Product Description: All-in-one guide prepares you for CompTIA's new A+ Certification
Candidates aiming for CompTIA's revised, two-exam A+ Certified Track will find everything they need in this value-packed book. Prepare for the required exam, CompTIA A+ Essentials (220-601), as well as your choice of one of three additional exams focusing on specific job roles--IT Technician (220-602), Remote Support Technician (220-603), or Depot Technician (220-604). This in-depth book prepares you for any or all four exams, with full coverage of all exam objectives. Inside, you'll find:
Comprehensive coverage of all exam objectives for all four exams in a systematic approach, so you can be confident you're getting the instruction you need
Hand-on exercises to reinforce critical skills
Real-world scenarios that show you life beyond the classroom and put what you've learned in the context of actual job roles
Challenging review questions in each chapter to prepare you for exam day
Exam Essentials, a key feature at the end of each chapter that identifies critical areas you must become proficient in before taking the exams
A handy fold-out that maps every official exam objective to the corresponding chapter in the book, so you can track your exam prep objective by objective
Look inside for complete coverage of all exam objectives for all four CompTIA A+ exams.
Featured on the CD
SYBEX TEST ENGINE: Test your knowledge with advanced testing software. Includes all chapter review questions and 8 total practice exams.
ELECTRONIC FLASHCARDS: Reinforce your understanding with flashcards that can run on your PC, Pocket PC, or Palm handheld.
Also on CD, you'll find the entire book in searchable and printable PDF. Study anywhere, any time, and approach the exam with confidence.
Visit www.sybex.com for all of your CompTIA certification needs.
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
PASSED 601 AND 602 EXAMS THE ONLY BOOK I NEEDED TO PASS THE ESENTIALS AND IT TECHNICIAN EXAMS HAPPENED TO BE THIS ONE. QUENTIN DOCTER REALLY TAKES YOU BEYOND A+ CERTIFICATION THROUGHOUT THIS BOOK. LOTS OF PAGES BUT ITS WELL WORTH THE READ. I'M PROUD OF MY ACHIEVEMENT WITH MUCH THANKS TO MR.QUENTIN DOCTER AND CO. SO... WHAT'S THE WAIT? GET THE BOOK NOW!!!!
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Good book but not enough. After about 6 years of procrastination I decided to get my A+ certification even though I have been fixing and building PCs for close to a decade.
I decided to buy this book after I read the reviews here. I studied the book for two weeks and also used the questions in Meyers Sixth Edition book to supplement my studying.
I took the A+ certification exam on August 7th, 2008. I passed both the essentials and IT Tech designation with scores 700/675 and 740/700.
My thoughts on this book? It will only prepare you for about 60% of the exams. This book is outdated as well since the questions asked on the exams were part of the 2007 set of questions. There was new material that wasn't even discussed in the book. If it weren't for my experience with computers I would've failed the test just relying on this book alone.
It's a good easy to read book overall. But don't underestimate the test by relying on this book alone. Go out and read more before you take the test.
Great book for A+! I really like the Sybex books for their lay-out and organization of material as well as a practice test after each chapter to test your knowledge of the subject. There are also two practice tests for each exam (Essentials, IT Technician etc). I would recommend getting this book along with the Exam Cram Practice Questions as the questions are closer to the real exam. If you get both, you will pass both tests with out a problem (like me).
Good general review, could use some improvement I found that this book, combined with the exam cram test questions book, was adequate for passing the test. I passed the essentials exam with a 780, and the 602 test with a 860.
I read the whole book through over the period of a month or two, along with some other online sources and the things I've learned from my classes. I then went back and re-read a few chapters that I felt I needed a little more understanding in.
The author attempts to write the book in a way that makes the material less... boring, by adding in a little bit of light humor and bring "real world" examples into play. But, computer hardware and windows maintenance aren't the most exciting topics, so the book's sometimes boring feel are not entirely the authors fault.
I do have a few gripes about the book. First of all, quite a few times the book just repeats itself- it doesn't add more to the subject, it just repeats what was said in an earlier chapter, word for word. Second of all, a few of the subjects could use a little more information. I found that the security and "soft-skills" chapters in particular were really shallow. Granted, the soft-skills chapters are for the most part common-knowledge. But there could have been a little more meat in there. The security section did a lot of generalizing.
Overall, this book is very helpful in preparing you for the test. Be sure to completely read through the chapters. I would suggest getting some sort of practice test type book as a companion to this one. Read some chapters, take the related practice tests, and study more in-depth on the sections you aren't as comfortable with.
Good luck to you in your pursuit of certification!
Excellent, but a little out dated This is an excellent book, but it has become outdated with the advent of Vista and Windows Server 2008.
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