A+ Certification Study Guide

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 561 pages
• Published by: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Edition: 4th Edition April 23, 2002
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0072222794
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0072222791
• Book Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.3 x 1.8 inches
• Weighs: 3 pounds

Product Description
The only classroom-based training and self-assessment system! Osborne's A+ Certification Study Guide, Fourth Edition provides 100% complete coverage of all objectives for both the core hardware and operating systems exams. Based on 300,000+ hours of IT training experience, the book contains hundreds of practice exam questions and hands-on exercises. The CD-ROM features full practice exam software with interactive tutorials and lab simulations, plus an adaptive test engine.

Book Info
Provides 100% complete coverage of all objectives for both the core hardware and operating systems exams. CD-ROM features full practice exam software with interactive tutorials and lab simulations, plus an adaptive test engine.

Reader Reviews
For the record, I did pass both of the A+ exams, using just this book, but looking back, this book did have a couple glaring problems that costed 1 star each. If you are taking the hardware exam, this book is actually quite useful, but for the OS exam, you must take it with a grain of salt. The first problem with this book were the test questions. The types of questions asked by the A+ exam were quite different than the ones asked at the end of each chapter in this book, so while the questions can help you remember important information, don't expect the test to be like what you see in the book. The second, and more glaring problem was the fact that the OS exam chapters were much lighter in content than the chapters devoted to the hardware exam. TO give you an idea, the hardware exam has 7 chapters in this book, but the OS exam has 4 chapters. After studying for both exams vigorously, I passed the hardware exam with flying colors, but I failed teh OS exam. There were questions on the exam dealing with content that was totally absent from the book (NT stuff, some troubleshooting stuff, and some networking stuff). I had to study for the exam even harder using this book, and even then I barely passed for the same reason: some stuff just wasn't covered in this book. To the credit of the authors though, the hardware exam portion of this book is excellent. They cover quite a bit of useful content, and the CD that comes with the book really helps with this exam too. I think this book can be used as a good reference for PC hardware and troubleshooting even if you finished the A+ exam. In summary, the book was lop-sided in coverage and the test questions could be formatted differently, but as far as the hardware exam goes, this book was great. For the OS exam, try looking at other resources. Comment | | (Report this)