A+ Certification Test Prep Kit, DOS/Windows Exam [Paperback]

Ted Chandler Chandler (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Novell Press (1999)
• ISBN-10: 076454571X
• ISBN-13: 978-0764545719
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,056,149 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book needs major work!!, October 16, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: A+ Certification Test Prep Kit, DOS/Windows Exam (Paperback)

...I bought this book and studied it cover to cover. BEWARE!! It has
a lot of typos and mistakes in it. Worst of all, very few of the
questions from the actual A+ Exam (DOS/WIN) were in this book. I
memorized every darn question in this book (probably 200 or so) and
then took the test. Only 1 question from this book was even on the
test!! It was only by the grace of God that I passed it. I had to
guess at 75% of the questions and thought sure that I had failed.
Luckily I hadn't (NO THANKS TO THIS BOOK). I don't know if the test
has had a major revision since this book went to press or what, but
this book will NOT give you an accurate indication of what to expect
on the test. Believe me, I just took the test on October 13th, 2000
and was shocked at how little this book prepared me for it. I don't
know what book to recommend for a study help but I would not recommend
this book to anyone I like, that's for sure. I was really surprised
as a fair amount of people gave this book a good review at the Amazon
site. That must have been before the A+ test went to the
"adaptive" format in July. On page XI of the Preface, this
book states that it gives you "...the closest experience to the
real thing (the test). If you achieve an 80 percent on the practice
exam (in the back of the book).... you're ready to take and ace
CompTIA's DOS/Windows exam." ... I memorized every single
question this book has in it and could ace this books' tests time and
time again. Yet only 1 of the hundreds of questions in this book was
even on the exam! If you buy this book, don't blame me if you fail
the test....

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Outdated, June 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: A+ Certification Test Prep Kit, DOS/Windows Exam (Paperback)

The book was really easy to read and understand. I practiced the tests using the enclosed CD-ROM and was passing every test with 80%-90%. However, when I took the test so many questions seemed foreign. I barely passed with a 70%. I don't know if the test has been updated or the material in this book was outdated?

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent A+ book that comes through where many fall short!, June 8, 2000

By 

Eric Chamberlin (Iowa City, Iowa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A+ Certification Test Prep Kit, DOS/Windows Exam (Paperback)

I am an entry level technician that had to get certified very quickly in order to secure a promotion. I studied for about three months from two other books and a practice test book and was still completely bewildered by the A+ DOS Windows exam. This book really brought things together. (I only wish I'd bought it first!) The books that I WAS studying from -and almost every other book that I saw- really disappointed when it came time to cover DOS/Windows and rightly so, I guess. Its much less intuitive to instruct a novice on the intangibles like win.com, system.ini. WHAT?

Anyways, this book came through wonderfully in its focus on the hot topics as well as the detail. And it did so without reading like an encyclopedia. My only complaint: The cd-rom sample test software from Beachfront Quizzer (which is a great tool) simply didn't have enough questions. But then, they want to make money too.

Oh yeah, another great feature: The WHOLE book comes in Adobe Acrobat format on the CD-ROM! VERY HANDY!

Mr. Chandler: Please write a book or two on Novell certification. That's next.