A+ Core 2 (220-1002) Done. Focus is on the CCSP

The most challenging aspect of the CompTIA A+ Core 2 exam was getting to take the exam. Because of the unavailability of seats in the PearsonVue testing centers near me, I had to wait until today (June 18th) to take the exam. With a scheduled start time of 5:00 p.m., because of computer networking issues, I spent an hour waiting to take the exam. Following my usual practice, I skipped the “performance-based questions” and focused on the standard multiple choice questions. My score was far from perfect as noted in the Exam Report, but about what I expected based upon some of the questions and answers that were focused on outdated technical solutions, long ago erased from my mind. My sense is with the exception of a very small number of questions, I’d seen most of the questions before. That sighting I believe was in January of 2016 when I took the 220-902 exam. I had hoped that there would have been more questions that were based upon the rapid changes in technology in the 3.5 years that have passed since the 220-901/220-902 exams were released in December of 2015.

Now I can continue my focus on preparing for the (ISC) CCSP certification.

 

A+ Core 1 (220-1001) Exam Passed. Next Up Core 2 and Continued CCSP Studying

Success today with the A+ Core 1 exam passed. The score sheet reflects a 744/900 with a 675 required to pass. I followed my typical pattern, when comfortable with my answers to the typical multiple choice exams to ignore the performance-based questions. I found the exam a little more challenging than expected, largely because of my move away from hardware, recognizing the move to virtualization and cloud computing. However, did notice questions that were focused on both virtualization and cloud. My updated worksheet can be viewed by clicking HERE. The Word version (in a zip file) can be downloaded by clicking HERE.

So it is back to work on my study efforts for the CCSP, with a brief interruption on June 18th to take the A+ Core 2 exam. I’m thinking I’ll be in a position to take the CCSP exam by the end of June (or at least able to schedule it by then).

Cloud Essentials Beta Exam Done; A+ 220-1001 Core Tomorrow

I took the Cloud Essentials+ beta exam today. The exam was pretty much as anticipated, with 110 questions and 90 minutes time to complete. I did not feel pushed but took almost all of the time, measuring the quality of the questions to see if they covered information contained in the exam objectives. That was generally the case, but I did see a couple of questions that I think are outside the scope of the exam objectives. My “no score” exam report is available by clicking HERE. What will be useful is the Worksheet that I completed (see the right column), available by clicking HERE. You can download the word file that has been zipped by clicking HERE. The worksheet items in the right column were specific content in the exam objectives that I did not feel I knew enough about when I did a very limited preparation today. Hence their inclusion. What I can tell you is I’m certain this limited exam prep helped raise my exam score (useful hint).

Off tomorrow at 4:30p.m. to take the A+ Core 1 exam.