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For Dummies (Computer/Tech) October 8, 2007
Becoming a certified computer technician can take your career to new heights. Unfortunately, sitting down to take the A+ Certification exam can do the same for your blood pressure—but don’t get your cables in a knot!

A+ Certification Workbook for Dummies gives you everything you need to sharpen your skills and boost your confidence as you prepare for the A+ Certification exam. Reflecting the tone and content of the actual test, this friendly workbook includes hundreds of hands-on exercises, scores of quizzes covering the terms and specifications you’ll need to memorize, and tons of troubleshooting “story problems” that require critical thinking and application of theory.

With A+ Certification Workbook for Dummies, you’ll get practical guidance and helpful tips on answering questions and solving problems in all areas covered on the real exam, including:

  • Protecting yourself and your PC
  • Motherboards and CPUs
  • Memory, BIOS, and CMOS
  • Disk storage
  • Power supplies and portable PCs
  • Ports, cables, and connectors
  • Monitors and adapters
  • Printers
  • Multimedia and input devices

Plus, you’ll get hands-on experience with:

  • Installing and upgrading Windows
  • Files, folders, and command prompts
  • Running and configuring applications
  • System resources and device drivers
  • Optimizing and maintaining Windows
  • Understanding the system files and boot sequences
  • Troubleshooting hardware, bootstrap, startup, and application problems

Bonus CD-ROM includes example files and a test engine with additional review questions!

A+ Certification Workbook for Dummies gives you everything you need to pass the A+ Certification Exam and prove you have what it takes to work in the competitive computer support industry.


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Get ready for the #1 entry-level IT certification exam with these exercises

This handy workbook can be used for pre-test practice, or together with the popular A+ Certification All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies. Either way, it'll boost your test-taking confidence. It's packed with quizzes, hands-on exercises, and troubleshooting scenarios designed to help you conquer the skills you need to pass the certification exam with flying colors! Understand the lingo, grasp the theory, and know you're ready.

Review how to 

  • Maintain hardware and peripherals
  • Troubleshoot BIOS problems

  • Perform installations and upgrades

  • Install and remove applications

  • Configure Internet access and security

All this on the bonus CD-ROM

  • Test engine with additional review questions!

See the CD Appendix for complete system requirements

About the Author

Faithe Wempen, M.A., has passed every version of the A+ exams that have ever been offered. She is the author of over 90 books, including PC Maintenance: Preparing for A+ Certification, A+ Jumpstart, and A+ Fast Pass. She teaches Computer Hardware and Software Architecture at Indiana University/Purdue University in Indianapolis, and she writes and facilitates online courses on PC hardware and software for corporate clients including Hewlett Packard, Sony, and CNET.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 390 pages
  • Publisher: For Dummies (October 8, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0470133953
  • ISBN-13: 978-0470133958
  • Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.1 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #164,270 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Excellent guide book to A+ Certification. Excellent product of knowledge, book reviews networking and security procedures, as well as maintenance and trouble shooting.
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I like this book, it is easy to understand even with a little bit of troubleshooting background, such is what I have. I have only trouble shooted friends and families' computers. Not only does this book and CD give the answers it also tells you why the answer is what it is and I like that.
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Very happy with this purchase. This book was a great help to me in this college class. I highly recommend it.
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