Provides one thousand practice questions and answers and four practice tests for the 220-701 and 220-702 exams.
Don’t let the real test be your first test! Test yourself with 1000+ CompTIA A+ practice exam questions plus four full practice exams on CD!
CompTIA A+ Certification Practice Exams provides you with a battery of more than 1000 practice exam questions that simulate the actual exam questions in content and style. Organized by exam objectives, this book allows you to focus on specific topics and tailor your study to targeted areas of expertise and weakness. The Exam Watch, Notes, Tips, and Warnings elements are included throughout to alert you to information about, and potential pitfalls in, the exams. Six complete practice exams are included, three for the Essentials exam and three for the Practical Application exam. Four of these practice exams are included on the CD in electronic format to simulate an actual timed and graded exam environment.
CompTIA A+ Certification Practice Exams
- Features twice as many practice exam questions as the previous edition—more than 1000 questions in total
- Includes a CD with four entirely new practice exams; CD also features all of the questions included within the book in electronic form
- Contains LearnKey MasterExam software with open- and closed-book exams, timed live exams, and scoring and review modes on the CD
- Supplies detailed answer explanations for all questions
- Serves as the perfect supplement to CompTIA A+ Certification Study Guide, Seventh Edition
Complete coverage of all CompTIA A+ exam objectives:
Personal Computer Components; Motherboards and Processors; Memory, Storage, and Adapters; Power Supplies, Cooling Systems, Display Devices, Cables and Connectors, and Input/Output; Installing and Upgrading PC Components; Troubleshooting, Repair, and Maintenance of PCs; Installing, Configuring, and Optimizing Laptops; Troubleshooting and Preventive Maintenance for Laptops; Operating System Fundamentals; Installing, Configuring, and Upgrading Operating Systems; Disk and File Management; Troubleshooting and Preventive Maintenance for Windows; Using and Supporting Printers; Network Basics; Installing a Small Office / Home Office (SOHO) Network; Troubleshooting Networks; Computer Security Fundamentals; Implementing and Troubleshooting Security; Operational Procedure
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| Introduction |
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1 Personal Computer Components: Motherboards and Processors |
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2 Personal Computer Components: Memory, Storage, and Adapters |
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3 Power Supplies, Cooling Systems, and Input/Output |
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4 Installing and Upgrading PC Components |
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5 Troubleshooting, Repair, and Maintenance of PCs |
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6 Installing, Configuring, and Optimizing Laptops |
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7 Troubleshooting and Preventive Maintenance for Laptops |
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8 Operating System Fundamentals |
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9 Installing, Configuring, and Upgrading Operating Systems |
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10 Disk and File Management |
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11 Troubleshooting and Preventive Maintenance for Windows |
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12 Using and Supporting Printers |
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14 Installing a Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) Network |
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15 Troubleshooting Networks |
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16 Computer Security Fundamentals |
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17 Implementing and Troubleshooting Security |
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19 Practice Exam: Essentials |
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20 Practice Exam: Practical Application |
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Installing and Running MasterExam |
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James Pyles, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, works as a consultant, author, editor, and technical writer. He has written numerous books and articles on IT certifications and has been a contributor to Linux Pro Magazine and Ubuntu User Magazine. James currently works at Keynetics, Inc.
Michael Pastore, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Security+, MCP, has been writing computer books for more than 15 years and has been involved in IT for more than 30 years in roles spanning from network technician to president of an IT training school. He has served as a faculty member at several IT institutes, including the University of Phoenix and DeVry University.
