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>> Study strategies.

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The learning objectives
for this lesson are

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to utilize flashcards
for key terms,

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reinforce your knowledge
for Cybrary Labs,

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and then prepare for the test
with practice questions.

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Let's get started.
Flashcards. Now everyone

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learns in different ways,

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but for me I found flashcards
can be very helpful,

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especially for
learning key terms

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so that I could do
with repetition.

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What I would do is take
two to three minutes,

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several times a day, and go

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through as many
flashcards as I could.

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As you do this more,

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you're going to notice
the ones you tend

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to have problems with
then you can move

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those out to study those
and focus on those more.

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But as you go through it
more with repetition,

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those terms are going
to sink into your head.

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This is going to help you to

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remember those areas of
the tests that maybe you

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don't use in your
everyday work life or

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that you don't have a
lot of expertise in,

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it's going to help
you to have those

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terms stick in your head.

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The problem that I found
when I was studying for

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the test is the areas that I had

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no exposure to in
my work life had

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less meaning to me and those
terms didn't stick as much.

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Again, with flashcards,

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I was able to help
reinforce those.

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Now I created a Quizlet
deck that is free.

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It's attached to this course,

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and you can make use of that.

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It has all the key terms in
that deck from this course.

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You can use Quizlet
if you're not

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familiar with it on
your mobile device,

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on your computer, it doesn't
matter and it's free,

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doesn't cost you anything.

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You can make use of that deck

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and go through there and
flash through and then you

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can mark the ones
that you're having

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trouble with so that they
can use those more often.

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But it's a really
good way to help

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reinforce those parts that
you're not as strong on,

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you don't feel as good about,

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and to help those
terms to sink in.

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You can also create your
own deck if you like.

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I also included some
other decks that were

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on Quizlet that aren't using
so much on the term side,

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but they create their
own sample questions.

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Cybrary also has
some other resources

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that will help you
prepare for this test.

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Keep in mind that to use these,

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you must be logged in
ahead of time into

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the Cybrary before
you can access these.

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But they have a lab bundle

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specifically for the
compTIA cost-plus test.

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They also have practice
tests that you can find,

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and the links for both of
these are on the screen here.

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Practice questions.
You're not going to find

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real practice questions
that are legitimate from

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the test type thing because
that's illegal and come

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to a really crack down hard on

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the people that are doing
that type of thing.

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But you're going to find
questions that are very

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similar to give you the feel and

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also the right mindset to

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try to find as many
of those as you can.

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Because while most of

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the ones you find are
not going to be exact.

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When you take the test,
you're going to think,

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wait a minute, this is
not what I studied for.

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It is, just take your time,

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read the question carefully

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but by going through
practice questions,

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you're going to get into
that right mindset and

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to make sure that you
understand what is being asked,

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what they're really looking for,

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and to make sure that you're

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not falling back and

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focusing on data that's not
important to the question.

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A lot of times questions will

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have a lot of extra
information in

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there that is not relevant to

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the answer and the idea is
to try to throw you off.

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By doing these
practice questions,

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you're going to get ready
for that type of thing.

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We also have some
online resources.

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CompTIA has their cost-plus

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CAS 004 certification
study guide.

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This is a hard book.

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I do believe they have an
e-book version of it as well,

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and you can purchase this.

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This course was designed around

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that book to make sure that

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everything you needed that

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CompTIA says was important,
was in the course.

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Here are the two Quizlet deck
that I mentioned earlier,

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that you can use these once
you sign into Quizlet.

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Quizlet is free,
these decks are free.

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Both of these focus on more of

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a sample question type thing.

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If you're looking for
sample questions to

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help you prepare for that,
these are really good.

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Then another book that I
found that I thought was

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a very good resource for you is

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the CASP plus CompTIA advanced

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security practitioner
practice tests exam.

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CAS 004 second edition.

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This book is just packed full of

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example questions and
sample test questions

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to help get you ready for it.

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Let's summarize.
We went over using

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flashcards to help
reinforce that learning.

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We went over the resources
that the library offers,

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then we also went over
practice test questions along

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with the other resources
that we've put

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together to help you
prepare for the exam.

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I hope this was helpful
for you and I hope you

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can use these to make
yourself ready for your exam.