IT Certification Study Question.....

Alty · 27 Nov 2006 at 01:52

Just a quicky if anyone can clarify whether you can self study for IT certifications such as:

MCDST
MCSA
MCSE
Comptia A+
Comptia N+
Comptia Security+
Comptia Server+
C|EH
CISSP

or whether you need to attend some form of classroom based study before you can book the exams in a certified establishment such as Prometric or Pearson VUE?

Only reason I ask is I have some free time before doing my dissertation for my Masters Degree and feel like doing some studying for certifications but without paying the ridiculous fees for bootcamps etc.

Matthew-1985 · 27 Nov 2006 at 06:55

You can self study for them. You might want to get a few books though.

m4cc45 · 27 Nov 2006 at 07:25

MCDST I did in without studying at all - very easy if you have good experience of Microsoft Windows XP.

Get a few test exams and see how you do is the advice I'd give.

M.

Colbaker · 27 Nov 2006 at 10:20

I passed the A+ without studying as well, That was pretty easy.

Alty · 27 Nov 2006 at 12:23

Anyone know anything about the others listed?

Gilly · 27 Nov 2006 at 12:33

Aside from the last two I have knowledge of all the qualifications listed, and a lot of other industry recognised ones. Except maybe manufacturer specific qualifications I can't think of any you can't self study for.

triggerthat · 27 Nov 2006 at 12:35

The MCSA invovles some of those exams such as the A / Network+ I believe. So you can select them as an elective.

n3crius · 27 Nov 2006 at 13:31

Just got my MCAD member pack this morning with a lovely shiny badge.

I can recommend Pearson Vue, good place to take your test.