| | |  | Remote Access | Home » » » CompTIA A+ Complete Study Guide: Exams 220-701 (Essentials) and 220-702 (Practical Application) | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Updated Coverage Includes Windows 7 TopicsThis study guide includes updated content covering Windows 7 topics which were added to the CompTIA A+ exam in January, 2011. The supplemental content includes additional review questions, additional practice exam questions, and an updated objectives map. Two Exams in One Book! A+ Essentials (220-701) and Practical Application (220-702)Written by a team of industry experts, this unparalleled study guide offers you a systematic approach to preparing for the CompTIA A+ certification, and includes real-world scenarios, hands-on exercises, challenging chapter review questions, plus a CD with Sybex's custom test engine to reinforce all of the concepts you learn. Get full coverage of all of the exam objectives for both the 220-701 and 220-702 exams, Inside this guide you'll learn how to: - Identify and understand PC system components, including motherboards, processors, memory, and cooling systems.
- Identify and understand storage devices, power supplies, display devices, and adapters.
- Install, configure, and troubleshoot desktops, laptops, and portable devices.
- Install, configure, and troubleshoot printers.
- Install and configure operating systems including Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and Windows 7.
- General troubleshooting theory and preventive maintenance.
- Troubleshooting operating systems, hardware, printers, and laptops.
- Install, configure, and troubleshoot networks
- Set up and maintain network security
- Master essential operational procedures for PC technicians
- Communicate professionally with co-workers and clients
Featured on the CD - Over 600 Practice questions
- Six practice tests (3 for the 220-701, and 3 for 220-702)
- Electronic flashcards
- Entire book as a searchable PDF
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file. For Instructors: Teaching supplements are available for this title. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
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15 of 16 found the following review helpful:
 Great Book for 2009 Objectives of A+ 2009 EditionFeb 05, 2010
By Christopher Jones
"Jones"
This book is really great it has everything you need to pass the A+ 2009 Objectives. I took my A+ Test two days about and passed. This book covers alot of stuff that you would see on the test believe me when I tell you this. Make sure if you are taking the A+ 2009 objectives that you know your port numbers and what they are for because the test is going to ask you about this. This book really set the tone for the exam so if you want to pass get this book.
11 of 11 found the following review helpful:
 Well worth the purchase, but lacking in a key area!Dec 16, 2010
By XyA Death Knight
After getting 70% on both of the CompTIA "pretests" (you can find them on the CompTIA website), my brother and I purchased this textbook, read it cover-to-cover in 1 week, then we each took both exams on the same day. Here is my impression of the book:
Pros:
1. I learned A LOT of things from this book. I was very impressed both with what I learned, and just what I didn't know.
2. The book is very well written, IMO, and contains quite a bit of humor for what is otherwise a pretty dry topic.
3. Low Cost (considering I saw courses to learn the same material for $600.00).
4. The electronic media that ships with the book is, IMO, invaluable (copy of book, 26 tests, 2 sets of flash cards).
5. There were repeated questions in the electronic tests. Why is this a Pro? -It turns out that this isn't so different from the actual exams
Cons:
1. Having read the entire book, without skipping a page, I didn't find it very helpful on the Practical Application exam. Neither did my brother. What did help, then? -Some of the information related to the Essentials exam, possibly some of the included electronic media, 4 years of IT experience, and a bucket to catch the bullets we sweat during the exam...
2. I am serious about the above con. There were many questions covering topics that were just completely missing from this book. Maybe it just happened that way due to the question sets we received.
3. To a lesser extent, there were many iterations of repeated material in the book. Sometimes it was reiterating important information, which is good, but, other times it seemed to be literally copy and pasting material to other sections.
Final thoughts: We both passed both exams. I scored a 97% on the Essentials exam and 93% on the Practical Application exam. This book was our only study material... It was well worth it.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Great Study ToolFeb 04, 2010
By Locke Hamilton
"Locke"
I bought this to study for A+ certification, and spent about a month going through and outlining each chapter, memorizing all the material. I then took the practice exams which came with the book. The exams were the only flaw since the questions do not change, so if you take them repeatedly you learn the exams, not the material. I went in to take the actual exam, and it was so much easier than the practice exams. I passed both 220-701 and 220-702 after taking each only a day apart. For my next certification I'm definitely using this series again.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Very useful book, with a few reservations.Jan 28, 2010
By Orchid Tech Services
"Bill"
This is a comprehensive study guide for all of the A+ objectives and helped me pass 220-701 and 220-702 with scores of 855 and 830 respectively. The Exam Essentials and Review Questions included for each chapter are very helpful, and this book will remain useful as a reference guide later. I found the material on networks to be especially useful. However, there are some annoying problems with the book, starting with the repetition. For example, the topic of the Windows Recovery Console is included in three separate places in the book. Why not just include the topic once, and refer to it where needed? The three authors should work to organize and edit the material better and correct conflicts. For example, the System File Checker (SFC) utility is included twice, with very different lists of parameters. It seems the Windows Vista material was added quickly, especially the discussions about Backup, ASR, and System Management, without enough attention to how it differs from XP. Finally, there are some annoying errors in the review questions and in the exams on the included CD. I submitted many errata items to Sybex so hopefully these problems will be corrected in future editions.
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 study guide was good, practice exams were kind of buggyFeb 02, 2010
By j barnes
The book is full of good information. It is more than enough to help you pass the exams(it got me passed them). But, the practice exams and the flash cards had discrepancies. Sometimes they had different terms for the same thing or left out a part of the answer. I also saw questions that told you that you were wrong when in fact you were right(you could tell by clicking the answer button and it would explain the answer in detail but still told you that you were wrong when you picked the right answer). I do think that it is still a good study guide but check the answers to the test questions. If something doesn't feel right then maybe it isn't.
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