A+: Core Module Study Guide (Certification Study Guide 0)

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Summary: Updated Version does a good job
Review: Besides his propensity to talk about the history of things (which is fun reading), Doug does a great job in outlining things and setting you up. His insight on Printers helped me understand quite a bit.

Rating:
Summary: Updated Version does a good job
Review: Besides his propensity to talk about the history of things (which is fun reading), Doug does a great job in outlining things and setting you up. His insight on Printers helped me understand quite a bit.

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Summary: A GOOD BOOK, BUT ONLY FOR THE EXPERIENCED...
Review: I found this book to be helpful to my taking the A+ exam. I passed on 7/7/98 with only missing two questions between both parts of the exam. The lady at the test center asked me "Are you sure you completed BOTH parts??", probably because I told her I was done in less than 45 minutes. This book had a lot of great info on printer repair, which was where I was lacking. Anyone who reads this as their only test prep should beware, though.. I had A LOT of experience hacking win 9x and DOS before I took the test. You should try to get some other books to cover all your bases. Back when I took the test, more than 75% of the questions covered printer issues, maybe that has changed.....
If you can't run a computer without a GUI, this certification won't help you much anyways......

Rating:
Summary: A GOOD BOOK, BUT ONLY FOR THE EXPERIENCED...
Review: I found this book to be helpful to my taking the A+ exam. I passed on 7/7/98 with only missing two questions between both parts of the exam. The lady at the test center asked me "Are you sure you completed BOTH parts??", probably because I told her I was done in less than 45 minutes. This book had a lot of great info on printer repair, which was where I was lacking. Anyone who reads this as their only test prep should beware, though.. I had A LOT of experience hacking win 9x and DOS before I took the test. You should try to get some other books to cover all your bases. Back when I took the test, more than 75% of the questions covered printer issues, maybe that has changed.....
If you can't run a computer without a GUI, this certification won't help you much anyways......

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Summary: This book needs some work
Review: Overall, an excellent book. But I don't feel that this book alone is good enough to pass the A+ Core exam. The section on the EP print process seems to differ slightly in the terminology used in other A+ Core books. For example, this book says that Step 1 is the "Charging" (Conditioning) whereas other books correctly say that the first step is the "Cleaning". Also, this book is a little light on the Portable Systems topic. And the tests at the end of each chapter are too easy and this may give one a false sense of confidence. I would not use this book as the sole study guide for the A+ Core Exam.

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Summary: A+ instructor says shame on you david groth
Review: The information in this book could be useful if the author had some sort of coherent flow of information. He jumps from one subject to the next, explains simple concepts with complex terminology. And I don't think I've ever seen an A+ text that spends almost 100 pages talking about networking when only 5% of the exam deals with the subject. He spends too much time, in my opinion, explain ancient history when it comes to computers. A technician does not really need to know how an 8088 processor handles its information. And the troubleshooting section deals with DOS! I think he should have saved that for the second book in his 2 part text. If you are thinking about buying this book along with the dos/windows book, please save your money and look elsewhere.

Rating:
Summary: A+ instructor says shame on you david groth
Review: The information in this book could be useful if the author had some sort of coherent flow of information. He jumps from one subject to the next, explains simple concepts with complex terminology. And I don't think I've ever seen an A+ text that spends almost 100 pages talking about networking when only 5% of the exam deals with the subject. He spends too much time, in my opinion, explain ancient history when it comes to computers. A technician does not really need to know how an 8088 processor handles its information. And the troubleshooting section deals with DOS! I think he should have saved that for the second book in his 2 part text. If you are thinking about buying this book along with the dos/windows book, please save your money and look elsewhere.