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old_School
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Posted: 8th Jul 2011 01:06 Edited at: 8th Jul 2011 01:08
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I have not had to take the A+ cert test in like years. I was hoping someone who has recently taken it could tell me if the info on this software still relates to the test or at lest helps you study. You need a copy of Cyber Whiz which u can get free off my site at www.uokgames.com/software/Cyber Whiz-Beta-2.exe install it of course and then just drop the quiz file inside the quiz folder and choose A+ to run the questions. The idea was to create a A+ study guide/fun guide to compete aginst your classmates.

Some of the questions I grabed from some A+ websites but others I just threw up there from real life exp. working in the field and things I felt were important to know in the field. It would help alot if someone could review it and make sure it would in fact help if your about to take your A+ test. Please let me know thanks.

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Agent Dink
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Well, I read about 1/4 of my A+ study guide, said screw it and winged the test. I passed. so I'd be a terrible reference as to what actually needs to be studied as all the tests are random, but as far as the test I took there were a lot of questions about the windows environment and light to moderate networking. There were a lot of questions on file storage too from what I recall. I took the test a year ago.

I haven't downloaded your quiz yet, so no comment as of now.

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old_School
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Posted: 8th Jul 2011 02:25
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When I took the test years ago it was mostly about Windows 98 and printers lol
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oh, yeah, lots of printer stuff!

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Phaelax
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Posted: 8th Jul 2011 18:57
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Quote: "When I took the test years ago it was mostly about Windows 98 and printers"

Same here, along with a few dos and irq questions. None of this, except printers, will be on the test. I used to train/prep highschool students for A+ about 10-12 years ago, ironically I never actually took the test myself.

I feel the test is rather useless now. There's two parts to the test now; one dealing with primarily Windows and printers, the other dealing with customer service. I'm talking questions like "An irate customer calls you about a problem, how do you respond".

A+ has become more of a help desk certification than anything really. And now it's not longer a permanent certification, you'll have to renew it every so many years now unless you earned before 2009 (i think).

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Yeah what I read so far what i have was more of a classroom based questions. Still very important an things u should know but not on the test for say. I also have to agree, the test appears to gone way down hill and lacks its importance. i did more research on the test and found it to be a pile of junk. When i took it, it was massively hitting me with repair questions highly related to the field. what I see now is just a customer service rep training to learn how to read a screen. in a way it reinsures my job sercuity but on the flip side it really hurts those entering the industry. They wont have a clue.

I think ill still advertise this for A+ training or maybe switch it to repair training. Its a useful tool I think still. What would you guys recomend I adjust,add remove etc to the software at this stage?
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Jeku
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Posted: 10th Jul 2011 08:19
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People still care about A+ nowadays? I'm surprised... I thought it was outdated 10 years ago.


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Jeku, HP requires you have A+ to be a certified printer technician. A+ is still very big from my experience.

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