Help on A+ ceritification exam

**markrendon** · August 7th, 2008, 08:59 PM

ok well im 16 will be 17 soon and i have 2 years of experience with computers, i love computers alot i plan on going into the computer industry ill be buying some software and books to study for the A+ exam and plan on it to take it this year, so here is my question im not sure where i can take the A+ exam can any one help me find a place to take it?

**GroundZero3** · August 7th, 2008, 09:09 PM

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**markrendon** · August 7th, 2008, 09:36 PM

What do they name the A+ exam? is it the CompTIA?

**GroundZero3** · August 7th, 2008, 09:40 PM

Comptia is the company who releases the A+

**markrendon** · August 7th, 2008, 10:54 PM

ah ok thanks for the help i learnd something today. so anything that says compTIA will be the A+ exam?

**GroundZero3** · August 8th, 2008, 07:17 AM

No comptia has server different exams such as server+, network+, linux+, etc. They are pretty much generic exams that gives you the basics of a certain topic

**clueless1** · August 8th, 2008, 07:56 AM

I've passed my A+ at the start of this year, measureup.com is a good help.

N+ im doing fairly soon, tis rather hard!

**nemowolf** · August 8th, 2008, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by clueless1

I've passed my A+ at the start of this year, measureup.com is a good help.

N+ im doing fairly soon, tis rather hard!

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**markrendon** · August 8th, 2008, 12:54 PM

so what do you recommend doing after the A+ exam the N+ like Clueless1?

**GroundZero3** · August 8th, 2008, 01:46 PM

The question you should ask yourself is what are you wanting to do in the IT world?

Desktop support?
Server support? (MS, Linux,etc)
Network (Cisco,etc)
Secuirty
DBA
SAN
Wireless
etc

From there you will decide what career path you will want to take. You might start the CCNA and go, you know this is really boring and im not interested in it. And switch to the MCP/MCSA or linux because you enjoy working on servers. It it all up to you.

**markrendon** · August 8th, 2008, 03:19 PM

will this help me get up all the way to microsoft? or will i have to take different certification exams? if so what?

**GroundZero3** · September 1st, 2008, 01:14 PM

Microsoft exams are different than Comptia exams. However if you get your A+ or network+ they can transfer over to help you get your MCSA by filling in electives required to become a MCSA/MCSE

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