I'm using the Anki app to memorize Security+ acronyms. If anyone has an official list, please let me know where to find it, I’d really appreciate it, as I’m taking the exam for the second time next week.
I have the Dion Training simulation and practice exams, plus a PDF of exercises from Professor Messer, but I’m getting tired of the same old questions. Is there a more fun way to study? I’m starting to lose motivation and feel overwhelmed by going over the same topics every day.
I have the exam in two weeks, it will be my second attempt, because on the first one I got 723/750
I would need tips from you, since I know the concepts, but I keep falling into the semantic traps of CompTIA, it is incredible that there are questions where I have to read them up to 4 times to find some key word that allows me to identify which is the most specific answer, but I still keep falling into the wording traps.
Next Sunday will be my exam day and it will be the second time I will take it, I am a little nervous.
I failed because I didn't review quite enough to avoid falling for their traps, however since it was my first time I actually quite enjoyed the experience of taking the exam online. Make sure to be very punctual, though, I had to wait behind four other people before I could take the test.
Regarding the difficulty of the exam: The PBQs really threw me off quite a bit. I only encountered two of them, the rest consisted of 75 multiple choice questions. The first PBQ involved a firewall architecture configuration where I had to analyze logs to identify which server originated a threat and which ones were infected. The other PBQ was very easy: you are presented with a scenario and have to identify the name of the threat and select the best option to mitigate it. As for the multiple choice questions, they were actually quite easy compared to the Dion Training practice exams; the concepts were clearly distinct and easy to identify. However, the questions themselves were very tricky you really have to pay close attention to keywords and acronyms. There were also two or three questions that required multiple selections, as well as others featuring a lot of text or a confusing narrative. I also took the exam in modern Spanish, some of the translations really screwed me over, but luckily there’s a small button where you can view the original English translation. I ended up wasting time answering them and ran out of time before I could answer the last six questions, had I been able to answer them, I might have passed the exam with the minimum required score.
I have absolutely no prior IT experience. I’ve been studying for this exam for four months, and my study materials consisted of Professor Messer videos, Cyberkraft PBQs videos, and the Dion Training practice exams. My average score on the Dion exams was between 80% and 85% (so I knew the actual exam result would be a close call, but I decided to give it a shot anyway).
If anyone knows of a practice exam for training that is more difficult than Dion's, please post it here in the comments.
I hope my experience serves as a helpful set of tips for you to keep in mind, don't give up, study smartly, and make sure you clearly distinguish between concepts so you don't fall into any traps.If you do all that, you will pass. Good Luck!
I could use some advice from you all. This Friday, I'm taking the Security+ exam for the first time (in Spanish). I've been studying using Professor Messer's videos and Cyberkraft's PBQs, and I'm currently working through Jason Dion's practice exams. My scores have been 82%, 86%, 65%, 78%, and most recently 90%. I feel positive about it, but at the same time, I don't quite trust myself and in addition to being afraid about the translations...