Professor Messer's CompTIA 220-1201 A+ Study Group After Show - July 2026

Hope you're doing great." I'm doing fantastic, thank you for asking.

"I'm preparing for taking the Network+ exam on August 17th." Now, as we sit here today, it is July the 7th.

So you've got about 40 days or so to be able to work through this, uh, just over a month to be able to make this work.

Uh, August 17th.

Uh, Diego continues.

Diego says, "I've watched 22 videos and bought the course notes.

Do you think I have enough time to have a good, solid base on the exam? Thanks." This is a question that I think could really apply to any exam that you would be taking, and I do get questions like this all the time.

Uh, "I'm planning to take my Security+, how much time should I study?" "I'm planning to take the Core One exam for A+, how long does that take?" "I'm planning to sit for the Core Two, how many weeks should I study?" You know, these are, these are important things to know, and they certainly help you when you're scheduling things out.

Now from Diego's perspective, it sounds like there's a date that has been set for you, and we're gonna go from that perspective.

Sometimes this happens, especially with an employer who might have a particular project or a particular requirement, a contractual agreement that requires them to have a certain number of Network+ um, people on staff.

Maybe, you know, there's that many certified folks that are part of your technician group, and that's part of the contracts and things that you have.

So let's talk about timeframes.

Generally speaking, broadly speaking, with the, the CompTIA A+, Network+, or Security+ exams, for people that are starting from scratch, they're starting with really no significant technology knowledge in these topics, it tends to take somewhere around two to three months on average.

That means that a number of people are taking a lot...

You know, half the folks are taking more than two or three months, and half the folks are taking less than two or three months.

That's, that's the average for you.

That means that you'll probably, if you're starting from scratch, it might take you a little longer to get this done.

But if you're someone who is already been in the industry for a while, maybe you already have your A+ exam, you've been doing a little bit of networking, you understand pings and trace routes and what these things do for you and how they would work, then you're probably doing a little bit better than most, and maybe you can squeeze that time, make it a little bit shorter on a study time.

Ultimately, you want to focus on what's expected of you to be able to answer these questions.

So I'm quickly going to go over and grab a Network+ set of exam objectives.

I think that would be really useful for us.

I say really quick, as if that's really what happened, but it is not.

Because it turns out it's really hard to talk and do something at the same time and do it correctly.

How do I know? Well, good to meet you.

This is [laughs] just come to a live stream.

Hope you're doing great." I'm doing fantastic, thank you for asking.

"I'm preparing for taking the Network+ exam on August 17th." Now, as we sit here today, it is July the 7th.

So you've got about 40 days or so to be able to work through this, uh, just over a month to be able to make this work.

Uh, August 17th.

Uh, Diego continues.

Diego says, "I've watched 22 videos and bought the course notes.

Do you think I have enough time to have a good, solid base on the exam? Thanks." This is a question that I think could really apply to any exam that you would be taking, and I do get questions like this all the time.

Uh, "I'm planning to take my Security+, how much time should I study?" "I'm planning to take the Core One exam for A+, how long does that take?" "I'm planning to sit for the Core Two, how many weeks should I study?" You know, these are, these are important things to know, and they certainly help you when you're scheduling things out.

Now from Diego's perspective, it sounds like there's a date that has been set for you, and we're gonna go from that perspective.

Sometimes this happens, especially with an employer who might have a particular project or a particular requirement, a contractual agreement that requires them to have a certain number of Network+ um, people on staff.

Maybe, you know, there's that many certified folks that are part of your technician group, and that's part of the contracts and things that you have.

So let's talk about timeframes.

Generally speaking, broadly speaking, with the, the CompTIA A+, Network+, or Security+ exams, for people that are starting from scratch, they're starting with really no significant technology knowledge in these topics, it tends to take somewhere around two to three months on average.

That means that a number of people are taking a lot...

You know, half the folks are taking more than two or three months, and half the folks are taking less than two or three months.

That's, that's the average for you.

That means that you'll probably, if you're starting from scratch, it might take you a little longer to get this done.

But if you're someone who is already been in the industry for a while, maybe you already have your A+ exam, you've been doing a little bit of networking, you understand pings and trace routes and what these things do for you and how they would work, then you're probably doing a little bit better than most, and maybe you can squeeze that time, make it a little bit shorter on a study time.

Ultimately, you want to focus on what's expected of you to be able to answer these questions.

So I'm quickly going to go over and grab a Network+ set of exam objectives.

I think that would be really useful for us.

I say really quick, as if that's really what happened, but it is not.

Because it turns out it's really hard to talk and do something at the same time and do it correctly.

How do I know? Well, good to meet you.

This is [laughs] just come to a live stream.