Reddit reviews CompTIA Network+ N10-006 Exam Cram (5th Edition)
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You should remember a three-word strategy to studying for and passing the Network+: Divide and conquer.
You need to be smart about what you put effort into understanding and memorizing. Look at the Exam Objectives. If you scroll all the way to the bottom of the Exam Objectives, you'll see there is a list of hundreds of terms and acronyms. I would not encourage anyone to try and memorize every single acronym on that list. Instead, you should focus on WHATEVER is an OBJECTIVE. Here is a list of SOME of the things I would encourage you to memorize.
Look up everything I've listed above (and a lot of other things I missed out too that are listed on the Exam Objectives) and learn about them through different means (books, videos, podcasts, apps, etc)
Don't just memorize something. Understand it. Understanding it will help you memorize it.
You should have a plan on how you plan on studying. Don't just study aimlessly. The Network+ exam is a marathon. People don't just get up one day and run a marathon. They train for it. The finish line is passing the exam, the race track is the Exam Objectives. Not everyone can successfully finish a marathon. You need to train (study) and condition (practice) yourself to be prepared to run and finish that race.
Remember to take it one day at a time. You should pay for and schedule the exam so that you have a set date for the exam which will incentive you to study instead of procrastinating. Take it one day at a time BUT HAVE A PLAN. DIVIDE AND CONQUER. BREAK THINGS UP INTO SMALLER MANAGEABLE CHUNKS. MAKE LISTS. BEFORE YOU ATTEMPT MEMORIZING SOMETHING, CHECK THE EXAM OBJECTIVES TO SEE IF IT IS WORTH YOUR TIME AND EFFORT TO MEMORIZE SAID THING.
Some tools to help you study:
I would recommend not relying on any single source of information. I used the following:
No single resource would have prepared me for the test. All of them cumulatively helped me pass. Professor Messer videos are a great primary resource, with something like the Exam Cram book being a decent secondary (because of the included test software).
I just passed my Net+ about a month ago studying in a similar time frame. Professor Messer on Youtube is a great free video resource, I also found the CBT nuggets course helpful.
Exam Cram is the only book you need, and it's easily the best study guide I've used for any Comptia Test:
http://www.amazon.com/CompTIA-Network-N10-006-Exam-Cram/dp/078975410X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1450887907&sr=8-1&keywords=exam+cram+network+%2B
congrats man! i completed mine yesterday morning! 773 =) i had a study guide from a friend's tutor, as well as boatloads of practice test questions and answer keys, for multiple choice and labs. i had a lot of free time so i spent about 6-8hrs each day studying for about 2 months.
i also bought the Exam Cram study book, used in conjunction with the exam objectives, i made flash cards on everything listed in the objectives.
if anyone is super interested, i can link the flash cards i made and used, but some areas are skipped over, either because i couldn't find mention of them in the book (and weren't mentioned on the exam anyways) or they were things i already had known before, such as cabling characteristics