yeah I think the new one is a lot harder. I am currently studying to take the new A+ test and I failed a few tests cause they are hard. They ask questions like how to use canned air which was the easiest question I got asked. The answer was hold the can upright and spray. The quiz's I am taking ask about what stuff you use to clean a floppy drive, optical drive, laptops, desktops, outsides, insides, ect. It goes over everything.
Here is where I take the stuff to study for the A+ test.
Academy Connection - Training Resources - Cisco Systems
One of the harder questions I got was
Which IEEE 802.11 standard uses 5 GHz technology?
802.11a
802.11b
802.11g
802.11n
it is the first one.
Which software converts scanned pages into text?
Image Text Converter
Optical Character Recognition
Optical Text Recognition
Character Image Recognition
it is the second one.
A museum possesses several old paintings that the curators wish to reproduce and sell in the museum gift shop. Which type of scanner can be used to produce the highest-quality reproduction?
all-in-one
drum
flatbed
handheld
it is the second one.
Which two types of scanners would be recommended to digitize delicate books from the last century? (Choose two.)
all-in-one
drum
flatbed
handheld
thermal
its 3 and 4.
Which two modes of operation within the IEEE 1284 standard allow bi-directional communication? (Choose two.)
DCL
ECP
EPP
PnP
TCP
its 2 and 3.
I just thought I would give you some of the ?'s that I got wrong to help you study. I am not A+ certified, but some of them ?'s might end up on the test.
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