Overview
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.
Synopsis
Get ready for the #1 entry-level IT certification exam with these exercises
This handy workbook can be used for pre-test practice, or together with the popular A+ Certification All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies. Either way, it'll boost your test-taking confidence. It's packed with quizzes, hands-on exercises, and troubleshooting scenarios designed to help you conquer the skills you need to pass the certification exam with flying colors! Understand the lingo, grasp the theory, and know you're ready.
- Maintain hardware and peripherals
Troubleshoot BIOS problems
Perform installations and upgrades
Install and remove applications
Configure Internet access and security
Quick refresher explanations
Step-by-step procedures
Hands-on practice exercises
Tear-out Cheat Sheet
A dash of humor and fun
all this on the bonus CD-ROM
- Test engine with additional review questions!
See the CD Appendix for complete system requirements