Passed the A+

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March 15th, 2002, 11:49 AM
Quiet Thunder

Passed the A+

Ok, I just passed the A+ tests yesterday, so I'm now officially ertified. I'll tell ya, I was really suprised at the test, because it wasn't based so much on what they tought, but there was definatly some realworld experience necessary to pass the exams. Anyways, yippie for me! Now I can go get that damn raise!
March 15th, 2002, 12:39 PM
Cleetus

Big time congrats!!!!
Welcome to the world of being certified!!!
March 15th, 2002, 01:11 PM
DANIMAL

Congrats!!!
Now where are you going to take it? (field)
March 15th, 2002, 01:26 PM
Damned Angel

way to go!

They must have changet the test a lot since I took it 3 years ago. It dealt with nothing but what was in the books (most of which we all know was wrong).
March 15th, 2002, 01:42 PM
Vette

Congrats Quiet Thunder... :) Yeah, about half of the questions are in a "real world" environment. I had 2 questions on Internet Explorer that weren't covered in the book. They bill it as an entry level exam, but if you only had 6 months experience, even with the classroom, you probably couldn't pass it. I got my A+ cert in January and now I'm waiting on the red tape to clear to get my Compaq certs as I've already passed their tests. Now if I could only get a raise........... :p :)
March 15th, 2002, 04:22 PM
WebHead

WTG QT!! That's great news. :)
March 15th, 2002, 06:36 PM
cc_penguin

Congrats to ya Quiet Thunder!!!
March 18th, 2002, 09:54 AM
Poseidon

Good job and good luck with your raise.
March 19th, 2002, 12:14 PM
CJK

Congrats! Remember this is only the begining...and it will never end.
March 20th, 2002, 11:28 AM
Quiet Thunder

[quote]Originally posted by CJK:
Congrats! Remember this is only the begining...and it will never end.<hr></blockquote>

Yea, that's the exciting AND depressing part of it all.
March 21st, 2002, 06:44 AM
Gabriel

Congrats,
as I remember on my A+ (2 years ago) there were silly questions on Win3.11 and on Xerox machines...
Oh well, I guess that time is changing.

Whats really bugging me is on how the certification retirement goes.

Anyway,
Cheers!
March 23rd, 2002, 06:00 PM
korpse

Congrats man!
April 11th, 2002, 09:14 AM
Skywalker93

Congrats dude!
Im studying for my A+ right now.
any pointers?
April 11th, 2002, 10:51 AM
Miq

Hey congrats man. At least you get a raise out of it. I passed my A+ back in aug and my CCNA last month and I can't get an extra penny :p
May 29th, 2002, 02:09 PM
Radical Dreamer

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Skywalker93:
Congrats dude!
Im studying for my A+ right now.
any pointers?<hr /></blockquote>Memorize the IRQ's as they are a large portion of the test
May 30th, 2002, 07:38 AM
Outcoded

Nice one QT.

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Skywalker93:
Congrats dude!
Im studying for my A+ right now.
any pointers?<hr /></blockquote>Don't panic, it's easy <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

Yeah, IRQ's, make sure you know all the main ways to make boot disks in all the versions of Windows (inc NT4 <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> I remember getting that one wrong).
May 31st, 2002, 05:57 PM
AlleyCat

way to go!
May 31st, 2002, 06:18 PM
WebHead

WTG QT!! Great Job!! Congrats bro! :D
June 11th, 2002, 04:28 AM
confus-ed

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Quiet Thunder:
Ok, I just passed the A+ tests yesterday, so I'm now officially ertified....<hr /></blockquote>Ertified ? Sounds like me! AT least you know what all the wires are for now :D

Congrats - BTW A+ never expires as far as I know, I took mine in '99.....
June 11th, 2002, 02:21 PM
Quiet Thunder

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Radical Dreamer:
 <blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Skywalker93:
Congrats dude!
Im studying for my A+ right now.
any pointers?<hr /></blockquote>Memorize the IRQ's as they are a large portion of the test<hr /></blockquote>Odd thing was, I didn't have a single IRQ question. I remember this, because it was the one area I studied my butt off for, and was kinda angry I didn't have it. But, I passed so, I'm not going to complain. Of course, if I hadn't studied it, the test probably would have consisted 50% of IRQ's. :) They say the test is for people with at least 2 years experience, and that's about right. If you know you're main os' well enough, (Win 98 and Win2k) and remember that there's about a dozen ways to do anything, you should be pretty good on the software portion. The hardware is a bit tricky, as a lot of questions can deal with some VERY extent hardware. Know your history of the processors, and have a good understanding of the major bus types, cards, memory chips, ect...
Also, relax, because I found it was not NEARLY as difficult as I expected. If you have time, memorize the 7 layers of the OSI model, because that might crop up in a place or two.

Wow, several months later and this topic is still on top. Thanks everyone for the words of congrats! Confus-ed, I don't think it expires, but it's always possible. I wouldn't ever put anything beyond them, but I havn't read any expiration dates on any of my documents they gave me once I passed.
June 11th, 2002, 03:00 PM
techleet

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Miq:
Hey congrats man. At least you get a raise out of it. I passed my A+ back in aug and my CCNA last month and I can't get an extra penny :p <hr /></blockquote>heh no doubt. I have ELEVEN (count em: 1,2,3,4...11!!) cerifications, all recieved while at the same job, and didn't get a FRIGGIN CENT extra!! (A+, CCIE, MCP, 8 brainbench retard certs)

HOWEVER...

When I LEFT that job and moved on, I increased my pay by almost 40k/year LOL. THAT was nice :D :D