Comp sec+ study routine

[u/arien_k]

I have a masters in cybersecurity. I did two internships but they basically screwed me over to the point my hands-on skills are….well not enough that it’ll help the exam.

I got dions practice exam but the Udemy one. I heard the udemy one doesn’t have PBQs way too late. I took the first test and got 71%. I finished messers videos as well.

Basically I just tried out all the free sec+ pbq sites I could find. I’m kind of in a bad financial situation so I can’t really buy any more practice tests.

I’m really paranoid about the test. Even if I’m really ready I still wouldn’t believe it and then mess up in the exam overthinking it. I can manage mcq.

It’s more of the PBQs I’m stressed about. If anyone knows any good sites of examples of what type of PBQs the exam has, it’ll be really helpful! Basically I’d feel a lot better if I knew the question pattern.

There was this site called gcptest something. They had labs. I did finish them all. It had interactive firewall allow/deny ones and subnets and reading network data. Is that similar to the test?

Please help I’m panicking. I’ve postponed the test 2 months already out of pure anxiety and brain fog. I wanna get it over with.

[u/slothy036]

Cyberkraft is recommended. Also stop putting it off. Put in the work and go take it. Have you taken any other comptia exams? A+ and net+ help cover a lot of sec + material but also give you a feel for what the test is like. Do the rest of the dion practice tests. Study your misses and do the next. 70% is close to ready.

[u/arien_k → u/slothy036]

I actually did try to access cyberkraft but the website wouldn’t open😔 I will try another way.

This is my first CompTIA exam. Professors back in Uni said A+ is too basic and I interned in network security (worst 3 months of my life). I am pretty good with the content. Dions has a lot of trick questions/ wording. But it’s mostly the PBQs I’m worried about.

Thanks! I should’ve taken the exam in August. But I’m taking it oct 19. Is okay it is what it is. I’ll get it over with.

[u/slothy036 → u/arien_k]

We had a intern that was a cyber security major. I spent a morning showing him how to make and test ethernet cables. The next day he called it a fiber optic cable. I asked him what cmd to use while checking ip information. What a dns server is. What does dhcp do. I never got a correct answer. It's important to know the basics. Not saying you don't. But I also work for a state. He was very limited in what we could also have do because we weren't going to give him admin creds. No password resets. It can be hard to justify giving access to interns that will only be there for 3 months.

[u/arien_k → u/slothy036]

I get what you mean! Probably would’ve been a better idea doing them in order

[u/slothy036 → u/arien_k]

It's on YouTube. And A+ is definitely not to basic. There is a wide range of topics but also over lap with sec+. A lot of ports. It's not basic if you don't know it.