A+ Certification Study Materials

[dosjock]

I have made the decision to obtain my A+ certification (after being unemployed twice in 5 years and over 55 years old) to enhance my future employment. I have two study packages. the first is "A+ core & windows/dos exams 1998 with study guide & cd, and practice exams by Syngress Media/Osborne McGraw-Hill, the other is Cram Exam Personal Trainer, book and cd by Jones & Landes, Corolis Press, (1999). Are these materials still applicable, or should I upgrade. I've owned, rebuilt and built pcs since 1985.
Thanks

 

[Platohedron]

well i found a lil site named "passitnow.com"
its got free practice tests for almost every field , including A+ hardware and software.My only issue with them is while the questions test wether you actually know your stuff or not , they are very straight forward, unlike the actual cert questions that are usually situational.

As for as those particular books , im not familiar with them . I get most my info online

 

[glister]

Hi Jock,

First, your books cover the old exam objectives. Visit

http://www.comptia.org/certification/A/objectives.asp

and get a copy of the latest objectives.. Your book is not necessarily out of date, just make sure you cover the new objectives.

Next, send an email to A+ebooks@tcat.net . An autoresponder will send you a link to download Tcat Houser's study guides for the A+ exams. These books are awesome. Get'em. They're free. 500+ pages. PDF format. Tcat is an amazing author with several books out. You'll see what I mean.

Get study guides from Cramsession. They are good.

http://studyguides.cramsession.com/cramsession/comptia/default.asp

Examnotes Study Guide:

http://www.examnotes.net/COMPTIA-certification.html

These will get you started. Come back for more & ask questions... Good Luck!

A+,N+,S+,L+,I+,HTI+,CET,CST,CNST,CNCT,CFOT,CCNT,ACSP,ISA CCST3

 

[bkhendershot]

The online stuff does help a lot, but if you happen to be like me, for whatever reason I seem to learn better from a book. I just obtained my A+ Certification last week, and though I used online resources as well, I purchased Mike Meyers All-In-One A+ Certification Exam Guide from Amazon. I was lucky and found a copy for about $25. If you're looking for a book, I would definitely recommend this one. He explains stuff very clearly, and it includes some good references for both parts of the test!

Best of luck to you on the tests!!

 

[dosjock]

Thanks for the info. looks like I'm on my way.

dosjock

 

[yanqui]

The material you have will have limited information on Windows 98 and nothing on XP or 2000! You'll need to know W2K and it's significantly different from Win 9x. I have a really good book that covers all the stuff I'll need, but I also got my hands on a 1998 edition and it presents stuff differently--good history of DOS, different angles on hardware. Really helps me learn more deeply.