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I was wondering what things would someone have too , or should be capable of doing if they passed their Comptia A+

For example knowing IP address classes, CIDR , basic networking and the TCP/IP model is different from actually configuring a IP address or proxy on your PC , or setting up a SOHO.

If you can please list them all or as much as you know.

Also side question: are the free Exam Compass comptia A+ questions good at all?

Got my A+ this week and am going for more

If I’ve got this right the highest “tier” cert is the one you need to renew, so if I got an A+ that expired and then passed sec+, that’s Renew my a+. But then if my sec+ expired I’d need to take the sec+ test again, which would also renew the A+?

I'm lowkey scared to take the exam without being super confident, as its a lot of money. On the Dion Practice Exams 1-4 I got an 80%, 72%, 73%, 78%. I want to finally schedule my exam as I keep pushing back buying it and eventually have to commit, so how much more time should i give myself between my test date with those scores and would I have a good chance to pass it if i took it as soon as i can schedule it.

Any advice or personal experience would be appreciated.

Hello,

So, in 2029 my certifications will expire, I just renewed them by taking the Security+ CE course. However, I do not know if the next version of the Security+ Sy-801 will be out before 2029.

I am trying to plan out how I will renew my certifications. I know we can do CEU's however I don't know if I can earn enough before 2029 to renew my certifications. CompTIA seems pretty strict when it comes to CEU's.

I could take the next exam which would be the CySA+, I have been researching course recommendations and have been told the Sybex books along with Jason Dion's video series. (If anyone has video course recommendations, I am all ears).

What would you guys recommend? Am I looking into the wrong exam by looking at the CySA+? Would a different certification be more beneficial to me? I was also looking into Cloud+ a little bit, but I would need to do more research as I am not sure that would renew the A+/Net+/Sec+

So I’m looking into getting the CompTIA Tech+, but what are good practice test sites to look at? Are there any that have questions that mirror questions on the exam. I have TestOut IT Fundamentals Pro cert, Microsoft Technology Associate Security Fundamentals cert, and a degree in CS, so what should I be looking at really? Should I just attempt and cry later?

Passed 780. You are all part of this victory.

Thank you 😃.

I studied hard for the A+ cert trying to advance my career. I passed it. I was elated that day and for once my mom was proud of me for something. I had the 2nd test scheduled and was ready to go… then my mom died. I missed the second test because I was in the hospital with her while she died. After the funeral, I signed up for the second test only to learn that my first one didn’t count anymore because of the 3-year thing. I took that damn second test and passed it. Once I learned I had to re-take the first part, I was so mad. It wasn’t fair. It still isn’t. I can’t help that my mom died. I’ve taken the first part and the 2nd part and passed both. Does anyone else think I should appeal to comptia to let me have the certification? I’m devastated by how things have been playing out lately. Wanting to just give up

Hi guys! Yesterday I bought Jason Dion's exam set 1 and took my first practice test. I scored 68% without any preparation, but I do have some prior IT knowledge.

Now I plan to watch all of Professor Messer's videos and use other online resources. I want to take the actual exam before September, when university starts.

I know it depends on the person but on average, is two months enough?

Compass or topics ?

No it background here. Managed to clear Sec+ in 10 days.
Compared to Sec+, Net+ is a behemoth. Am I the only one who’s facing the same issue? There’s just too much information to retain.

A pass is a pass. Fortunate to say I made it through despite how challenging it was for me.

I had 66 multiple choice questions and four performance based scenarios (each scenario had four or more answers to fill or select).

I have no experience with pentesting. I do work as a SOC Analyst which did help me through this. That being said, there was a lot I learned and a lot I should have done to be better prepared. If I were to take it again, I would 100% focus more on syntax and how to read/decipher output from the various tools mentioned in the objectives. Scripting as well having had several question on it (mainly Bash and one or two were Python).

For those of you pursuing this certification, knowing scripts, syntax and reading output is very important. I think I had at least twenty or so questions on those. Knowing Nmap is important too but didn't get many questions on that. There was a mention in another thread about AI related questions. I only recall one that mentioned LLM.

My main resources used were the Sybex textbook, the six Dion practice tests and about half of the TryHackMe Pentest+ learning path.

Reading the Sybex textbook itself would not be enough for people like me. If you use this textbook and time and resources allow, go through the lab exercises. I did some which I feel helped and doing more would have helped even more.

The Dion practice tests were Ok. Not quite the same as the questions posed on the exam but worth it. A YouTube video series mentioned in another post posed the questions better.

I used the same tactics as previous when taking the exam:

- Skip the PBQs for after the MCQs. You get two hours and 45 minutes. For me, I had well over an hour left to complete the PBQs and was able to review flagged questions after that. If you have 66 questions and average 90 seconds per question, that's an hour and 39 minutes. Keep in mind there will be a number of questions you answer within 30 seconds so your average time per question could be quite a bit less.

- Eliminate incorrect answers to narrow the choices in situation you are not sure. If you can reduce it to 50/50, that's pretty good odds.

- Read the question/scenario carefully. I covered up the choices so I could give myself a chance to come up with the answer or specific terms/tools before looking at the options. Read the question twice or more if needed.

Best of luck to all!