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The Ultimate CompTIA A+ Resource Kit
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by Thomson Course Technology and CompTIA Press
Sales Rank: 861221
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Discount: 36 %
$19.95
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Paperback
Publisher: Course Technology PTR; 1 edition November 4, 2005
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1598630881
ISBN-13: 978-1598630886
Product Dimensions:
10.5 x 10 x 2.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 5.3 pounds
Book Description
"The CompTIA Press Essential A+ Resource Kit" provides three ways to prepare and study for the A+ exam - a comprehensive book, handy flashcards, and interactive, computer-based training CDs. The A+ In-Depth book covers both hardware and software including coverage of Windows XP, Windows 200, NT4, and Windows 9X. A grid provides a detailed breakdown of where to find all of the main exam objectives and where they are covered in the book, and the appendix offers a more detailed mapping. Each A+ In-Depth flashcard features and exam-based question one side with the answer on the other, as well as the source chapter within the book where the topic can be found. Finally, the two A+ CBT CDs contain a pre-test and over a thousand test prep questions that provide practice in a simulated environment. This combination of study material and test preparation questions provides a complete resource for exam success. The kit carries the CompTIA Press logo and approval and maps to the 2003 A+ Certification exams, the most current version of the exams.
About The Author
With more than 20,000 members in 102 countries, CompTIA is the leading global IT trade association with influence in all areas of the IT industry worldwide. CompTIA also serves the IT industry as the world's largest developer of vendor-neutral IT certification exams. Experts and industry leaders from the public and private sectors, including training, academia and government work with CompTIA to develop broad-based, foundational exams that validate an individual's IT skill set. This group of experts provides the resources and subject matter expertise necessary to build a vendor-neutral industry-defined exam.
Customer Reviews & Comments
Simply: The book is comprehensive, but poorly arranged. The book is arranged logically if one wants to progress through the book by general topic, but I found it very poorly arranged with respect to the A+ Certification. The A+ test covers very definitive subjects in each of the two tests. A logically arranged book would cover the material on each test in seperate sections rather than mixed into the various chapters of the book. While (almost) all of the information is present, it can be hard to set up study sessions with this guide if you want to approach the tests one at a time. I used other, more logically arranged books to greater effect. Second, the software that comes with the set does not allow you to take a realistic practice test. It isn't that the questions are poorly worded, per se... its just that the practice test does not follow the objectives of the actual tests. When I buy a book designed to help me learn the material necessary to pass, I want a realistic assessment, not someone else's view of what I should know. On the up side, this book does help when you need to reinforce a concept with a different manner of instruction, or when you want to look something up quickly. It covers the material relatively well, even if it is poorly arranged. The resource CDs are great if you don't mind reading from a computer screen... lugging a book that feels like 20 pounds of dead weight can be tiresome. In addition, some of the kits come with discount coupons for the test. Saving 20% on two tests goes a long way towards paying for this kit.
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