@Robert-Perrett , I did not answer the question, my apologies... the serial interface for a DB-9 connector would be used in older connections, such peripheral devices like keyboards, mice, joysticks, as well as console connections.

The answer is D. The question you should be trying to find an answer is "why?"

Good luck, Rick! Keep us posted!

Hey @Robert-Perrett, great question. The main area to focus on are the transmit and receive wiring/pins. For 568A the transmit wires are green/white & green (pins 1/2) and the receive wires are orange & white & orange (pins 3/6). The 568B standard reverses these color pairs (or orange/white & orange for pins 1/2 and green/white & green for pins 3/6). Another thing to remember is that a straight-through cable uses only one standard on each end of the Ethernet cable, while a crossover cable has 568A on one end and 568B on the opposite end of the Ethernet cable, creating a crossover cable. It is called a "crossover cable" because pins 1&2 and 3&6 will "crossover" internally in the cable. Here is a great little article from a cable vendor called true Cable: https://www.truecable.com/blogs/cable-academy/t568a-vs-t568b

Hey @Paul-Duplessis I am truly sorry that this got by me and am now just responding. You have a great start, and I would recommend the CySA+ course for the analyst side of things. You can continue down the CompTIA pathway with either PenTest+ or CASP+ if you would like. Then I would consider certifications outside of the CompTIA realm, like the EC Council certs, or SANS certs. I would love to hear from you again and to check in on your progress and success!

David L. Prowse is one who writes a lot of the Exam Cram series. I have his A+ and Net+ Exam Cram books. Very detailed and to-the-point.

@David-Thompson, another great question! You are welcome!

@David-Thompson you are welcome! The OnVue experience is very convenient.

@Erik-Corradino that is a great idea, I cannot wait to see what new content we will see around AI!

Not to hijack the thread, but I also put in the formal request for the Data+ as well and hope it gets traction. Is that something you also might be interested as well @Anthony-Sequeira-0 ?

looks like this is about year old but I am having the same problem.

@Guy-Couturier, great question you can find that information in the link below. CompTIA has put a retirement date for SY0-601 of July 2024:
8b94efb7-7b2a-4c6c-83bd-8a473ec9f2d1-image.png image.png

CompTIA Security+ : https://www.comptia.org/certifications/security#examdetails

Our course production has changed. After considerable feedback, many of our customers wanted us to get right to point. So we shortened our openings and closings, we use illlustrations that do not stray, we tend to be more focused in our training. We no longer require episodes to be of any specific length (we were at one point 2 hrs and episode, then it was 30 minutes min then it was 20 minutes...today, as long as you cover the topic...it's a learner focus changed in our process. In the current show, we do cover all the exam objectives. It wouldn't hurt you to cover the 002 and 003 but the reality is the current iteration covers what you see on the exam objectives from CompTIA.

Thank you. This was very helpful.

These are great! Thank you for compiling these.

I misspoke about the raw memorization. What I meant was, could you ensure that all the learner resources that you said you would put into the course file (like the things you just posted for me) are in all episodes. Meaning when I continue the course all course material will already be in the appropriate episodes, rather than having to post here and then having you update them.

Hey @Andy-Ludwig great gob! Congrats, and keep up the hard work!

Great thank you.
I was look at the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) v.12 But lot of talking,
I need hands on experience.
I will start with the SY0-601
Then move on to the CompTIA: A+ 220-1101 and 1102

Congrats to you on your winning streak, @John-Rowe !!!

I wound up taking A+ specifically for college credits. I only studied for 2 days for each exam, but it was slightly more difficult that I expected. Unfortunately, for somewhat wrong reasons though. Clearly I can't provide much detail on why, but here are some high level generalities.

Terms used at the A+ level are NOT the terms I've used/learned in more advanced topics/exams.

There were a fair number of questions where there were definitively 2 answers because they didn't provide enough information to pick one over the other. In many cases, they didn't even include words like BEST & MOST.

There were a hand full of questions where I don't care what they think, none of the provided options were acceptable answers. This doesn't bother me too much from the perspective that they are known to include ungraded questions for future exam potential. However, if this threw me for a loop and wasted some of my time, then I do feel particularly sorry for someone much more green.

To further expand the prior point. Both of my exams drew 4 PBQs. On both exams I would say 2 of them were easy or mild difficulty, 1 was slightly harder and 1 of them was seemingly nonsensical. On Core2, I finished everything in less than an hour and spent all of my remaining time just trying to understand 1 PBQ. Hopefully those nonsensical PBQs are also in the ungraded category...

I guess what I am trying to say to "green" exam takers... All advice stands, but be very aware of your time, take a best guess and don't try find something that truly isn't there.

Another great question!
The Vertical Alignment like the IPS
VA = LCD-based display using vertical crystal alignment
IPS =LCD-based display using parallel crystal alignment
Passive-matrix VA is called Vertical Alignment Nematic or VAN
Active-matrix VA are called Multidomain Vertically Aligned or MVA and Patterned Vertically Aligned or PVA