT people. The moment after I passed the Essentials, my head almost exploded. I’ve found that I will not be able to concentrate fully for another 90mins on the same day. Hey, it was the first real exam for me for more than 6 years, with the pressure of losing $163 if fail, you know what I mean.

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Overall, I found the exams are not very hard. Most of the questions are very straight forward. Good luck to all who are doing the exams soon.