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Summary: A good book for sharpening your knowledge before the tests.
Review: I used this book after reading David Groth's A+ Complete Study Guide to prep for both tests. You do not want to go with this book alone unless you have some good prior experience but I highly recommend it for your last cram. It helped me alot with the core test and some with the Windows test (I scored 95 on Core and 89 on Windows). Your best help with the Windows side is to have experience with the program itself! I did not have any prior computer experience except as a casual user so if I can Certify so can you!! STUDY!
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Summary: Great Choice for the A+ exam review.
Review: This exam cram guide proved extremely beneficial in preparation for the COMPTIA A+ exam. It provides a guide to what items to memorize and provides alert notices throughout about what may appear on the exam. I found it was on target in many cases. It has a comprehensive exam questions with answers in the final chapter. It also has review test at the end of each chapter. It was beneficial in helping me pass the COMPTIA Exam with an overall score of 81%.
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Summary: Helped me to pass the exams first try.
Review: A+ Exam Cram, along with Exam Cram's Flash Cards and its Practice Tests book, helped me to pass both exams on the first try. I have no experience in the field, only schooling. Both scores were in the high 70's. I feel that I would have done much better on the exams if I had studied the A+ Exam Prep book also, which goes into more detail and has hands-on projects for those with no experience. I would highly recommend using both the A+ Exam Cram and Exam Prep, along with the Flash Cards and Practice Tests if you want a high score, but if you are happy with the 70's, then Exam Cram along with its flash cards and practice tests will do.
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Summary: This book got the job done.
Review: I was really looking for a good book to fill in the gaps in my knowledge, this book was it. It wasn't too long or filled with alot of useless content. There are a few subjects that weren't on the exam, but I think they were important so that you got a grasp of the subject. I give this book credit for helping me to pass my Core and Dos/Windows tests on the first try. It is definitely money well spent.
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Summary: Very helpful book for studying A+ exams
Review: Reading this book and going through the CD which came with the A+ Exam Prep book, and after reading some printout material from the internet, I had enough to pass the tests easily. Lot of useful information on this book.
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Summary: The Words Bounce Off Yout Head
Review: Yuck, this book left a bad taste in my mouth. I was using it as a second source of information but I was totally disapointed. The Orginazation in this book is crap, I'm trying to find out important files for dos and I get a freakin 3 page thing of the history of DOS. I thought it was suppose to be a cram! On one page I found a paragrah on the "any key", and how this means you can hit any key to go on. Yeah like that's going to be on the test. Comlete Waste of Time, get A+ for Dummies, a whole lot better organized without all the crap you dont need to know.
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Summary: So-so.
Review: A decent, if a little outdated, overview that glosses over some concepts, and provides too much details on others. Best used as a second source to something like the superior A+ Certification Guide by Mike Myers..
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Summary: This is the book my school uses to teach A+ classes.
Review: This is the book I was given at the school I am about to attend to do my A+ Certification course. I was very much taken aback when I saw all the negative comments about A+ Exam Cram book, because I was assured that this is one of the best tutorials in the field. I will also be doing the MCSE as soon as I complete the A+, and I will be doing a thorough research on the books used for those classes. Believe me, I am in this for success and only the best will do.
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Summary: Use this book as a second point-of-reference.....
Review: I don't know what all of the fuss is about. This is a great book. If you are just beginning on the road to A+ certification, this should NOT be your only study guide. Use a good combination of books, such as: A+ For Dummies (good introduction), then A+ Certification by Mike Myers (very in-depth), then Exam Cram.Exam Cram was the best of the 3 when it comes to DOS, Windows 3.x, and Windows 95 information. Almost 75% of the book was on MS Operating Systems, which is where I needed alot of help. I ended up making a 91 Core and 89 Windows, and I feel that Exam Cram is almost totally responsible for my success.
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Summary: An average publication
Review: I used this book to prepare for my A+ exam. I went intopreparation with almost 10 years of experience behind me; once I satdown to take the test, I'm glad I had that experience, as there were questions on the exam that I did not recall seeing covered in this book. Also, the errors in the book were disappointing. An exam preparation guide should be proofed carefully to eliminate such errors. All in all, it wasn't a horrible book, but it could have been better.
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