By Bob Weiss
There are many performance based questions for the Core 1 and Core 2 A+ exams (220-1101 and 220-1102). Most of what follows is from a slide deck I acquired when I was teaching the A+ for CompTIA’s IT Futures Foundation. According to the metadata in the slide deck, this deck was assembled by instructor Andrew James Riemer in 2017. So some ...
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There are many performance based questions for the Core 1 and Core 2 A+ exams (220-1101 and 220-1102). I have taken every A+ exam since the 220-801 and 220-802. I passed the most recent A+ exams 220-1101 and 1102 in September 2022. These are the PBQs that were part of my exams.
The PBQ questions show up first. There are between ...
Continue Reading →James Wilson is back with a great article on the role of mentorship in professional development. I have enjoyed the support and encouragement of several mentors over my career. Finding a mentor or being a mentored and nurturing that relationship can be vital to your career.
By James Wilson
When it comes to our careers, we all look for professional development. The journey towards professional development isn’t all about training and on-the-job experience. Mentorship, a crucial element of professional ...
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Welcome to the first edition of Cert Week. For the last several years, I have been teaching professional certification classes in Information Technology, Networking, and Cybersecurity. Many of my posts are targeted at students preparing for a certification exam, I recently decided to create a dedicated feature page on certification topics and ...
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By Bob Weiss
On Thursday August 10, 2023 I took and passed the CompTIA IT Fundamentals exam FC0-U61. IT Fundamentals is a very entry level certification and would be a course to take if you were a complete and utter newbie to the world of computer technology.
It is designed to be taken before the CompTIA A+ classes and exams. If you already are ...
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I am active on the Reddit.com/r/CompTIA board, and I recently have been reading horror stories (again) about online testers whose online session was terminated by their proctor for very trivial reasons. Reasons like leaning your head on your hand! One recent post is from u/RepresentativeGuru474, which I have reposted below.
Continue Reading →Don’t take any CompTIA certification online with PearsonVUE. You will regret it!
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Hi all,
I am trying to make a career change from support admin to IT. When talking to some of my more experienced friends I’ve been ...
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By Four Arrows
The CompTIA Security+ SY0-601 exam is a well-known certification exam developed to evaluate candidates’ knowledge and abilities in the subject of cybersecurity. This test is renowned for being difficult and thorough since it covers various security-related subjects, such as network security, risk management, encryption, and more. You need to know that CompTIA security+ SY0-601 exam questions you should learn.
As ...
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[This article covers an exam that is common in India. Not one of our usual cybersecurity exams, but the techniques described for preparing for this exam apply to any exam you might be taking.]
Many candidates each year apply to take the complicated State Bank of India (SBI) Clerk Exam. It serves as a gateway to a secure and promising career in the banking sector. However, the path to success in this exam is not easy, and it requires ...
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