Before we dig into the content
of the CompTIA Linux+ Exam in this course,
I think it's important for us
to quickly discuss some exam tips and tricks.
This will help you better study for the exam
as you go through this course
and it's going to help you focus your efforts
to get the most out of this material.
The most important thing to remember when taking the exam
is that there will not be any trick questions come exam day.
Every question is precisely worded
to match the material that you're going to be studying.
If you need to,
take the time to read each question multiple times
to better understand exactly what the question is asking you
and that way, you're making sure
you're answering the question that's actually being asked.
As you read the questions and answers,
always be on the lookout for distractors or red herrings.
Generally, there's at least one
of the four listed possible answer choices
that are written to try and distract you
from the correct answer.
If you can identify which one that is
and eliminate it as a possibility,
you just exponentially increase your chances
of guessing the correct answer.
Another thing to remember
is that if you see a word in the question
with bold, italics, or an all upper case,
you should pay especially close attention to that word
because the test writers decided that those key words
were very important for you to consider.
Also, remember that you must answer the questions
based on your CompTIA Linux+ knowledge
and studies from this course
and the official CompTIA Linux+ student textbook,
not from your personal workplace experience.
Your workplace
may use a different troubleshooting methodology,
or a different term
for a specific type of configuration or operation,
or things like that.
You should always select the book answer
when you're answering a question on the certification exam
because that's what the test writers are using
when they create the exam questions.
On exam day, you should always select the best answer
to any question.
Each question may have several right answers,
but one is always the most right answer
because it's true most often and in the most cases.
In cybersecurity and IT, there is no 100% correct answers
every single time in the real world,
everything is situational.
Now for the exam, you need to be able to select the answer
that would be used most of the time in the most situations.
When in doubt, choose the answer that is correct
for the highest number of situations
and you'll probably get it right.
Now also, I want you to remember not to fight the exam
or the test questions
instead try to understand what is the key concept
that they're asking you about
when you're answering a test question.
This will help you increase your score, I guarantee it.
Because when you fight the exam
the only one who loses is you.
Also, make sure that you realize
you don't have to memorize the terms
from this course or the textbook word for word
instead you have to be able to recognize them
from the answer choices given in the questions.
Remember, there are no fill in the blanks on this exam.
It's all multiple choice or multiple selection.
When you're asked about a tool,
you're not going to be expected to memorize
the exact syntax for a particular tool
or command line utility
instead, in most of the cases, you're going to need to know why
you would use a particular tool or in which situation
that particular tool might be useful.
During our time together in this course,
we're going to cover a lot
of different command line utilities and their syntax,
and you're going to see us use them
in our demonstrations throughout the course, too.
For the most part though, you're not going to have to memorize
the exact syntax to type out from memory
instead you should be able to select the right answer
from a multiple choice selection
based on what you learned in this course
to ensure that you're ready to succeed come test day.
Remember, during certification exams,
you're going to be choosing an answer
from a multiple-choice style question
and not a fill-in-the-blank or essay-style question.
This is an essential difference in certification testing
and the test you may have taken back
in high school or college.
In the certification world,
your goal is to be able to recognize
and not regurgitate the information.
If you remember these exam tips,
it's going to help you score higher on the exam
and lead to a lot less frustration for you
as you're preparing for the exam, too.