Congratulations, you've made it to the end of the course.
We have covered a lot of material throughout this course.
And throughout this course,
we have covered everything you need to know
in order to understand all four of the domains
covered by the CompTIA Linux+ certification exam.
Let's review those four domains one more time
at a high level.
Now I know, we didn't cover these domains
and their objectives in a sequential order in this course,
and that's okay.
I covered all the material from them,
but I rearranged it to hopefully make it easier
for you to learn everything you need to know for the exam.
I can tell you from over 20 years of personal experience
with CompTIA exams, they are not known
for ordering their domains or their objectives
in the most straightforward way sometimes.
And the objectives aren't designed to be taught
in that order listed in the exam objectives PDF.
But I promise, we did cover all the objectives
and every bulleted item underneath them
inside of this course.
If you need to review any specific objective,
you can always look back at the title
of each video in this course, and I've clearly labeled them
with the relevant objective for you in parenthesis
after their name.
When we look at these four domains,
we started out with domain one.
This is system management,
and it makes up 32% of your exam questions.
This domain is focused on configuring kernel modules,
network parameters, software and services,
managing files and directories,
and configuring storage devices
on your Linux systems properly.
The second domain is security,
and it makes up 21% of your exam questions.
This domain is focused on your ability
to understand the best practices
for permissions and authentication,
firewalls and file management on your Linux servers.
Domain three is scripting, containers, and automation,
and it makes up 19% of your exam questions.
This domain is focused on your ability
to execute basic batch scripts,
conduct version control using Git,
your understanding of cloud and virtualization technologies,
and how to implement orchestration
in your systems and your networks.
Domain four is troubleshooting,
and it makes up 28% of your exam questions.
This domain is focused on your ability
to analyze system properties and processes,
as well as troubleshoot user, application,
and hardware issues that may come up
when you're using Linux systems.
So, as you can see,
this is all stuff we covered throughout the course,
and during our time together.
I truly hope you enjoyed my approach
as we started out with the basics of system operation
and then moved into security, scripting, and automation
towards the end of the course.
I believe this is the best way to learn this material,
as we move from a single Linux system
to entire network of virtualized servers and hosts.
Now, I know we covered a ton of information in this course,
and you're probably excited to run off
and schedule your exam,
take the test and become CompTIA Linux+ certified.
But before you do, I recommend that you stick around
until the end of this lesson,
where I'm going to give you my top five tips and tricks
for raising your score on the CompTIA Linux+ exam,
and getting you certified on your first attempt.
After all, this exam is expensive
and you probably don't want to have to pay for it twice.
Speaking of the exam, how do you sign up for the exam,
and schedule it?
Well, you could take it at
any Pearson VUE testing center worldwide
at any local testing center or online.
Personally, I've taken exams all over the world
including in north and south America,
in Asia, and even in the middle east
at local testing centers.
These days though, you can also take it online
from the comfort of your home or office,
if you use the Pearson VUE OnVUE testing system.
To do this, you have to be in a room where you can be alone,
have a good internet connection, and a webcam,
so a live proctor can watch you during the exam
to ensure there is no cheating going on.
Personally, I've used this service
a handful of times as well, and it works pretty darn well.
Now to take the exam, you need to purchase an exam voucher,
and then you can schedule the day
and time that you want to take your exam.
You can buy the exam voucher directly through Pearson VUE
when you schedule your exam at PearsonVUE.com,
or you can go over to the CompTIA web store
at store.comptia.org.
If you do either of those two options,
you're going to pay the full retail price
for your exam voucher
based on the location of where you're going to take your exam
because CompTIA uses different pricing
for different countries around the world.
But if you want to pre-purchase your exam voucher
before you schedule your exam with Pearson VUE,
you can actually save 10% off the retail price
by going to diontraining.com/vouchers.
From here, you can select the voucher you need,
which country you're going to be taking the exam in,
and then purchase your voucher directly from us,
if we carry the voucher for your particular country.
Currently, we carry vouchers for over 50 countries
around the world,
so it's worth going over to diontraining.com/vouchers
to see if we carry the voucher for where you live
and where you're planning to take your test.
So you can save yourself a little bit of money.
As a CompTIA platinum delivery partner,
we receive a special discount rate on those exam vouchers,
and we pass the savings onto our students.
When you order the voucher from our website,
you're going to receive a unique one-time use voucher code,
and get free access to our fully searchable library
of CompTIA videos to help you with any last minute studying
that you may need to do before the exam.
Once you have that code,
you're going to go over to PearsonVUE.com,
and you can schedule the exam
for any day and time you prefer,
and whether or not you want to take it online or in-person,
that's up to you as well
when you're setting up your appointment.
So, if you're willing to take that one extra step
of going to diontraining.com/vouchers,
you're going to be able to save 10% or more
off the cost of your exam voucher
and get free access to our searchable library as a bonus.
All right now, as promised, here are my top five tips
to increasing your score on the Linux+ exam.
First, use a cheat sheet.
Now, you're not allowed to actually carry anything
into the exam with you,
but if you're at the local testing center,
they're going to give you a whiteboard or a dry erase sheet
about the size of a normal sheet of printer paper.
If you're taking the exam online,
they're going to give you access to what they call
a digital whiteboard that you can use for this same purpose.
Once the clock starts, you can start to brain dump stuff
like ports, terms, or anything else that you might forget
by the time you get to question 66 and beyond.
I recommend that you use the first one to three minutes
on your exam, writing these things down
on that whiteboard they give you.
It's going to come in handy later on in the exam, I promise,
because by question 66 and beyond,
your mind starts getting a little jumbled
and you forget things you already knew
like port 443 is used for HTTPS, or something like that.
Second, skip the sims.
Simulations or performance based questions,
as CompTIA likes to call them,
are usually going to be the first three to five questions
on your exam.
Most students find that these are the hardest questions
on the exam, and they are also the most time consuming.
So, my recommendation is when the exam starts,
simply mark those questions for review,
skip them, and do all your multiple choice questions first.
Then, at the end of the exam,
go back and do the simulations.
Don't even read the simulations
during your first pass through the exam.
Trust me, just mark them for review and skip them.
By doing this, you're going to gain confidence
in the multiple choice questions
that are going to help you during those simulations.
Once you finish going through
all the multiple choice questions,
then I want you to go back and do the simulations.
Students who use this technique tend to see their score
rise by at least 5% over those who don't.
So skip the sims.
Third, take a guess.
If you don't know the answer and you're in doubt,
just take a guess.
There is no penalty for wrong answers on this exam.
So if you are in doubt,
try to eliminate as many choices as possible,
and guess between the remaining choices.
Multiple choice questions only have four options.
So, if you figure out that one or two of those
simply can't be right,
you've already exponentially increased your chances
of guessing the right answer
from those remaining two options.
Fourth, pick the best time for the exam.
Are you a morning person or a night person?
Pick the time of day that works best for you.
Don't try to squeeze the examine
after working a long day at the office either.
Personally, I like to schedule my exams around 10:00 AM.
That way, I can take the day off work.
I don't have to wake up super early,
and I can avoid rush hour traffic
if I'm going to a local testing center.
Also, schedule it so you have enough time to relax
before the exam.
There is nothing worse than showing up at a testing center
at 9:59, when your exam is scheduled for 10:00 AM.
You always want to be at least 20 to 30 minutes early,
so you can get in,
get comfortable with the facility,
use the restroom if you need to,
and then go take your exam.
This will help increase your score, I promise.
Now a quick side note here,
if you're going to be taking the exam online,
the exam proctor is not going to let you use the restroom
once you click that exam start button.
So, before you log on for your appointment,
make sure you use the restroom.
Otherwise, you may be taking the exam
with your legs crossed.
The fifth and final tip is that you need to be confident.
You've got this.
When you walk into that testing center
or over to your home office, if you're taking it online,
you shouldn't be wondering, "Am I going to pass?"
You should already have studied all the information
in this course.
You've watched all the videos.
You've done all the demonstrations.
You've taken all the quizzes.
You've studied the downloadable study notes.
And if you're not confident right now,
then I want you to wait a few days
before you schedule your exam,
and take a bunch of practice exams in the meantime.
In this course, I've included a full length practice exam
for you as a bonus.
This will help you determine
if you're ready to take the official exam.
Take that practice exam.
And if you're not scoring high enough,
re-study the areas you missed
by re-watching those lessons in the course.
Then, I want you to take it one more time.
If you're still not confident,
go and take some more practice exams
from a quality training source.
Here on Udemy,
we are limited in the number of practice exams
that we can include in a video course like this one.
But I do have a separate practice exam only course
that includes six full length practice exams
that you can use during your preparation
for the certification exam as well.
Now, when you take a practice exam,
your goal is not to memorize the answer key.
After all, I wrote these practice exam questions,
and CompTIA writes the official exam questions.
That means, you're not going to see any of my questions
on their exam word-for-word,
but you are going to see the same concepts on the exam.
And I also tried my best to mimic the way
that CompTIA writes their exams.
So you'll be well prepared too.
So, please, do yourself a favor,
and don't try to memorize my answer key
and expect to pass the real exam.
Instead, you need to understand
why the right answer was right,
and the wrong answers were wrong.
If you can do that, you're going to be able to pass the exam
no matter what question they throw at you come exam day.
When you review your practice exam results,
I've provided you with a detailed explanation
for every single question in our practice exams.
Take the time to learn from your mistakes,
and you're going to do great on the real exam.
All right, if you follow my five tips,
you are going to be ready to take and pass
your CompTIA Linux+ exam on your first attempt.
I know you're going to do great on this exam.
So keep studying, take the practice exams,
and let me know when you pass.
Notice, I said when, and not if.
I am super confident in your ability to conquer this exam.
And when you do, I want to hear about it.
Post about it on Facebook or LinkedIn, and tag me in it.
Share your success on Reddit or in our Facebook group,
or even go ahead and post it in the Q&A for this course.
Your fellow students and I want to hear about your success,
and what worked for you as you were studying for the exam.
And I know you're going to be super excited
when you receive the CompTIA Linux+ certificate
in the mail from CompTIA.
So once again,
congratulations on making it to the end of this course.
Now, let's go, put all your newfound knowledge
to work using the practice exams.
Good luck, and I hope to see you again in a future course
as you continue to climb the ladder
in your IT and cyber security career.