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As someone who just got their A+ certification last month, I'll tell you how I studied for it.

First, I went through all of TestOut (a website/platform for IT learners) course called PC Pro. It was ok, fairly easy, but lengthy. Next, I went through all of the exams in CompTIA's A+ book. Those questions were hard, I read about half of the book roughly. Then I went to examcompass and took about half of all of their offered quizzes, again, harder than TestOut. Then I took my exams and passed. Some of the big things, at least for my exam as all exams are gonna be different, were knowing the specifics of 802.11 standards, identifying parts and slots by sight (ideally you want to know all of the components of a motherboard and their expansion slots etc), knowing the CompTIA troubleshooting method, knowing the steps of laser printing (There's a good acronym for this called "People can eat donuts to feel clean" [processing, charging, exposing, developing, transferring, fusing, cleaning] ).

Just note that the first few questions when you go to take the exam are "performance" based, they will be drag and drop and/or a lab simulation similar to what's offered on TestOut but not as high of a quality. They will not show you if you have done the correct steps or selected the correct options to get the answer right, so you need to be confident in your knowledge. These are weighted heavily. Then there will be roughly 75-85 questions after these. You do have the option of flagging questions for later review. Standard test taking strategies apply, e.g. Don't overthink, Go with your first instinct for answer UNLESS you can really justify the change, rule out the answers that are obviously wrong to help selecting the correct answer.

The questions can be wordy, with some answers being quite similar, so the best answer isn't always the clearest.

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Ohhh.
I don't know what to do. About this dream and you. I hope this dream comes true.