Top 5 Tips for Getting A+ Certified

1) It should go without saying that you must associate with socially outcast nerds who aren't able to hold a human conversation without referencing a specific operating system.
2) Read your study guide in bed, noting bullet and feature points to your groggy spouse. Bonus if (s)he asks one or more pertinent questions.
3) Try out every example from the book as soon as you read it, using your spouse's PC. Bonus if they're watching you and not visibly apprehensive.
 4) Regale friends and co-workers with little-known minutiae from your study guide, much as you might observe that "Taylor and Taylor look like they use the same hairstylist."
5) Set little reminders on your Palm or Blackberry such as "NTLDR passes hardware info to kernel"
5) Relax in front of the computer-based exam, because you have most likely over-prepared.