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Linux+ XK0-006 vs. 005...?

Mitch Garvis
Esther S. Stepansky said:
Its always the top students who worry like this because its embarrassing to fail when everyone knows you know enough to teach the course.
All I can say is RELAX - you will be ok. Will you get a 100% probably not, but a pass is a pass. But anyone can have a bad day too - no sleep/worrying about something unrelated to the exam/not feeling well. So if you are doing 80%+ on the study materials you are probably ready.

Use the same good test taking strategies that you should be teaching your students - like skip over the PBQs & do as many questions as you can as quickly as you can and flagging any that slow you down to come back to later after you have done the lion's share of the questions.
Then, now that your head is focused on the exam info, go back & finish all the flagged ones, THEN divide the remaining time on equally on the PBQs & finish with a flourish & expect to pass!
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In my career I have sat 114 exams, and have passed 78 of them. (In the early days when I was getting free vouchers from Microsoft I failed a lot... my current streak since November 2017 is 29 passed, 3 failed (two of which I'd already passed but tried a new beta version, the other I failed on Thursday then passed on Saturday). My point is that of my 78 passes, I have scored perfect ONCE. I remind my students that the guy who graduates last in his med school class is called Doctor, and that nobody will ever see your score reports... unless you are an instructor showing them they don't have to be perfect. I did not lose sleep but I did have a lot on my mind and I still passed, and I'll take it.

I do follow those strategies that I teach... and it worked ;)

(It is a bit more nerve-wracking because of the 39 failed exams... not one of them was a CompTIA exam. I like to be able to show my CompTIA students my PearsonVUE Exam History page with the 9 passes (and one Cancellation). They should at least see a clean sweep there :))
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Vouchers

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peter hanwith-horden #1 said:
I did attend the 220-1201 and 220-1202 and had to go buy my own vouchers due to training comments. So still no vouchers. I have completed the Linux+ and in 6 weeks need to run a class DOES THAT MEAN I WILL NEED TO BUY MY OWN LINUX+ FOR THIS SESSION?? WE ARE FALLING BEHIND
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CompTIA does not require instructors to have the certification to teach the material.
If your employer/organization is demanding this of you, they should be paying for them, not you.
Having taken it gives you a better perspective on the student's exam experience.
Helpful to the instructor - certainly! Recommended for sure!
But never a requirement by CompTIA to teach the material.
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Linux+ XK0-006 vs. 005...?

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Its always the top students who worry like this because its embarrassing to fail when everyone knows you know enough to teach the course.
All I can say is RELAX - you will be ok. Will you get a 100% probably not, but a pass is a pass. But anyone can have a bad day too - no sleep/worrying about something unrelated to the exam/not feeling well. So if you are doing 80%+ on the study materials you are probably ready.

Use the same good test taking strategies that you should be teaching your students - like skip over the PBQs & do as many questions as you can as quickly as you can and flagging any that slow you down to come back to later after you have done the lion's share of the questions.
Then, now that your head is focused on the exam info, go back & finish all the flagged ones, THEN divide the remaining time on equally on the PBQs & finish with a flourish & expect to pass!
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PASSED my CompTIA DataX exam!

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Jill West said:
Wow, congrats, that's a major accomplishment!

I never did get my voucher to work. What did you think of the exam?
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Next time that happens be sure to email Stephen! It like it was more "managerial" than hands-on. I thought the PBQs were perfectly appropriate and actually enjoyed doing them for once.
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Need a Gift Idea - Be sure to SKIP this one

Rick Butler
Stephen Schneiter said:
You know the ole saying, if it's free, it's for me! :eek:🤣🤣

AND! I can get paid to advertise it on TikToK! WOW! Nothing weird about that!🤦‍♂️
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Yeah, just make sure you use your alternative alias - the one that purports you to be a 50-something Innuit woman with ten kids, living near Nome, Alaska.
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PASSED my CompTIA DataX exam!

precious
Gregory Childers said:
I had DataX scheduled for today, the last day before the voucher expired. When I went to sign in, it seemed that I had registered for 7AM and not 7PM, so I was marked as a "No Show" for the exam.
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That's terrible. Have you tried calling them to explain? Maybe they can make an exception.
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Linux+ XK0-006 vs. 005...?

Mitch Garvis
jasoneckert said:
Truer words have never been spoken!
And trust me, if they had been, they'd be in my TTT material :cool:
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Jason you know I have always had great respect for you. I didn't have nearly enough time to study so I mostly went through the courseware and the labs, but had I thought of it ahead of time... YOU MAN!!!
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Linux+ XK0-006 vs. 005...?

Mitch Garvis
Rick Butler said:
Man, with what you've taken, you passing is the smart money. Did you go through @jasoneckert 's TTT ahead of it?

Congrats on passing. That's another one!

/r
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I've now passed 77 exams, but please remember that until a few years ago I was nearly exclusively a Microsoft guy. Yes, I played with Linux 25 years ago, and I use Kali and Parrot for cybersecurity stuff... but I never managed the disks or or users or containers or users (I mean managing users in a day to day environment, not just creating accounts). I also haven't used Linux servers too much since 2004.

And no, I did not use Jason's material... but I should have!
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