TECEP Study Tips For CMP-354 Network Technology

[Kalpa]

I recently took the CMP 354 TECEP, I do not yet have my results back yet. It was 70 multi choice and 3 essay.

I took the Study.com courses Comp Sci 304 Network System Design and the TECEP Network technology. I took notes along the way and took the practice exams several times recording the correct answers to the missed questions.

I also followed all the links in the Test description page and took notes from those sources and did all all the sample questions several times.

There was also a few CMP 354 playlists on youtube. The playlists usually had some of the aforementioned links with some other videos. I watched these too.

There are two flashcard lists on Quizlet under BrilliantFocus that seems to pull from the recommended books vocabulary list.

I would say the SDC courses moderately align with the exam. There is feedback on SDC when you finish a course and I repeatedly give feedback that their test prep for TECEP & Uexcel is quite poor and doesn't align well with the exams they are meant to prepare you for. I would say there is some off target (at least for the exam I took, not sure how many different versions there are) content in the SDC courses but not too much. Rather it seems there is a range of things they never cover that was in the exam.

I have no significant professional IT background but I'd say around ~40% was what I would consider easy or very straightforward for anyone that's somewhat "techy" and is familiar with internet / network technologies and terms.

I would still recommend the SDC courses and practice exam but also very carefully look over the Quizlets. Something that is in the bigger quizlet that I didn't expect on the exam was multiple questions on IEEE standards. Basically they will ask you what standard is 802.**** If the exam questions are rotating that's a pretty big boring list to draw from.

Make sure you know what layer of the OSI model different devices or operations happen.

Some of the links on the Test description page go to youtube videos over a decade old.

Right now I'm ambiguous on my score. I could see it going either way but I'm more to the pessimistic side. If you're concerned about this test I would suggest doing those SDC courses with practice exams, follow the content suggestions from above, and then just take the test and be conscientious of questions you're unsure about so you can review them afterwards if you need to retake.

I'd like to see TESU add paid practice exams like Excelsior has for their Uexcels. Considering the problems people have with this particular exam it seems like InstantCert would do well to add practice exams for it too.