How To Pass The Network+ Exam

By Author: Mike Jones
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I am here to tell you that depending upon your current background with comptia network, you can pass the 2009 version of the Network+ exam (N10-004) simply by studying with two Pearson products. Here they are:

CompTIA Network+ N10-004 Exam Cram, 3rd Edition (Harwood)
CompTIA Network+ N10-004 Cert Flash Cards Online (Honeycutt; Warner)

Hear me well: please don’t think I’m shilling because (a) I work for Pearson; and (b) I co-wrote the latter title. While I obviously want these products to succeed by virtue of my Pearson affiliation, I earn no extra royalty for any Pearson product that I develop or co-develop. I am, fundamentally and in my heart, a technical trainer with altruistic motives.

Now, then: If you are already an experienced network tech and are fluent in topics such as:

Ethernet cable specs
OSI layers
Protocols and ports
Network services
Network troubleshooting methods/tools

then I would suggest you start with the Flash Cards and use the Exam Cram title for spot-checking concepts with which you are still ...
... fuzzy.

Incidentally, you can download the full objective list for the N10-004 exam by visiting the CompTIA Web site.

If, on the other hand, you are on the newbie side of the fence, then I would recommend you take just the opposite tack. That is, dive into Mike Harwood’s textbook and read every single word of it. Study that puppy! Take all of the practice tests again and again.

Once you have internalized everything Mike has to teach you, finish with a flourish by consuming the flash card product. The flash card engine, after all, was designed as a “late stage” review to get your motor running as you approach the “finish line” in your cert studies.
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