Hardware and Network Troubleshooting

First and foremost, you take the version available at the time you need to get certified, typically there is no good reason to wait around for a future version. The main reason for that is that no matter what A+ version you sit for, you will be just as certified for three years from the date of the exam irrespective of new vs “old”. Having said that, there will be six months (or more) of a “grace period” between the introduction of the new A+ 220-1002 and the retirement of the A+ 220-902. During this period, you will actually be able to pick and choose your exam objectives i.e. 902 vs 1002 or 901 vs. 1002. What should then guide your choice? The short answer is, your training. If, at that time, you have been training for A+ 220-902, and are ready to pass the test, then without hesitation sit for the A+ 220-902. The training on 220-902 will not be transferable enough to succeed at the A+ 220-1002. That is because a 25 – 30% change in exam objectives will scuttle any chances to get the approximately 85% so score that is required to pass the exam. During the grace period, your training will have to be the paramount consideration. If, on the other hand during, you have not specifically trained for 220-902, then take a long hard look at both exam objectives and just pick the one you feel the most comfortable with.

Again, it doesn’t matter if you happen to take the current version a day before its retirement date, you will remain certified and therefore, per CompTIA current, for three years no matter what. Another reason you may want to take the current version over the next one is that we often have a healthy tendency to prefer “the devil we know”… Also, because a new version sees a fair amount of changes and edits in the first few months after release, there will be more predictability in committing to A+ 220-902 than the new exam.

Your hardware cabling and connectors knowledge now require you to be able to identify USB-C, RS-232, and SCSI.

Ram installation now includes DDR4.

Storage device selection, installation, and configuration have been updated to cover the solid-state SATA 2.5, M2 and NVME.

For magnetic hard drives, the 15,000rpm speed has been added

eSATA cards have been added to the install and configure objective.

New to the uses and purposes of peripheral cards are QR scanners, VR headsets, and signature pads.

Regarding the install and configure new devices objective you will need to know Application installations/configurations, synchronization settings, and account setup and settings. 

More Info: what kind of jobs can you get with comptia a+ certification

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