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Michael A. Pastore (Author), Bill Karow (Author), Cindy Paape (Author), Randall Thomas (Author), John Glassman (Author)
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0764531662 978-0764531668 November 1, 1998
A+ Certification Study System BeachFront Quizzer 3 Steps to A+ Certification Success Get Ready! Take a diagnostic exam Just pop BeachFront Quizzer into your computer and take a diagnostic sample test. You'll get a list of topics you need to review — complete with chapter references! Or, if you prefer, open the book and do a systematic, chapter-by-chapter review of hardware topics before you try the diagnostic exam. Get Set! Identify trouble spots and practice, practice, practice Set the exam simulations on BeachFront Quizzer to give you extra practice on topics that give you trouble — and even create electronic flash cards for intensive drills. Use the questions, exercises, and hands-on labs in the book to refine your knowledge of each topic. Go! Know for sure when you can pass Use BeachFront Quizzer's amazingly realistic, fully adaptive test simulations to pinpoint exactly when you're ready to pass the exam! The Unique Test Simulation Software that Features:
  • Adaptive testing — Just like the real test, it automatically adjusts the level of difficulty of each question based on your previous responses
  • Integration with book content — Software simulations are mapped to the book, which means that each wrong answer gives you a specific text reference for further study
Question sets differ from BeachFront Quizzer retail product. See Appendix K. The Most Effective Study System! www.idgbooks.com

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A+ Certification Study System presents a unified guide and test demonstration CD-ROM for the A+ certification core exam and the DOS/Windows test.

The text covers all elements of each exam, beginning with processors, memory, and other hardware subsystems before progressing through troubleshooting techniques and the fundamentals of MS-DOS and Windows 95.

Though each chapter concludes with some useful practice questions, this book tends to fail with its sample hardware photographs. They're dark and amateurish, and it's rarely clear what you're supposed to notice--a picture of a whole motherboard labeled "ZIF socket" isn't helpful, and neither is a picture of PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports misidentified as USB ports.

The CD-ROM contains a program called Beachfront Quizzer, which simulates the format of the A+ exams neatly and does a good job of tracking your answers. It's integrated with the text too. When a Quizzer user requests help with a question, the program brings up a quick answer, plus a hyperlinked reference to the relevant chapter of the book text on the disc. It would be better if the hyperlinks led to specific sections of the text rather than requiring the test taker to scroll through a whole chapter.

By the way, the codes you need to unlock Quizzer appear in the "ReadMe First.txt" file in the CD-ROM's BFQUIZ folder. IDG Books should have made this more obvious. --David Wall

About the Author

About the Authors Michael A. Pastore is the president of IBID Publishing, a company specializing in computer training products. An A+ technician and Microsoft Certified Professional, he teaches courses in information systems and is the author of nine previous books. Bill Karow holds an MBA in finance and has worked as a financial analyst and a computer industry analyst. He is currently the manager of systems development for a large entertainment company in Florida.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 936 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley (November 1, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0764531662
  • ISBN-13: 978-0764531668
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,997,833 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Get Certified, September 7, 1999
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We used this book as part of a class. The examples and illustrations are excellent. I just took the exam and passed the core with flying colors. I will be taking the Windows exam soon. It really helped me understand how computers work.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Right to the point, August 2, 1999
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This book was really well organized and provided great explanations and tips on how to pass the exam. I haven't taken the exam yet, but I'm studying this book very hard.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Hardware Explanations, July 19, 1999
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This book provided me some of the best hardware explanations I have encountered. I have bought several IDG books and they just keep getting better and better.
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