CompTIA A+ Certification Workbook For Dummies

Faithe Wempen

John Wiley & Sons, Oct 8, 2007 - Computers - 390 pages

Becoming a certified computer technician can take your career to new heights. Unfortunately, sitting down to take the A+ Certification exam can do the same for your blood pressure—but don’t get your cables in a knot!

A+ Certification Workbook for Dummies gives you everything you need to sharpen your skills and boost your confidence as you prepare for the A+ Certification exam. Reflecting the tone and content of the actual test, this friendly workbook includes hundreds of hands-on exercises, scores of quizzes covering the terms and specifications you’ll need to memorize, and tons of troubleshooting “story problems” that require critical thinking and application of theory.

With A+ Certification Workbook for Dummies, you’ll get practical guidance and helpful tips on answering questions and solving problems in all areas covered on the real exam, including:

• Protecting yourself and your PC
• Motherboards and CPUs
• Memory, BIOS, and CMOS
• Disk storage
• Power supplies and portable PCs
• Ports, cables, and connectors
• Monitors and adapters
• Printers
• Multimedia and input devices

Plus, you’ll get hands-on experience with:

• Installing and upgrading Windows
• Files, folders, and command prompts
• Running and configuring applications
• System resources and device drivers
• Optimizing and maintaining Windows
• Understanding the system files and boot sequences
• Troubleshooting hardware, bootstrap, startup, and application problems

Bonus CD-ROM includes example files and a test engine with additional review questions!

A+ Certification Workbook for Dummies gives you everything you need to pass the A+ Certification Exam and prove you have what it takes to work in the competitive computer support industry.

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About the author

Faithe Wempen, M.A., has passed every version of the A+ exams that have ever been offered. She is the author of over 90 books, including PC Maintenance: Preparing for A+ Certification, A+ Jumpstart, and A+ Fast Pass. She teaches Computer Hardware and Software Architecture at Indiana University/Purdue University in Indianapolis, and she writes and facilitates online courses on PC hardware and software for corporate clients including Hewlett Packard, Sony, and CNET.

Bibliographic information

• Title: CompTIA A+ Certification Workbook For Dummies; --For dummies
• Author: Faithe Wempen
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2007
• ISBN: 0470133953, 9780470133958
• Length: 390 pages
• Subjects: Computers / Certification Guides / General; Computers / General; Education / General