Yes I was talking about the "repair" people. Not that the sales people aren't just as bad though.

When I took it I made the appointment for about a week from when I started to study for it. I got a book that was just pratice test questions and also had access to two pay sites that have online pratice tests (one was smartforce.com I can't remember the other) I just did the three test until I knew all of their questions. I also memorized the IRQ/DMA settings which I forgot about five minutes after taking the test.

I took one part at a time each part took about 10 minutes. Supposedly if you get a question wrong you will get similar questions I don't remember that happening.

I think the best thing to do it just make the appointment and start studying otherwise it's too easy to just keep putting it off.