CompTIA A+ Certification Accelerated (2009 Edition)

    

Summary:
This ILT Series course, rated 4.9/5.0 in overall quality by ProCert Labs, provides comprehensive training for students who already have some existing knowledge of, and support experience with, networked desktop and notebook computers running Windows 2000 Professional or any Windows XP or Windows Vista operating system. This course will prepare students, at an accelerated pace, for the two exams that make up the A+ certification 2009 Edition: CompTIA A+ Essentials and CompTIA A+ Practical Application. Course manual comes with CertBlaster exam prep software (download).

Duration:
5 Days/Lecture & Lab

Audience:
The target student is anyone with basic computer user skills who is interested in obtaining a job as an IT professional or PC technician. Possible job environments include mobile or corporate settings with a high level of face-to face client interaction, remote-based work environments where client interaction, client training, operating systems, and connectivity issues are emphasized, or settings with limited customer interaction where hardware activities are emphasized. In addition, this course will help prepare students to achieve a CompTIA A+ Certification.

Topics:

• Troubleshooting methodology
• Operating systems
• Electricity and power supplies
• CPUs and motherboards
• The Basic Input/Output System
• Memory systems
• Bus structures
• Expansion cards
• Peripheral connection types
• Data storage devices
• Video output and image input devices
• Printers
• Connecting computers
• Networking computers
• Network troubleshooting
• Portable computers
• Windows management
• Windows monitoring
• Operating system troubleshooting
• Security
• Windows installation and upgrades
• Safety and maintenance
• Appendix A System cases
• Appendix B Binary, octal, and hexadecimal numbering
• Appendix C CompTIA A+ acronyms
• Appendix D Certification exam objectives map

Prerequisites:
Students taking this course should have the following skills: End-user skills with Windows-based personal computers, including the ability to: Browse and search for information on the Internet. Start up and shut down the computer. Log on to a computer and computer network. Run programs. Move, copy, delete, and rename files in Windows Explorer. Basic knowledge of computing concepts, including: The difference between hardware and software, the functions of software components, such as the operating system, applications, and file systems, and the function of a computer network.

Last Update: September 3, 2010