Can you pass a practice A+ cert exam?

[Unhelpful]

To those of you complaining that its old stuff and its outdated... So are a lot of PCs out there. I agree that its a bit dumb, but there are a LOT of pentium 4s out there still running. You see a lot more of it than you would think. That is one aspect of the A+ that I don't hate.

[AlwaysFSX]

Is the real thing just as horribly outdated as the practice tests?

Yes, it is..

[T8z5h3]

56 right 24 wrong...

I Passed but i do have my A+ 2003 exam to so this is from that era.

but this is the easier of the 2 the software side will kill you

[NerdHelpDesk]

I recently took the a+ and has been updated, at least the version i took at my college. They had old questions thrown in there too.

[bouncysnipe]

 

Depends what you mean by memory , does cache count?

AMD makes a series of ram modules and intel makes SSDs

[Gnrl Kitty]

I'm pretty sure either the A+ certification needs to die, or they need to make an A++ certification that that actually covers modern hardware.

 

edit: 35/80

[drake6651]

http://www.proprofs.com/certification/comptia/a-plus/exams/HW-E1/exam.shtml

Let's see how LTT members handle outdated questions regarding floppy disks, somewhat irrelevant questions about pin counts and some IRQ numbers.

I hope you also know about laser printers in great detail.

Such outdated questions..

[Ghost]

AMD makes a series of ram modules and intel makes SSDs

Are you sure AMD makes them in-house, not re-brands them? There is a huge difference.

[EricX2]

This is why I don't care about my coworkers who have 'certifications'... too bad HR (and bad managers) think they are the most important factor when deciding who to hire. An MCSE from 1995 is as useless as an A+ from then.

[KyonCoraeL]

Boom 52. Time to celebrate unofficially passing an exam! 

[Brandonsr]

Is it just me, or does there seem to be a bunch of questions regarding printers.

 

edit: 34/80. score of 366.

[Fullmetal1212]

49/80 Right

31/80 Wrong

 

IrQ's And Laser printers

 

and seriously extended part's are SO FRIGGIN OLD. i have never used one lol

 

And my A+ is so useless it hasnt even landed me a interview got it in 2010 or 2011 was looking for a job in 2012, I've all but given up on finding a job in it.

[MatheusSanzo]

Apparently i cant.

 

Because i don't have flash installed.

[James_McKeane]

49/31 PASS. Complete and utter guessing.

[panjo]

If all of you did a practice test 10 years from now when A+ will have questions about SATA instead of IDE, DDR3 memory vs old ram modules, wireless networking, etc. you all will ace the test.

Mind you, 10 years from now DDR3, SATA, PCI-e will all be considered ancient history. 

[Lil Chillbil]

I got a 42, so looks like I failed 

[aselwyn1]

i think this is a old test ....

[Imabigmac]

34 or 43%

[Travianw135]

36/80

[Robi_g]

48/80, not bad seeing as half of those were guesses

[lukeF98]

These printer questions...most of the questions i didn't have a clue on because the test is so outdated 

[D.LT]

50/80 ... all of this stuff was sure beyond my time (I'm born in '94)

My dad was studying all this in his day and he scored 20 ... 

Goes to show they really have to move on.

[cae]

 

Geek Squad here I come! This shit was outdated 13 years ago when I was actually taking the test.

[JamieF]

33 but guessed most lol. So many floppy drive a printer questions.

[SirRoderick]

These printer questions...most of the questions i didn't have a clue on because the test is so outdated 

Apparently half of your job in IT used to be fixing laser printers...