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Provider: Study.com
Course: Computer Science 105: Introduction to Operating Systems
Course content: Videos, some pages of just text.
Final exam format: 100 questions, IIRC. Multiple-choice.
Final exam content vs course content/practice exams: Even though networking is covered in just one chapter, it felt like the final exam asked a LOT of questions about networking and the OSI model.
Time taken on course: 5-7 days.
Familiarity with subject before course: I'm pretty familiar with computers and had taken Google's IT Support Professional certificate which came in a bit handy.
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know: I was not expecting so many questions about networking to be on the final exam. Make sure you have a good understanding of the different layers and what they do. I didn't do this and my score was lower than it should've been.
1-10 Difficulty level: 5

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Provider: Study.com
Course: Computer Science 303: Database Management
Course content: Videos, a few pages of just text.
Final exam format: 70 multiple-choice questions + 1 assignment where you set up a database.
Final exam content vs course content/practice exams: Exam content matched the course content very well.
Time taken on course: 5-ish days.
Familiarity with subject before course: Some SQL experience but it's been quite a few years.
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know: The assignment is extremely easy. Even if you've never set up a database before, the whole process should only take you a few hours. The complication is that the explanations of what you're supposed to do doesn't always make sense. Make sure you read each step thoroughly before you proceed to follow along in your DB copy. If you don't, you could find yourself having to go back and undo things in order to match what's actually expected (as I had to do a couple of times).
1-10 Difficulty level: 4 or 5. Extremely easy for an UL course.