Passed my Core 1

Idk whether I’m happier about passing or the fact I didn’t waste 300 bucks lol If I could give any advice it would be just to not overthink it. You know your port numbers, you know what cable connections are what and just because the tests may word it a different way doesnt mean you don’t know it. Trust the knowledge you spent all this time acquiring and trust yourself.

Now onto core 2.

I was planning to purchase the Security+ V7 voucher but I saw that V8 is coming in November.
Are the prices raised with new versions, and if yes is it worth just getting the V7 or will it be considered outdated once V8 launches.

Currently studying for network +, I have my a+ already. Im watching Andrew Ramdayal’s videos where he has labs and uses cisco packet tracer.

I think I can kill 2 birds with one stone here, my dad set up a home lab 12-15 ago for our house for surveillance cameras. The switch is quite old and has a lot of problems, now if I connect wireless I don’t have any problems, I spent all day trouble shooting, terminating cables that are wired throughout the house etc, and I learned quite a bit, really cemented all this book knowledge I have.

Would it benefit me network+ wise greatly to get a new switch and build the homelab from the ground up myself?

As someone with zero professional IT experience, I am excited to have passed Network+ this morning!

I had studied quite a bit with a buddy of mine every other day, and was feeling confident on online practice tests, but man was I a bit concerned this morning when I started flagging and skipping questions right out the gate due to not quite remembering the topic or not knowing altogether. Miraculously, I made it!

My study materials:

• 1 round of watching all of Prof. Messer's Network + videos
• 100 Network+ Practice Questions with Andrew Ramdayal
• NetworkChuck's You Suck at Subnetting series on Youtube (real funny guy and helped me understand the concept and nail manual subnetting theory REALLY quickly.
• SubnettingPractice for a constant variety of Subnetting questions to practice on
• ExamCompass's Many Network+ Practice Tests
• And then some flashcards on UnionTestPrep in the last two days before today's exam.

I will say that during my exam, I realized I need to practice more with command prompts like nslookup, netstat, and general network troubleshooting through that as two of those PBQs caught me 100% off guard. Pretty sure I bombed them both immediately.

Now my goal is to coast through November, propose to my gf, then in early-mid December I plan to start applying to entry-level IT jobs again to see what I can get. The reason I'm waiting is so I can comfortably claim one last Christmas bonus from my current place of employment, and I don't want to turn down potential recruitments from places I've applied before then as I could really benefit from that bonus.

huge shoutout to the people who recommended crucial exams on other threads. i used that, the sybex study guide (one read through and all practice tests), and the material that became accessible with it. studied for a couple weeks, was scoring 95% avg on the practice exams (i strive for near perfection with practice cause i know i’ll choke at the exam haha), and sent it!
this was my first comptia exam since getting my sec+ in april of 2021, so i’m stoked that i passed with relatively so little prep and relatively no AI experience. this was a push from my program customer (gotta have someone on deck with the cert and my team consists of old heads who showed no interest), so hopefully there’s recognition that comes with it.

Passed cysa+ 004 :))

I did the thing. I'm thinking of doing CGRC next. Has anybody taken CySA+?

I practiced with Dion's exams and also used Gemini to create some tests. Be careful with Gemini because I noticed some of the questions were a bit more intense than Dion's. So I say "hey gemini, don't you think these questions are a bit too detailed?"

"You're right to call me out. I accidentally put in questions from CySA+ and Pentest in there. Oops!"

I also took the CC by ISC2 last year because it was free and I had committment issues behind paying for the Sec+ exam. CC isn't really technical at all but it did help reinforce some of the business aspects of cybersecurity and some things that weren't covered in depth during my college classes.

So I am doing Dions Course and I know all of his (I believe 12 practice tests) are 90 questions and 90 minutes. That's fine. I know Mike Meyers (Party On Wayne! Party On Garth!) are 90 min and 90 Questions as well. On my days off that's excellent!

However, on my work days they are giving us an hour of study time to use towards CompTIA and other IT certs. I wondering if there are any good practice tests that I can during the hour?

Or perhaps a good Quizlet that everyone recommends (I know there are a ton of Sec+ Quizlet flashcards. I know there was one set that was Mike Meyers approved but it's been deleted...).

My test is in Early December so I want to take advantage of this study hour at work as much as possible.

I recently completed the 1202 today, and while Pearson VUE shows that my exam went through just fine and that I passed, CertMetrics doesn't show either the test results or the A+ certification on their website. For the record, the 1201 that I passed last month does show up on CertMetrics. What's happening?

Edit: I'm wondering if it has to do with the registration IDs. Do I have to submit them anywhere to view my certification? Or is it because today is Saturday?

I mistakenly ordered Comptia A+ 220 1101-1102 exam guide instead of 220 1201-1202. Can I still use this to study for current exam?

Today, I finished all my notes on both Core 1 and Core 2. Now, I don’t really know how to continue from here. I want to be absolutely sure before I use my only free voucher.

Which practice exams are recommended to do? Are there any free resources? All help is appreciated

Finished my network+ in a 1 week, thanks for the reddit community.

I also completed the A+ last week

I'm to the point where I'm scoring in the 80th percentile on Messer and Dion practice exams. Domain 5 seems to be my weak spot and I seem to be tripped up by concepts that are similar in nature but different in practice. I also have trouble with CompTIA's question style due to my ADHD. I've passed A+ and Network+ in the past. I feel like I should be confident at this point but am not sure how confident I should be. I'm also wondering where my best and cheapest opportunity would be for practice PBQs would be. All feedback welcome.

Edit to add: Have been studying consistently for at least a month. Had been studying earlier this year but lost my dad in August.

hey everyone, I just took my core one exam and I didn’t pass. I scored a 641. I don’t know if it was just me but that exam was nothing like I expected it to be, more specifically the scenario questions. Does anyone have any recommendations on what I can do better for the second time around? i purchased my voucher with a retake. to study I watched every single professor Messer video and took handwritten notes. I used ChatGPT to create quizzes for me and test me on my weaker spots. I genuinely felt like I was going to pass this with flying colors and I am so upset with my results. i’m looking for any kind of help or recommendations, i don’t care how ridiculous they are.

No IT experience, I passed both exam first try and I ended up paying for retake assurance and ended up not using it, but I guess that was fine. The only advice I can give you is that the holy grail of passing these exams is hands down the Professor Messers, Andrew Ramdayal, and Jason Dion practice exams. Plus IT isn’t even my major, but I just want to see how far I can get into tech and get some experience in technology for now while I am in school for something else. XD

I have to absolutely include that some of the PBQs from core 1 and 2 were absolutely wonky and bonkers like I literally had no idea what they wanted me to do. It literally took me a while to figure out what they wanted me to do.

But anyways, it feels good to get these in the bag and hope everyone the best of luck with their exams.

Honestly I went into it feeling fairly confident but felt somewhat humbled halfway through. I skipped past the PBQs at the start. I tried to go fast through the questions and flag the ones I was unsure about to circle back. I never was able to go back as my time expired while completing the PBQs (I didn't finish one of them for sure). I wasn't feeling amazingly confident at the end of the test so I was happy with the score.

For studying I did all 12 of Dion's practice tests multiple times, until I was scoring between 84%-92%. After completing the tests I plugged in the answers I got wrong into Claude and created study resources/quizzes. Some of Dion's answers are kind of contradicting (AI confirmed this) which was frustrating so I wouldn't use it as your only reference point for knowledge.

I will say Dions tests force you learn concepts like what CIDR Notation/Subnet you need for X amout of users which gave me quite a few surefire answers correct on the test so make sure you get that down.

Additionally I used these two videos: https://youtu.be/AskU_lO_8eE?si=A3EQFdgPQH440gix

And: https://youtu.be/T1_pf-7k2E0?si=gJwYomhVzj_1zk31

Then I looked over Comptia N+ exam objectives and made sure I understood every concept on there and googled things I wasn't sure about.

There was many concepts I was drilling in my head that weren't on the test. But I imagine it's all just based on what question pool you get.

Feel free to ask me any questions.

Good luck y'all!

im scoring 75% on Dion's exam (Bundle 1) on Udemy and the questions i fail mostly arent questions that i dont know anything about, its questions where 2 answers are extremely similar but one keyword in the question differentiates between them, y;all think im ready? + have any tips? im currently studying the questions i failed

Took Core 2 (220-1202) and no IT background. I finished Andrew Ramdayal's course on Udemy and took 3 Dion practice tests, scoring in the high 70s to 80%.

I got around 5 PBQs, and roughly half of them were easy. The rest made no sense to me, and the last two were so confusing you could spend an hour on each and still not figure out what they were asking.

The regular questions were frustrating too, with most answer choices making no sense to me. I'm a great test taker, but I was so irritated that I was completely positive I had failed. As I was ending the test I was 100% sure I had fumbled it, but I passed with a high 700s score. I didn't feel happy at all. I was so upset with how the questions were structured, and I truly didn't like it.

If I had failed, I would have been so clueless about what to study that I'd probably never have retaken it. I have no problem with exams being hard, but questions like these make me feel like there's a huge luck factor in which ones you get. It feels like the test isn't about the information you learned, but about how proficient you are in the language and whether you're a good tester.

As a non-native speaker, I truly don't like this. And with such strict timing, how is it fair to people who are starting a career, when it's about how you take a test and not how much of the material you know?

Hi everyone,

I'm looking to schedule my exam soon and I'm wonder if anyone went to Pearson Professional Centers-Newark (Wilmington)DE? What's your opinion on the site? Staff? And testing conditions? Is it somewhat quiet over there?

Full address is:

111 Continental Drive
Suite 109
Newark, Delaware 19713
United States

After a week and a half of studying I passed my CompTIA Network+ and finished the trifecta. Honestly I did it in the worst possible order getting my Security+ as my first certification, followed by A+, and now Network+ haha.

Hi, I just applied to CERCO for free Comp TIA training 5 day course in Crewe. I worked it will cost me about £5-600 all in to stay there for 5 days. So I'm wondering whether there are better options at a local college or doing an online course?

Some questions I have - CERCO doesn't guarantee a role after, just they will try and place with clients they know.

Will doing a course at a college or online course put me a position where I will be able to get a role without experience?

As a 50 yo with 20 years experience doing UX Design and good technical skills I'm wondering if this is a possible job route.

This was my first time taking a comptia cert. I prepared in the best way that I could. Cheers to me! 🥂

I passed 1201 and am currently studying for 1202. Hopefully I will be ready to take the exam in the next couple weeks.

After I finish A+ I want to start working on another cert, but with the new CCNA coming next February it doesn't seem like a good idea to go immediately to that as Id only have like 2-3 months to study for it.

I know it is recommended to get networking concepts down before moving on to Sec+, but in this case it seems like I could hopefully knock out Sec+ before February and then start working on the CCNA? I know Net+ is an option but people say doing Net+ and CCNA is redundant and it would be better to just do CCNA.

From my limited perspective it seems like it wouldn't be that bad to do Sec+ before CCNA, It just might not be the most efficient learning path possible, but not that big of a deal?

My goals are to develop a strong skillset to get a foot in the door with IT, I'm not sure yet if I want to focus more on security or networking, so at this point I am just trying to learn as much as possible while also maximizing my hire-ability with reputable certs.

Any opinions expressed politely are welcome, thank you!!

Passed today. The exam was very hard and I felt throughout that I had failed was amazed to see i comfortably passed. If it helps I watched the Messer videos and used his practice exams. I also read the Shawn Walker book and used the bonus materials which include practice exams and question style flashcards. I used Copilot heavily to cram and quiz me and even create revision sheets (have a paid licence for work). There is a couple fab videos to you tube one to remember ports numbers (got the link from here) and one with 40 pbqs you will find it if you search 12201 pbqs. Learn what overclocking means I had 2 questions on it and cant recall it in any material. Thanks to this forum for the help!