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CompTIA A+ Certification: Comprehensive, 2009 Edition + CertBlaster, Student Manual with CourseCARDs and Windows 7 Digital Update CompTIA A+ Certification: Comprehensive, 2009 Edition + CertBlaster, Student Manual with CourseCARDs and Windows 7 Digital Update

ISBN-10: 1-4260-2913-6
ISBN-13: 978-1-4260-2913-4
Published: 3/9/2011
Price: $30.00 USD

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Duration:
Five days

Description:
This bundle includes two free CourseCARDs, as well as access to the updates for the Windows 7 exam revisions. The courseware manual and update document provide all the information you'll need to prepare for the current exams, plus the CourseCARDs are handy study aids and quick reference tools.

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CompTIA A+ Certification: Comprehensive, 2009 Edition + CertBlaster, Student Manual (978-1-4260-1860-2)
This ILT Series course, rated 4.9/5.0 in overall quality by ProCert Labs, provides comprehensive training for students who already have some existing knowledge of, and support experience with, networked desktop and notebook computers running Windows 2000 Professional or any Windows XP or Windows Vista operating system. This course will prepare students, at an accelerated pace, for the two exams that make up the A+ certification 2009 Edition: CompTIA A+ Essentials and CompTIA A+ Practical Application. Students will gain the skills and knowledge necessary to perform the following tasks on personal computer hardware and operating systems: installation, PC building, system upgrades, repair, system configuration, troubleshooting, problem diagnosis, and preventative maintenance. Course manual comes with CertBlaster exam prep software (download).


CompTIA A+ Certification: Essentials and Practical Application CourseCARDs, 2009 Editions (978-1-4260-1874-9, 978-1-4260-1875-6)
These CourseCARDs are the perfect companions to your courseware manual. On the Essentials card, an overview of the three parts of a computer—hardware, software and firmware—are highlighted for easy reference. Study the information you need to install, build, upgrade, repair, configure, troubleshoot, and optimize a computer. Then, explore how to diagnose problems and perform preventive maintenance. Use the Practical Application card to study issues with the power supply, BIOS, system resources, memory, expansion cards, and CPU. Cover operating systems, Windows updates, Registry, and Windows diagnostics topics. Then, explore other subjects like printers, networking, disk configuration and maintenance, and the Windows Backup utility.

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Table Of Contents:
Unit 1: Troubleshooting methodology
Topic A: Troubleshooting models
Topic B: Professionalism

Unit 2: Operating systems
Topic A: Operating system fundamentals
Topic B: Directory management
Topic C: File management
Topic D: File and folder permissions

Unit 3: Electricity and power supplies
Topic A: Electrical safety
Topic B: Power supplies
Topic C: Power supply troubleshooting

Unit 4: CPUs and motherboards
Topic A: Central processing units
Topic B: Cooling techniques
Topic C: Motherboards
Topic D: Motherboard and CPU troubleshooting

Unit 5: The Basic Input/Output System
Topic A: The BIOS and CMOS
Topic B: The POST and boot processes

Unit 6: Memory systems
Topic A: Memory
Topic B: Memory packaging
Topic C: Memory installation
Topic D: Memory monitoring
Topic E: Memory troubleshooting

Unit 7: Bus structures
Topic A: Buses
Topic B: The PCI bus
Topic C: Video buses

Unit 8: Expansion cards
Topic A: Video cards
Topic B: Sound cards
Topic C: Internal modems
Topic D: Expansion card troubleshooting

Unit 9: Peripheral connection types
Topic A: Serial and parallel connections
Topic B: PS/2 connections
Topic C: USB connections
Topic D: FireWire connections
Topic E: Multimedia connections
Topic F: Troubleshooting peripheral connections

Unit 10: Data storage devices
Topic A: Drive adapters
Topic B: Hard drives
Topic C: Optical drives
Topic D: Removable storage devices
Topic E: Drive maintenance
Topic F: Storage device troubleshooting

Unit 11: Video output and image input devices
Topic A: Monitors
Topic B: Scanners and cameras

Unit 12: Printers
Topic A: Printing technologies
Topic B: Printer installation
Topic C: Printer optimization and maintenance
Topic D: Printer troubleshooting

Unit 13: Connecting computers
Topic A: Networking concepts
Topic B: Wired network connections
Topic C: Basic internetworking devices

Unit 14: Networking computers
Topic A: Addressing
Topic B: Client configuration

Unit 15: Network troubleshooting
Topic A: Troubleshooting basics
Topic B: Troubleshooting the network

Unit 16: Portable computers
Topic A: Notebook computers
Topic B: Configuration
Topic C: Component replacement
Topic D: Notebook issues

Unit 17: Windows management
Topic A: System management
Topic B: Task Scheduler
Topic C: Resource management
Topic D: Remote management

Unit 18: Windows monitoring
Topic A: Monitoring
Topic B: System performance
Topic C: Backup and restore

Unit 19: Operating system troubleshooting
Topic A: Windows startup
Topic B: System troubleshooting

Unit 20: Security
Topic A: Operating system security
Topic B: Windows Encrypted File System
Topic C: Security hardware
Topic D: Common security threats
Topic E: The human aspects of security

Unit 21: Windows installation and upgrades
Topic A: Windows installation
Topic B: Upgrades

Unit 22: Safety and maintenance
Topic A: Safety and hazards
Topic B: Computer maintenance
Topic C: Safe work practices
Topic D: Disposing of computer equipment

Appendix A: System cases
Topic A: System cases

Appendix B: Binary, octal, and hexadecimal numbering
Topic A: Count like a computer

Appendix C: CompTIA A+ acronyms

Appendix D: Certification exam objectives map