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  1. Mitch Garvis

    Passed Cloud+

    I confess, I did not give this exam the respect I should have. I studied for a day and then sat it. I did not ACE it, but I passed. I know what to focus on prior to my first delivery (which I think is in October).
  2. Mitch Garvis

    Circling Back...

    There was a discussion (started by me) a few weeks ago about an MCT who inadvertently violated exam policy by using a touch screen. I sat the Cloud+ exam yesterday and after waiting 42 minutes for the proctor, I decided to ask. According to him, if your hardware is a touch screen but you do not...
  3. Mitch Garvis

    Unused vouchers received

    Stephen there is no need to reach out to you any further. With regards to my career I stay out of grey areas. You say it's not condoned, I am not interested in either giving or receiving. Thanks for your quick response! (I was actually asking completely theoretically... I have one voucher from...
  4. Mitch Garvis

    Unused vouchers received

    I just thought of something that had never occurred to me, and before I even think about it, I was going ask here. If we receive a voucher for an exam that we cannot use, are we allowed to gift it to someone else in the CIN who did not receive it?
  5. Mitch Garvis

    Exam Rules - BEWARE!

    Thank you for letting me know! I was planning on asking the next time I sit an exam, but you saved me the trouble.
  6. Mitch Garvis

    Exam Rules - BEWARE!

    I think the main issue is that he USED the touch screen. The issue, as I recall, was that his mouse stopped working in the middle of his exam, so he used the touch screen. I am going to make a note to ask Pearson Vue if that is a thing... can we use a screen that has touch if we do not actually...
  7. Mitch Garvis

    Exam Rules - BEWARE!

    The original post did state what the problem was. He may have deleted it. He used a touch screen.
  8. Mitch Garvis

    Exam Rules - BEWARE!

    I have written several articles on the online proctored exams, including a couple that have photographic evidence of the impossibility of sitting the exam from my actual workstation (https://garvis.ca/2021/04/14/the-exam-room-welcome-home/ shows my desk when I was living in California...
  9. Mitch Garvis

    🎉 Excited to Share That I Passed the CompTIA SecAI+ exam with 900 score! 🎉

    Of the 122 certification exams I have taken over the past 25 years, I have scored perfect precisely once... and while I do not remember which exam it was, I still have the score report. I suspect that score report may have a couple of drops of spilled whisky on it, as it was on the table at the...
  10. Mitch Garvis

    Exam Rules - BEWARE!

    The gentleman in question is a 20-year MCT... he's not a newbie. I agree with you though!
  11. Mitch Garvis

    Exam Rules - BEWARE!

    In the Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) Forums recently a trainer too us through the saga of his breaking the exam rules and being blocked from testing for a period of time (possibly two years). While this specific case was about Microsoft exams, I feel it is important that we all know the...
  12. Mitch Garvis

    CIN TTT Series: CySA+ V4

    I know I am late to the party, but I am registered :)
  13. Mitch Garvis

    Are certification kits no longer complimentary?

    You can also create a Transcript Link which you can share.
  14. Mitch Garvis

    Where i can find Instructor resources ?

    My understanding is that in order to purchase the instructor material you must be affiliated with a CompTIA partner. If you are having issues you can then go through them. Good luck!
  15. Mitch Garvis

    The best way to teach...

    I am not sure how I could help you with this...? If you work with a CompTIA partner I would reach out to them, but I do not have $527 to donate to your cause. I have been fortunate in that most of my exams over the last few years have been paid for by training partners, but even when I was...
  16. Mitch Garvis

    Why recertify?

    So true... and nobody asks us to retake our CISM or CISSP because nobody is GIVING those classes away... and frankly, I am not sure if we would even be able to take the latest versions once we hold the cert?
  17. Mitch Garvis

    The best way to teach...

    Thank you! Very well said though... I love the crossroads analogy. I would love to read your Top Ten! :)
  18. Mitch Garvis

    The best way to teach...

    Carnegie, you are absolutely right. I have written and lectured extensively about the right answer vs. the right exam answer. That does not even go into the Microsoft right answer and other mind-numbing concepts. That first paragraph was really just meant to lead into the actual point of the...
  19. Mitch Garvis

    The best way to teach...

    I started to write a post here about the skills that are required to be a good or great or excellent technical trainer... but it got pretty long, and I decided to post it to my blog. I hope you click through and enjoy it, and I look forward to reading your thoughts on it...
  20. Mitch Garvis

    Why recertify?

    Well said Greg. I have not been kicking the CompTIA can as long as you have been, but I have already been asked to take the latest version of certain exams. Ironically, it is the training companies that a) pay the least, and b) do not provide vouchers that have the 'latest version of the exam'...