Recent ProctorU & Network Technology TECEP (CMP-3540) Experience

[AllThose299s]

Because I remember reading in someone else's post about this exam from a few years ago, was the terminology and tech being discussed currently relevant, or was it all relating to some older tech that gave an understanding of the fundamentals but not about what you would be working with in the real world?

Hmmm honestly, it felt like both. A mix of what layer within the OSI model is responsible for XYZ, which is the fundamentals with networking (so if you end up doing anything networking related in the real world, something related to a certain layer is going to come up), a mix of cloud computing technologies questions, and then some questions that made me stop and do a hard blink at — a few that I had no idea what they were talking about, a few that seemed too easy and made me question why they were even in the exam, and then some questions which the topics were covered in one of the videos I watched either related to network topologies, wireless networking or mobility, etc.

Trying to study for the CMP-3540 was tricky because I felt like I knew enough about certain topics, but it had been so long since I've focused on networking, I felt that I needed to put more of my focus on it. Now that I've taken the exam, while I don't regret spending my time focusing on the networking topics, I do regret not focusing more on some of the other topics listed on the test description, for example, I now see that the tecep description lists the specific topic of "Directory services" under the "Communication Services" section which explains some of the active directory like questions I had during my exam.

The exam casts such a wide net it is difficult to predict what type of questions you will get; I still feel that the 60% of the multiple-choice exam is covered by the networking topics I mentioned in my first post, but the other 40% seemed to be related to one of the various specific topics listed within the test descriptions. I think those who focus more on the IT side of things rather than the CS side of things will find the exam to be a lot easier.