[weiweiwei]

is there course to do this or just take a test?

[Eclypz]

the one i was going to sign up for is a course with a test.

i was told you don't need to show up for the course, though and just need to take the test at the end of the course.

[weiweiwei]

really? how much and where

[misteranswer]

A+ consist of 2 test. A core exam and an OS exam. They are around $145 USD each. No course is needed like almost any of these industry certifications.

[ImportPsycho]

just take the test.
sign up at comptia

BCIT has A+ course, charges like $1000...
personally never taken the test or the course but I have read A+ books before, nothing you can't learn on your own.

[!LittleDragon]

These certs are a waste of time. I hold 4 different certifications and couldn't find work for 18 months about 2 years ago and I had 4 years of experience at the time. Bad industry to be in and get into right now. I'm just waiting to get laid off so I can go back to school and learn something else.

FYI, the A+ isn't one of the certs I currently hold. I was going to take it but after looking at the study material, I decided not to. It's basically certifying that you have the computer knowledge of a 15 year old. Yeah, the test is that easy... If I was an employer, I wouldn't even look at that unless it's for an $8/hour computer repair man.

[!MiKrofT]

haha I took the a+ sample test and scored 100%... I might take the certification just for the hell of it :)

[Eclypz]

yea...A+ is pretty useless...lol...it's pretty easy to get.

apparently all FS technicians are a+ certified :D

I was looking at the one @ BCIT (work was paying for it, so price didn't matter to me)

[weiweiwei]

anywhere else have the course/test?

[Fox1096]

yea I finished the exam in like 5 minutes. lol

[604_Snooze]

As I remember, there should be around 80 questions on the A+ hardware part exam.......

5 minutes to finish?!?!??!?!?!

[weiweiwei]

5x60=300

300/80=3.75

3.75 seconds per question not bad:smokin:

[misteranswer]

Originally posted by 604_Snooze
As I remember, there should be around 80 questions on the A+ hardware part exam.......

5 minutes to finish?!?!??!?!?!

The exam is now......ah........i forget the word for it.

It's like this, if you answer a question correctly, the next question will be harder and if you keep answering them correctly, you will get less questions. So if you get nothing wrong then it will be a short test. However if you do answer questions incorrectly, it will ask you more questions and the test will be longer.

I believe they implemented this in 2002.

[Fox1096]

yea man, it was super easy. Even after I finished the test and went to the person in charge, he's like "are you sure you're finished?" lol

[r-0-b]

my friend said its stupid stuff that i know already, but id rather just be able to stick it on my resume.

where do i take this test?

[4JaiBao]

the only test (well, of course, not just one test) I will take is MCSE

[SuperChicken]

I've taken MCSE, A+, CCNA, and a bunch of various other garbage certification courses. I went through the testing after challenging the A+ exam, and became A+ certified. What a waste of $250. I've taken the Win2k and Win2k Server MCP Exams, but only passed the Win2k Pro test. If anyone else here has taken the MCP / SE tests, they'd understand why they're so damn annoying. Way too many "what if" situations and trick questions.

One of these days I'll finish my MCSE cert. It's not really worth much these days anyway.

If you want a certification to have, go write the Sun SL275 (Certified Java Programmer) and the CCNA/CCNP, both are some of the hardest out there for midrange techs and non-programmers.

[voss]

where can you take the sample test? online?

[comptech]

To be A+ certified,

does that mean that i have to take both the hardware and the software?

[scheng924]

i was gonna take it and read the book...

and said to myself....

@#$% this, half my friends when i was in gr 8 knows this stuff already.. why bother...

[impactX]

It's lame. I was looking at taking this 4 years ago, the stuff was easy as hell.

[Ping]

The course was offered for free at my work, so I took it. I had more fun socializing and correcting the teacher than anything else. :lol I didn't end up taking the test though.

[striderblade]

So where do we go to take this test?

[FiveDime]

Originally posted by scheng924
i was gonna take it and read the book...

and said to myself....

@#$% this, half my friends when i was in gr 8 knows this stuff already.. why bother...

:werd:

[Tim Budong]

A+ isnt that highly skilled
but yea..
simple Futureshop techies..this is minimum
most of them have wayyy better certs than the A+
A+ is just a basic n00b cert
ahhaha

[comptech]

i know it's basic noob stuff, but if you are looking for a job in IT it would look really bad if you don't even have a cert for the basics right?

[!LittleDragon]

I've always said during interviews that it wasn't worth my time to get such a simple cert. Basically if you finished highschool, you have A+ knowledge

[ddr]

I read this thread (http://www.revscene.net/forums/anyone-taken-certification-t375335.html?t=375335&highlight=a%2B+certification) and this one (http://www.revscene.net/forums/anyone-taken-certification-t375335.html?t=375335&highlight=a%2B+certification) as well and the jist of it is that A+ is useless. However, I recently asked a friend that worked at NCIX and he said I need to get at least my A+, plus a whole bunch of other certs to work there.... (for $1x/hr?)

Anyhow, I thought it would be an asset to my resume. But I was also confused as to which one (http://www.comptia.org/certifications/listed/a.aspx) I should take:
220-601 for Essentials
220-602 for IT Technician
220-603 for Remote Support Technician
220-604 for Depot Technician

Any further insight and advice would be great. I've been fixing computers since I don't know when and while reading through the material, the information does go beyond knowing how to build a computer and diagnosing hardware/software problems. My aim at the moment is just to hunt down a tech bench part-time/full-time job.

Thanks

[ImportPsycho]

wtf did they do to A+ exam?
3 different types? lol

I would get "IT Technician "

[Presto]

Experience > Certifications

Of course, if you don't have the experience under your belt, the certifications can make up for a bit of it. I got my MCSE in 2000. I just kept doing the practice exams for study, and finished the last exam after 6 months. It was pretty easy. I took my time, and smoked a lot of weed while I 'studied'. While MCSE looked decent on the resume, it was mainly my experience which got me to where I am today.

[lilaznviper]

A+ cert is now worth nothing in the industry unless u want to work at fs and become a repair man

right now im preparing to write my CCNA exam and after than my MCSE exam

gotta love answers that i can buy online

[ecsw]

I took it 10 yrs ago just for the hack of it (was thinking about finding a different job then so I never told anyone at work).

Few years later, one of my junior (IT department) took it and post his certificate high on the wall in our office like he was afraid that no one can see it. rlol.

I think it's waste of money.