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Includes Coverage of Windows 7
Start-to-finish A+ preparation from the world’s #1 PC hardware expert, Scott Mueller!
- Master every topic on both new 2011 A+ exams.
- Assess your knowledge and focus your learning.
- Get the practical workplace knowledge you need!
Master every A+ topic!
- Essential concepts and troubleshooting principles
- BIOS and CMOS
- Memory types and characteristics
- I/O ports and multimedia devices
- Video cards and displays
- Motherboards, CPUs, and adapter cards
- Laptop components
- Networking
- Security
- Windows 7, XP, and 2000
- Power supplies and system cooling
- Printers
- Safety and environmental concerns
Test your knowledge, build your confidence, and succeed!
- Packed with visuals to help you learn fast
- Dozens of troubleshooting scenarios
- Real-world A+ prep advice from experts
- Easy-to-use exam preparation task lists
- Do I Know This Already? quizzes help you gauge your knowledge, focus your study, and review the material
DVD Features 2 COMPLETE SAMPLE EXAMS
- Detailed explanations of correct and incorrect answers
- Multiple test modes
- Random questions and order of answers
- Sample videos from CompTIA A+ Cert Kit
Mark Edward Soper has taught computer troubleshooting and other technical subjects since 1992. He is the author of Sams Teach Yourself Windows 7 in 10 Minutes, Absolute Beginner’s Guide to A+ Certification, and many other titles on Windows, networking, and hardware upgrades. He is a CompTIA A+ Certified technician.
Scott Mueller is the PC industry’s most trusted, authoritative hardware expert. He has personally taught PC repair to thousands of pros and enthusiasts. His book, Upgrading and Repairing PCs, has sold more than 2.2 million copies, making him the world’s most successful PC hardware author.
David L. Prowse is a computer network specialist, author, and technical trainer. He has taught CompTIA A+, Network+, and Security+ certification courses to more than 2,000 students, both in the classroom and via the Internet. As a consultant, he installs and secures the latest in computer and networking technology. He has authored and coauthored a number of networking and computer titles for Pearson Education, including CompTIA A+ Exam Cram, Fourth Edition.
About the Author
Mark Edward Soper has been working with PCs since the days of the IBM PC/XT and AT as a sales person, technology advisor, consultant, experimenter, and technology writer. Since 1992, he’s taught thousands of students across the country how to repair, manage, and troubleshoot the hardware, software, operating systems, and firmware inside their PCs. He’s created many versions of his experimental computer known as “FrankenPC” for this and previous books. Mark earned his CompTIA A+ Certification in 1999 and has written two other A+ Certification books covering previous versions of the A+ Certification exams for Que Publishing.
Mark has contributed to many editions of Upgrading and Repairing PCs, working on the 11th through 18th editions, coauthored Upgrading and Repairing Networks, Fifth Edition, and written two books about digital photography, Easy Digital Cameras and The Shot Doctor: The Amateur’s Guide to Taking Great Digital Photos.
In addition, Mark has contributed to Que’s Special Edition Using series on Windows Me, Windows XP, and Windows Vista, Que’s Windows 7 In Depth, contributed to Easy Windows Vista, has written two books about Windows Vista, including Maximum PC Microsoft Windows Vista Exposed and Unleashing Microsoft Windows Vista Media Center, and two books about Windows 7, Easy Microsoft Windows 7 and Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Windows 7 in 10 Minutes.
Mark also stays busy on the Web, posting many blog entries and articles at MaximumPC.com, as well as writing articles for Maximum PC magazine. He has taught A+ Certification and other technology-related subjects at Ivy Tech Community College in Evansville, Indiana.
David L. Prowse is a computer network specialist, author, and technical trainer. As a consultant, he installs and secures the latest in computer and networking technology. Over the past several years, he has authored and co-authored a number of networking and computer titles for Pearson Education. In addition, over the past decade, he has taught CompTIA A+, Network+, and Security+ certification courses to more than 2,000 students, both in the classroom and via the Internet.
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Having a CompTIA A+ certification guide written by this master is the best of both worlds - you have a comprehensive study guide for the certification exams as well as a solid reference book for future use.
The publishers found the only way I could think of to up this ante by combining the talent from two additional experts in the field - Mark Edward Soper and David L. Prowse - to make this book a great pick to anyone that is looking to learn more about computer hardware and / or take the CompTIA certification exam for the 220-701 and 220-702 series exams.
The book covers all the topics in the 220-701 and 220-702 series exams which has been updated to include information on the Windows 7 operating system from Microsoft.
The 18 chapters of the book are succinctly broken down by topic and subject matter.
The chapters include a study feature that I have often recommended to my students. There is a pre-assessment quiz at the beginning of the chapter that allows you to gauge your knowledge of the material being covered in the chapter. If you take the pre-assessment quiz and are able to get a very high score you discover that you already have most of the in-depth knowledge for the subject matter of that chapter. That would allow you to safely gloss over the information in quick review fashion. If you were unable to score very well this would allow you to understand that full study of the material in that chapter would be needed in order to better understand the material. This approach benefits the up and coming student as it allows them to focus on areas with additional study time where they are weak with respect to the material which is a huge time saver. Time is also saved by underscoring the limited need to "cram" an area where they are already proficient.
The DVD that accompanies the book includes 2 complete practice exams that can be executed in different testing modes (study mode and practice exam mode) as well as e-book pages for the glossary and appendixes from the main guide.
The CompTIA A+ Cert Guide (220-701 and 220-702) (2nd Edition) is a "must have" for anyone starting out on a new IT career and / or for anyone that has a need for a solid reference and resource guide for computer hardware.
This book is thoughtfully constructed with appropriate examples and illustrations relevant to the most critical points of the chapter. The authors went so far as to even recommend what to memorize, an effort much overlooked in many Cisco textbooks. In fact, the only real problem I had with the book was the amount of illustrations in each chapter. Although each were pertinent to the text, there didn't seem to be enough of them. Yet aside from this minor trait, the book never failed to impress me with it's breadth of knowledge and easy access to whatever I needed to review. All in all, this is a "can't miss" A+ preparation book, and I highly recommend this to anybody serious, and even not so serious, about improving their standing in the technical field of computer troubleshooting.
In each chapter, the information is broken up with eye-catching tables and diagrams, along with clear photos of hardware and software screen shots. One area of info that I think should be included is margin notation indicating A+ objective topic numbers the text is covering. Sure, the opening of each chapter lists the objectives, but it is unclear, as one reads along, what objective it is that each section of text is covering. This is especially helpful when finishing a practice exam and review of material is needed without reading an entire chapter.
Troubleshooting and step-by-step instructions in the chapters are easily understood and thorough.
The companion DVD was useful. I opened the Flash Player interface without incident, the .pdf-formatted appendices are thorough and the Video Mentor works well by giving screen-captured video instruction, but is only one sample chapter. The link to the InformIT Video Mentor Full DVD shows a different product - the Cert kit which includes online flash cards, A+ Windows simulator, quick reference, and practice test, though the included A+ Cert Guide is by different authors.
I would have preferred to have had this publication when studying for my A+ exam, but that was before the new test and publications.
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