901 Passed!

Today I took my first every exam certification. I've always been into computers and have tried to work that into my career in what ever ways I could but usually that resulted in things that were more industry adjacent if anything, like bestbuy/geek squad, call center tech support, etc. I have had some schooling but mostly just self taught over the years. I am 27. I decided to take the exam to hopefully increase my odds of landing a decent IT job, but also to confirm myself. I have always been the "computer guy" to friends and family and even this first baby step serves as an amazing sense of validation that really means a lot to me in my life right now. Without skipping a beat I will be studying for the 902 especially since time is running out on that exam. I hope to be fully A+ certified by the end of next month.

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Thank you very much to this subreddit for helping to sort through all the training materials. I used the following to pass this exam

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ProF M videos - of course. I watched every video and took notes.

CertMaster - I bought my exam voucher along with their study bundle. While I can't say that it was the greatest well of knowledge in the world, I think combining this with the professors videos helped me establish a good foundation for study. Basically what I would do as someone who was already at least some what familiar with each of the objectives I focused on doing the course objectives. It gives you questions, sometimes with pictures as an aid, and will cycle back to questions you got wrong or was unsure about, as well as any question that you have gotten wrong in the past when doing review. If I could sit down and get through a whole module and only miss like one or two questions I would just make notes of those (they do a pretty good job of explaining incorrect answers). If it was a module I struggled with at all, I would reference that video from ProfM then come back and try to do the module again.

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Once I got through all the modules I purchased ProfM's practice questions and started going through them for the areas that I felt I needed most practice. Prof M is GREAT at explaining his answers and he also provides a direct link to the appropriate video in case you want to refresh the course.

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To round it up I used crucialexams practice test, flash cards, practice simulations, etc. Crucialexams is great, while the questions weren't as hard as the ones on the actual exam, it does do a good job of giving an accurate example of what TYPE of questions get asked.

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Lastly, if anyone else is still studying for 901, I would suggest making sure you have a good foundation for troubleshooting and being able to critically think through a scenario. Most of the questions I was asked were not displayed as a factual "what is this" kind of question. I believe I only got one question that directly asked me how many pins were on a thing for example. Most of my questions were more like " You are a tech at a company that wants to do this or that. Or a user has reported this or that what would be the BEST solution" type of questions.

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Dont sleep on printers. Must know printers. Onward to 902 *Cheers*