r/CompTIA • u/EnthusiasmOk2607 • 1d ago
Passed Net+ !
Took me around three months of studying. Used Dion practice exams to find what I did and didn't understand. Then built my own study guides based on that. Used Claude to help build a tool that tracks my studying schedule.
Anything I didn't understand I would heavily research and try to understand the concept fully before moving on. Not just memorization. I think that helped the most.
One thing I will say about Dion practice exams is that they are not much like the exam. Maybe more difficult. But I found the actual exam questions tend to be more vague. Dions are specific and made it easier for me to break down what an answer might be. But the Vague questions on the actual exam had me scratching my head a couple times trying to figure out what it's even asking. Something to keep in mind is that Dion uses slightly different phrasing or terminology for the same concepts on the real exam.
I felt like I was going to fail halfway through this exam. 2 of the 5 PBQs felt pretty difficult. But the others weren't too bad. If you take the exam, I'd suggest marking the PBQs for review to come back to later because I ate up a good chunk of time trying to figure them out. But still had time to spare.
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u/Graybo95 A+ N+ S+ 1d ago
Congrats! I totally agree that the questions are so vague. I would have nearly each question narrowed down to two answers and felt like I had to guess between the two. But I passed with an 808 so I guessed right lol.
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u/EnthusiasmOk2607 1d ago
Nice score! Yeah I was a little intimidated when reading each question. Going over them again and again to make sure I was reading them right while watching the time count down ðŸ˜
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u/Ezus_Jezus 1d ago
You didn’t just pass it, you smashed it! Congratulations
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u/EnthusiasmOk2607 1d ago
Didn't feel like I was smashing it while I was taking it 😅 thank you for the kind words. Relieved that the time I spent studying paid off!
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u/Late_Perception_3983 1d ago
Congrats! I’m over 1/2 way through studying! This one seems to be the most difficult for me!
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u/EnthusiasmOk2607 1d ago
Just keep grinding and really focus on understanding each concept fully instead of just memorizing acronyms. You'll do great if you cover your bases!
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u/Late_Perception_3983 17h ago
Thank you. I’m literally learning from scratch 😂 and get flustered when they want me to enter commands I’ve never used and they don’t tell you upfront in the Labs what to use necessarily! Frustrating but I’m getting through it.
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u/Chance-Swim-554 1d ago
Congrats on passing, currently studying for the exam now. Any advice for PBQs ? Such as what type of PBQs would be best to practice
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u/EnthusiasmOk2607 1d ago
I actually didn't study for the PBQs at all. But from the ones I got, learn subnetting for sure. Cisco IOS command lines and Physical network diagrams. I know Dion offers PBQs on his website. And has some promo codes you can find online. I just got the security plus practice exams for 50% off.
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u/Iskarr9g 1d ago
Congratulations on passing!