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Summary: A+ All-In One Certification Exam Guide
Review: It works, I passed both CompTIA A+ exams on the first attempt and left the testing center very early.This is not just an exam cram book, it will actually teach you about computers. There are only a few typos. The weak point is the practice questions. You are asked to pay more for extra questions. While the questions that you are given force you to learn, they are not the best exam prep questions. I recommend reading this book cover to cover and then studying the "Brain Dumps" on many peoples web sites. This combination worked for me.
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Summary: Good prep for Core (hardware) portion of A+ exam
Review: This book by Meyers is great for someone who wants a comprehensive guide to computer hardware and how computers work. I passed both A+ exams (Core and Dos/Windows) by a fairly large margin, but saw a lot of questions about material unfamiliar to me in the Core test (when I thought I was well prepared for the Core test by having read most of this book). I believe, having read most of the hardware parts of this text, I was able to guess the correct answers to some of the unusual questions (questions unlike any I had seen in preparation) concerning hardware. For the Windows portion of the A+ exam, I highly recommend Jones's (et. al.) A+ Exam Cram.
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Summary: Excellent book for both the A+ exams and general reference
Review: This book covers the material necessary for the A+ exams in well-written, easy to understand langauge. I did not come across anything in my studying for the exams that was not covered in this book. Other reviewers have said that extra practice tests are necessary, and I agree, but I don't think that takes away from this book's quality. The two A+ tests simply cover too much material (although you only get 20-35 questions, the possibility is still there) for someone to study this huge book and remember everything. I think this book is a great place to start, though, and practice tests are a great way to focus on the specifics for the test and find areas you need to work on again. Once you know what you need to work on, you can come back to the book and focus on those areas. I used this book, practiced on practice tests, and passed both A+ exams easily.
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Summary: The title says it all. This book is All-In-One
Review: First let me say that I've been in the IT field for quite a number of years. But decided that this book would help me with the test. Was I ever right. The test is now adaptive in its testing methods, meaning they start with easy questions and get progressively harder as you answer correctly. Each question has it own difficulty level so its quite possible like in my case, your test may not cover certain areas. But this book will more than prepare you for anything thrown at you. This book certainly did fill in the missing gaps to questions I would have gotten wrong. I strongly recommend memorizing the tables in the book, such as I/O addrs, IRQ settings, etc. These are asked on the test. I would also concentrate alot of Windows 95 for Part 2. In my test there were no Windows 3.1 questions at all, so don't go crazy with it. Even CompTIA says 3.1 is about 10% of the exam but with the adaptive method you may not get any. This book is easy to read for the beginner or to review for a pro. Get the book and pass the exam. It's worth the money.
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Summary: A+ review
Review: This is a plain language, very detailed book that I would recomend for some one who knows nothing about computers. The hardware section goes into all the detail you need to know for the A+ and then some. All the while it is easy to understand even if you are veging. The software section goes into what you will need to know as well, but you will need to pay a little more attention to what he is writing about if you want to pass. I get the impression this guy really knows what he is talking about. A lot of illustrations.
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Summary: It's simply superb
Review: An Excellent book which has great value for your money.
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Summary: No Knowledge to success
Review: I could play games and do word processing. If I had a problem I would reload my computer and start over. I'm retired with such outdated skills and physical disabilities that I was unemployable. Started school at NACC in Burbank,California went to class for ten weeks on weekends, read their texts and then bought A+ Certification before testing. I read it through twice, took both CompTIA core and dos adaptive exams the same morning and passed very comfortably.Without this book to put it together from start to finish I would have had to study longer and harder. My only suggestion is in making the Operating System Architecture section more simplified like it is in A+ Dos/Windows second edition Chapter 3 by David Groth.
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Summary: Where are all the questions?
Review: **Not enough questions on the CD** Its always a little worrying when the front of the cover says that the CD contains hundreds of questions only to find that to get any more than 100 from the CD, you have to pay another $80. The book is comprehensive - but lets face it - with 100 questions it is very poor in terms of practice test.
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Summary: Good book, good service
Review: Hello everyone. I found this book to be very easy to read, especially for beginners. Its print is medium, and the concepts are analogous to real world concepts. It is still very helpful for the more advanced tech. I have not taken A+ yet, but feel better prepared after reading this book. When I had questions about the book I called tech support. To my surpise I spoke with Michael Meyers directly. He is friendly, and very helpful. I would be very open to buying other books authered by Micheal Mayers.
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Summary: A good supplemental resource.
Review: I bought this book to supplement the reading material I was given as part of the A+ course I recently completed. I found the book to be reasonbly thorough in it's coverage of the exam material with a definite objective of teaching the reader about PCs and not solely being an exam prep. As with any book of this nature, the author must make a subjective decision as to what material to cover and in what depth. No exception here. However, as a companion reference source I was very happy with the product and would recommend it as such. I was able to pass both exams on the first attempt with scores in the 90s, but I don't believe this would have been possible if I had relied on a single book.
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