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I've been directed to get a certification by my employer and it looks like I'm going to wind up stuck with Network+. Without getting into how suitable the exam is to determining qualification (or not) for a given position, I'm trying to figure out whether I should take the new ("005") version of the exam, or the older ("004") one, both of which are available as I'm writing this.

Mostly, I'm trying to avoid having to memorize useless "history lesson" questions, like how long a token-ring Ethernet cable can be -- stuff like that. I hope that they take useless stuff out of the newer versions, but I'm concerned they might put more useless stuff in at the same time. Has anyone taken two different versions? Is there a resource somewhere to see what material is no longer expected to be covered?

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I have not taken the older version of the Network+, but I assume its the same with the older version of the A+ which I did take. The older version still had DOS nonsense and other things that you just don't see anymore. The newer version which others took a year after me removed lots of old stuff.

Note that IIRC all the exams have a little history lesson type questions, but they don't comprise a significant portion of the test, if at all since theirs a massive bag of questions the exam pulls from.

With your example specifically, I think (can't honestly remember) token ring is discussed on the Network+. Check with whatever learning matrials your using to be sure

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