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The exam loves near-identical answer choices and protocol names that sound alike. These boxes flag the common traps before you fall into them.
Not everything on the exam objectives matters equally on the job. These call out what you'll actually use — or never see again — in the field.
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A 4 means you'll use it constantly in the field. A 1 means it's exam knowledge you'll likely never touch again outside a test. Ratings come from the author's own experience running pharmacy server infrastructure day to day.
Jared Lockwood is a Tier 2 server operations technician managing pharmacy infrastructure by day, and runs his own MSP, Lockwood IT Services, on the side. Getting Started in IT is the book he wished existed when he started — lean, exam-focused, and honest about what actually matters once you're the one on call.
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