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if you're watching this video then
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you're probably interested in the
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comptia a plus certification and why
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wouldn't you be because it is one of the
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most popular it certifications in the
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world it's commonly used to introduce
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people to information technology or to
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provide people with a way to show that
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they know the skills required to get a
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job working in it this is a great
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starting point in the industry and if
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you look at job postings in your area
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you'll probably see a number of jobs
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where an a-plus certification is a
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prerequisite or a requirement for
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getting that position
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the a-plus certification is managed by
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comptia or the computing technology
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industry association not only is comptia
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one of the largest providers of it
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certifications their certifications are
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also vendor neutral this means that the
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information in the exam objectives is
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not specific to a single vendor but
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instead covers many different vendors
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across i.t
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comptia members include manufacturers
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resellers training organizations and
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anyone else who would be interested in
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making sure that we have a solid
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foundation of it professionals the
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comptia certifications are recognized
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around the world and you'll find their
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exams are available in many different
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languages
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i'm james messer and this is the first
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video in my a plus series available on
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professormesser.com or on the professor
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messer youtube channel my experience is
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almost exclusively in information
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technology going back to super computer
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operations hardware troubleshooting
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networking and cyber security i take all
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of the experience that i've had
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throughout my it career and i build it
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training courses to help others get a
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job or get a better job
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this course covers two exams that are
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associated with the a plus certification
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the first is the 220 1101 we sometimes
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refer to this as the core one exam
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and there's the 220 1102 that is called
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the core 2 exam both of these exams were
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released on april the 20th of 2022
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this course is designed to give you
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everything you need to learn from the
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comptia exam objectives and it's
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separated into small bite-sized videos
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so you can find exactly the information
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you're ready to learn you can watch a
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short video on those topics and then you
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can decide whether to watch another
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video or to come back later and watch
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more of those all of the videos for
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these courses are available on the
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professor messer website or on our
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youtube channel every minute of every
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video is available in either of those
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locations and nothing is held behind in
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a paywall you won't be asked for any
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registration and there's nothing
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additional you need to provide you
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simply need to visit one of those sites
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and you can immediately start watching
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the training course our goal is to
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create a strong foundation of i.t
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professionals and we think creating this
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training is something that can give
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people an opportunity to get their very
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first job at it or to move up into a
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better job in it
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there's no catches with this course
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there's nothing extra you need to
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purchase and nothing you need to do
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extra to be able to watch the videos and
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every single video is available for you
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to watch online for free some folks
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would like to have an offline version of
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this course and there are video and
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audio options available for purchase
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there's also a set of course notes you
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can purchase in either pdf or a physical
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book format that includes the text the
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diagrams and the charts that i have in
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all of my videos all of these resources
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and much more on my website at
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professormesser.com
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the 220 1101 exam or core 1 exam
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consists of five different domains
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mobile devices networking hardware
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virtualization and cloud computing and
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hardware and network troubleshooting
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this exam is 90 minutes long and you'll
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get a maximum of 90 questions on the
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exam although you could get fewer than
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90 questions the passing score you're
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looking for is a 675 on a scale from 100
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to 900. the other exam that you'll need
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to take is the 220 1102 or core 2 exam
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it consists of four domains operating
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systems security software
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troubleshooting and operational
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procedures this is also a 90-minute exam
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with a maximum of 90 questions and
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although the scale is the same between
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100 and 900 you have to do a little bit
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better on the core 2 exam passing score
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is a 700.
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both of these exams have to be passed
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for you to be a plus certified there's
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no time restriction between these two
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exams you could take these exams years
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apart if you wanted to and there's no
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order that you have to go through you
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could take core one first and then core
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second or you could reverse this and
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take core two first and then take core
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one the goal is to simply pass both of
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these exams and as long as you're able
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to do that you're a plus certified the
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only requirement is you must pass both
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of these exams before they're retired
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these exams were released on april the
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20th of 2022 and usually these exams
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stay around about three and a half years
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i would recommend looking at the comptia
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website to confirm what the retirement
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date might be especially if you're
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planning to take this exam sometime near
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that retirement date comptia keeps
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everything updated on their website so
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if you're interested in getting a copy
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of the exam objectives or you want to
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learn more about the retirement dates
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you'll find them all on comptia.org
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the exam itself may be a little
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different than industry exams that
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you've taken in the past you're probably
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already familiar with multiple choice
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type questions those are the questions
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that have multiple answers to choose
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from and those are very common on
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industry certification exams these exams
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also have a handful of performance-based
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questions right at the beginning of the
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exam these usually require you to
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complete a task they may put you at a
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command prompt and ask you to perform a
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function these might be matching
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questions or sorting questions they may
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have drag and drop components associated
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with them but the point is that they can
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ask you anything from the exam
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objectives in any form and although
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these aren't multiple choice based
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questions all of the information that
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you need to learn comes directly from
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the compt exam objectives the comptie
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exam objectives are available on the
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comptia.org website and you may be asked
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anything from those set of objectives on
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the exam so make sure you're very
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familiar with all of the topics listed
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in those exam objectives and you'll do
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just fine on the exam
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before you start your studies and
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perhaps before you go in to take your
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exam make sure you reference these exam
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objectives they provide an extensive
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list of everything you need to know to
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be successful with this exam you also
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want to find a good video training
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course to watch and we cover every
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single topic from those comptia exam
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objectives we also recommend that you
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get a good book so that you can have
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even more information about each of
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these exam topics there are a number of
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good books available on the market and
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we have our recommendations available on
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the professor messer website we also
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recommend you get as much hands-on as
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possible you might want to use your own
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equipment for this and we can recommend
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a number of labs that are available on
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the professor messer website and lastly
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it's always good before booking your
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exam that you test yourself to see just
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how much information you've retained
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throughout your studies make sure you
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try some practice exams so that you know
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what to expect when you walk into the
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exam room
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you'll notice the videos in my course
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have a number in the title of the video
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that number is associated with the
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comptia exam objectives so that you can
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go to the objectives find the number
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you're interested in and then locate the
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video about that topic very quickly
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you'll find that most books won't follow
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this structure but they do provide a
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cross-reference between the information
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that's in a particular book chapter and
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which exam objectives are associated
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with those topics this makes it very
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easy to find the video that you may be
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looking for because the exact numbers
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will be listed in your book so the
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method you use for studying is really up
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to you if you'd like to jump around from
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video topic to video topic you can do it
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that way or you can simply start at the
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beginning of our video series and watch
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it all the way through one video at a
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time
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during this video we've mentioned how
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important it is to have the comptia exam
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objectives because they tell you
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everything you need to know for the
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exams which means this also makes a very
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good checklist before booking your exam
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you can go through the entire objective
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list and know exactly which topics might
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need a little more study before booking
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your exam if you're planning to take
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this exam at a testing center you may
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want to take some time to stop by and
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see what type of testing environment
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they have it's always good to make sure
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you're comfortable with the location of
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the testing center and that the testing
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center itself is providing the best
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possible environment for taking an exam
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of course you could also take your exam
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at home but there are a few additional
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requirements for setting up your testing
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environment so make sure you read
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through the rules on the comptia website
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to know exactly how to set up the
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testing environment at your home there
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are a number of rules on the comptia
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website that you need to be aware of
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especially with online testing so make
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sure you read through those before
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booking your online exam
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and it might be a good idea to arrive
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early at the testing center or be ready
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to take your exam prior to the test
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start time this will give you some time
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to look over your notes and become more
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comfortable with the testing environment
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whether you're taking the test at home
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or at a testing center it's important
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that this is the best possible
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environment to take a test if there's
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any problem with any noises or the
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testing environment make sure those are
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taken care of immediately before the
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test is over
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since you're taking a 90 minute exam
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that could have a maximum of 90
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questions
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time management becomes very important
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you may want to consider jumping over
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the first handful of performance-based
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questions coming back to them at the end
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and make sure you take advantage of the
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mark option for each individual question
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which allows you to mark that question
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to easily find it later on
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if your time management has gone well
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then you're able to go through every
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single question of the exam again before
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submitting it for grading the details of
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your exam results and a list of the
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topics you may have missed on the exam
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are available in your exam results
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online
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so that's it you're now ready to get
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started with your a plus studies you'll
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find everything you need on our website
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at professormesser.com
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our entire training course is available
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on the professor messer website and all
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of the videos are indexed to match the
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comptia exam objectives and we provide
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closed captioning and transcripts for
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all of the videos as well
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we also have a quick link to the exam
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objectives you'll find it at
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professormesser.com
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objectives and there's a link there that
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will take you to the comptia website
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there's also a chat available 24 hours a
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day seven days a week you can find me
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and others that are available to answer
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your questions at professormesser.com
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discord
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and make sure you check our event
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calendar so you know exactly when our
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next live study group will be we do
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study groups each month for a plus
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network plus and security plus you can
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find that on our website at
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professormesser.com
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calendar we hope this introduction has
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given you all the information you need
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to be able to jump into our training
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course and earn your a plus
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certification best of luck with your
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studies and we'll see you in the
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training course
