- Hardcover: 1354 pages
- Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill; 3rd Revised edition edition (31 Mar 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0072126388
- ISBN-13: 978-0072126389
- Product Dimensions: 24.3 x 19.8 x 6.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Publishing Rationale - Building on the success of the first two editions - The first two editions of the A+ Certification Box Set sold over 15,000 units combined! - Revised exam - This edition will focus on the major upcoming revisions of the A+ exams. - CompTIA's A+ continued growth and benefit - As of May, 2000 there are over 180,000 A+ Technicians worldwide. This vendor-neutral certification benefits the employer by maximizing efficiency in recruiting, hiring, and training and the employee by providing transferable skills and a career path. Condensed Outline CompTIA has yet to release exam objectives for the new A+ exams. A beta exam is planned for October, with revised objectives being released in September, and the revisions to the A+ content expected in December of 2000. A revised Table of Contents will be available after objectives have been released by CompTIA. Changes to the A+ exam may include: 1. Elimination of the Windows 3.1 objectives and items 2. Elimination of the Customer Satisfaction objectives and items 3. Developing new test objectives and items for: - Windows 98 - Windows 2000 - Windows NT, version 4.0 - Linux-baseline, elementary information only
From the Back Cover
Buy two and save!
This boxed set includes both the A+ Certification Study Guide, 3rd Edition, its companion CD, and the Test Yourself A+ Certification book at a significant discount.
The Study Guide features:
-100% complete coverage of all official exam objectives for both the Core Hardware and Operating System Technologies exams
-New CertTrainer and ExamSim CBT software with over 220 questions and in-depth answers PLUS CertCam animations that provide expert visual instruction
The Test Yourself book features:
-More than 200 new practice questions
-All answer options with explanations of why the correct choices are right and why the incorrect choices are wrong
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
I used it for my prep. and it was fine(I passed). there are some error answers but not much. I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK EVERY ONE WHO WANTS A+ RESULTY QUICKLY
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Very good Help
19 Feb 2001
Getting the information for the newest exams for A+ is certainly paramount to any person wanting to advance in the IT industry and making sure the information will help you pass is another major concern. So when Osborne put together this package I was pleasantly surprised to find the both exams are covered with more than enough information.
The first book is the major resource for passing both exams. It is broken down into 2 sections, Core hardware and Operating Systems Technologies. The book has ever 200 questions in the book and over 200 questions on the cd-rom. The cd-rom also includes a CBT simulator for even more help.
The other book included in this package is the A+ Test Yourself, with over 200 questions broken down into the two exams. Both books also include practice tests for each exam.
Overall the two-book combination makes one of the best set of study material out there today.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
I Passed And I Used This Book
1 Sep 2001
There are many A+ certification guides to pick from and this was one of the ones I used. Probably no one book or source alone is sufficient to satisfactorily pass the two certification exams, but this book can be one of them. The other one I used was by Mike Meyers, "All In One A+ Certification Exam Guide."
This book is strong in two important areas. First, it is concise, well organized and easy to read and to use for review. Second, the exam sim software on the CD was very good practice for the real tests. For detailed explanations and descriptions, you need to use some other source. But this is the book I used for my final review preparation just before taking the exams.
The reason I cannot give this book a top rating is because there were some very major errors that were just plain wrong in the book. You can use the Windows 98 CD to boot and install the operating system, yet this book states otherwise many times. There were also other errors that I was able to detect because I had thoroghly read Mike Meyers' book. Still, this was a very good review and practice resource.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!!!!!
28 Jun 2001
The A+ Certification book contains a number of errors, is only about 50% complete with CompTIA requirements, and questions on the exam simulator are much much easier than on the real test.
They follow the headings of CompTIA's requirements, but do not provide sufficient information. For example, one test question compared fast paged RAM with another type of RAM. This book only mentions that fast paged RAM exists, but does not include more detail because it is not common enough.
Check the disclaimer if you want to find out how good this book is. It says "McGraw Hill does not guarantee the accuracy, adequacy, or completeness of any information and is not responsible for errors or omissions or the results obtained from use of such information." Of course, this is printed inside the book so you can't see it until you've lost your money.
What is this, a text book or a bloody NOVEL!!!!!
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