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A New CompTIA A+ Class Earns Its Stripes in New York

A new class of students just earned its CompTIA A+ certification, this class being the Operating Network Systems Class at Sullivan County Community College.

Students at the two year community college, part of the State University of New York system, traveled to the New Horizons Testing Center in Albany to take on the demanding testing in late May.

The class came through both the CompTIA A+ Essentials and CompTIA A+ Practical Application exams with "flying colors," according to their instructor, Cynthia Marcello.

"The fact that these students passed both exams clearly demonstrates that hard work and determination pays off," said Marcello. "I am very pround of each and every one of them."

The proud teacher siad the positive test results reflected wll on the future of computer technology.

"These are extremely rigorous and techniocal exams," she said, "used to measure the necessary competienceis of an entry-level IT professional and a recommended 500 hours of hands-on experience in the lab or field."

Comments  (1)

  • Michael Howells 02 Dec

    With the introduction of the 2006 A+ exam, candidates were offered a grace period whereby both the 2003 and 2006 versions were available. From June 2007, the 2003 version of exams was no longer available in the United States. In some countries, the grace period was extended to December 2007. The 2003 version was also extended in cases where the A+ certification exam was included in a course of study. Also, most legacy support questions have been excluded. The existing CompTIA A+ 600 series exams remain relevant and are in use by organizations and educational institutions throughout the world. The regular, non-academic English version of these exams retired in the U.S. and Canada on February 28, 2010. The educational versions of these exams (JK0-601, JK0-602, JK0-603 and JK0-604), as well as the German, Korean, Arabic, Chinese and Japanese translations of the 220-601 through 220-604 CompTIA A+ exams,remained in the market for use until August 31, 2010.

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    Michael
    Legacy Computer
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