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Title: A+ Certification Bible (Bible) by Ed Tetz, Glen E. Clarke, Joseph Phillips, Angshuman Chakraborti, Meeta Gupta, Mridula Parihar, Rashim Mogha ISBN: 0-7645-4810-7 Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.91 (11 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A two thumbs up book!!!
Comment: I ordered this book right after failing the OS part of the A+ test, in spite that I already had planned it, boo. I like this much very much because the chapters are quite short, about 15 to 20 pages each, something that help me keep focus on the subject. It comes with several questions at the beginning and at the end of each chapter, labs and scenarios. Includes nice pictures of peripherals but could've used more in the other chapters given that there are a lot of visual learners out there including myself. The companion CD is kind of ok, I'll give it 3 stars because practice questions are limited, 75 max for some and 10 for others. It contains a couple of different software testing engines but none really provide strong aid for the test. The book only weighs 3lbs which isn't a bother to carry around with you for studying in your spare time. For me it was a pleasure to order and read this book since that a lot of things that weren't explained at length in the A+ Certification Training Guide by Charles J. Brooks(which I also have), were in this book. I strongly recommend this book as preparation for the real thing. I did indeed a good addition to my bookshelf by buying this great book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent breakdown of the exam.
Comment: CompTIA has released the newest version of the A+ exam and it is very important to make sure you stay on top of the objectives in order to ensure you pass both exams on the first go round.
In this 1,150 page book there is seven parts, each part taking a piece of the exams and breaking them down in a manner that makes it understandable and covers the exam objective very well.
From part 1 - Hardware like CPU, motherboards, RAM, CMOS to part2 - installing and configuring hardware, peripherals and portables. Part 3 is the troubleshooting section. While part 4 deals with the OS basics in the areas like commands and file management.
Part5 is the installation and configuration of Windows 9.x, NT Workstation and 2000 Professional followed up with part 6 as the troubleshooting section for the Operating systems. Finally Part 7 - networking. There are labs; review questions step by step instructions and cd with test question using the Boson engine.
Overall I would say the author has put together a real winner.
Rating: 2
Summary: Comprehensive,but poorly edited / rushed
Comment: The first edition of this book covers a great deal of subject matter & helped me to catch a couple of 'gotchas' that I otherwise would have missed on the test. However, its poorly edited, non-cohesive, & misleading writing is almost unacceptable considering its purpose is to teach a technical & precise subject. The fact that it has 7 contributing authors comes through in the way it feels as though paragraphs from seperate books were pasted together. Despite 14 editors the number of errors makes me wonder if a draft copy of this book sent to print by accident. Typos I understand but graphics with info that conflicts the text, incorrect answer keys, & questions that were not covered in the text make this book difficult at times. Having to research an answer you were sure was correct just to find out the answer key in the book is wrong is frustrating. Despite this I did find the book useful due to its breadth & method of forcing me to do 'fact-checking'. If you can pick up this book cheap ( got mine for $5 ) and have the time to read through & 'FIX' this book it may be worth it. Excellent coverage of small details & the OS side of the test. Not good for the novice or without a more accurate companion book due to the editing problems.
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Title: Network+ Certification Bible (With CD-ROM) by Ron Gilster, Joseph Byrne, Trevor Kay, Diane McMichael Gilster, James Russell ISBN: 0764548808 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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Title: A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, 4th Edition by Michael Meyers ISBN: 0072222743 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 15 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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Title: A+ Complete Study Guide, Deluxe Edition by David Groth, Dan Newland ISBN: 0782140521 Publisher: Sybex Inc Pub. Date: 15 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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Title: A+ Certification for Dummies by Ron Gilster ISBN: 0764508121 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 15 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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Title: A+ In Depth (In Depth) by Jean Andrews ISBN: 1592000320 Publisher: Muska & Lipman/Premier-Trade Pub. Date: 30 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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