:teaching:A+ Certification guides and Helpfull links:teaching:
Exam Cost: $168 each.
Time Allocated: 90 minutes per exam
Total marks: 900
Minimum Pass Marks: 675 for CompTIA A+ Essentials, 700 for CompTIA A+ Practical Application on a scale of 100-900
Number Of Questions: 100 questions per exam.
Helpfull sites
Professor Messer. - http://www.professormesser.com/free-network-plus-training/common-networking-protocols/
This guy has gone through and made up a complete video series on the A+ Networking+ Security+ and Microsoft 70-680 exams. His videos are very in depth and cover basically everything you will need to know for these exams. There broken down into smaller videos to help as well. I found them very useful in filling in gaps and as a quick refresher before the test.
Proprofs.com- http://www.proprofs.com/certification/comptia/a-plus/index.shtml
A great site with lots of resources guides and practice tests
Techexams.net- http://www.techexams.net/technotes/modems.shtml
a great site with alot of information. However the site can be a little hard to navigate without knowing exactly what u want
Passitnow.com- http://www.passitnow.com/studysection.html
great little site with a fair bit of information.
MCMCSE.com http://www.mcmcse.com/comptia/aplus/notes/aplus_essentials.shtml\
good site with lots of resources and information on many other tests and some practice tests as well
Practice Tests / Quizzes
http://www.proprofs.com/certification/comptia/a-plus/exams/index.shtml
http://www.professormesser.com/category/free-a-plus-training/a-plus-pop-quizzes/ basic pop quizzes
http://certification.about.com/od/certifications/l/bl_aplusos1.htm Base OS test
http://certification.about.com/od/apracticeexams/l/bl_apluscore1.htm Core component test
http://www.passitnow.com/aplustests.html great set of tests for both OS and core components
Study Guides/Books
CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide
http://www.amazon.com/CompTIA-Certification-Seventh-220-701-220-702/dp/0071701338/]Amazon.com: CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Seventh Edition (Exams 220-701 & 220-702) (9780071701334): Michael Meyers: Books[/URL]
A very in depth and detailed book
Mike Meyers' CompTIA A+ Certification Passport
http://www.amazon.com/CompTIA-Certification-Passport-220-701-220-702/dp/0071702989/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1302754735&sr=1-3]Amazon.com: Mike Meyers' CompTIA A+ Certification Passport, Fourth Edition (Exams 220-701 & 220-702) (9780071702980): Michael Meyers: Books[/URL]
A very easy to read and cumulative book that covers the whole exam (my personal favorite)
CompTIA A+ Certification All-In-One For Dummies
http://www.amazon.com/CompTIA-Certification-All---One-Dummies/dp/0470487380/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1302754900&sr=1-1]Amazon.com: CompTIA A+ Certification All-In-One For Dummies (9780470487389): Glen E. Clarke, Edward Tetz: Books[/URL]
A very good guide with ALOT of info however its quite a long read pushing over 1000pages
Quick Tips
-A quick note to anyone considering taking this exam make sure you know your legacy components as they are on the exam and tested a fair bit. This seems to be one thing people forget to look at
If anyone has anything to add feel free to let me know i will be updating this constantly as i find new things or get more ideas. If people like this ive got one started for the Networking+ exam as well. Also if anyone has any ideas about the layout of the guide let me know this is my first one.
Exam Cost: $168 each.
Time Allocated: 90 minutes per exam
Total marks: 900
Minimum Pass Marks: 675 for CompTIA A+ Essentials, 700 for CompTIA A+ Practical Application on a scale of 100-900
Number Of Questions: 100 questions per exam.
Helpfull sites
Professor Messer. - http://www.professormesser.com/free-network-plus-training/common-networking-protocols/
This guy has gone through and made up a complete video series on the A+ Networking+ Security+ and Microsoft 70-680 exams. His videos are very in depth and cover basically everything you will need to know for these exams. There broken down into smaller videos to help as well. I found them very useful in filling in gaps and as a quick refresher before the test.
Proprofs.com- http://www.proprofs.com/certification/comptia/a-plus/index.shtml
A great site with lots of resources guides and practice tests
Techexams.net- http://www.techexams.net/technotes/modems.shtml
a great site with alot of information. However the site can be a little hard to navigate without knowing exactly what u want
Passitnow.com- http://www.passitnow.com/studysection.html
great little site with a fair bit of information.
MCMCSE.com http://www.mcmcse.com/comptia/aplus/notes/aplus_essentials.shtml\
good site with lots of resources and information on many other tests and some practice tests as well
Practice Tests / Quizzes
http://www.proprofs.com/certification/comptia/a-plus/exams/index.shtml
http://www.professormesser.com/category/free-a-plus-training/a-plus-pop-quizzes/ basic pop quizzes
http://certification.about.com/od/certifications/l/bl_aplusos1.htm Base OS test
http://certification.about.com/od/apracticeexams/l/bl_apluscore1.htm Core component test
http://www.passitnow.com/aplustests.html great set of tests for both OS and core components
Study Guides/Books
CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide
http://www.amazon.com/CompTIA-Certification-Seventh-220-701-220-702/dp/0071701338/]Amazon.com: CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Seventh Edition (Exams 220-701 & 220-702) (9780071701334): Michael Meyers: Books[/URL]
A very in depth and detailed book
Mike Meyers' CompTIA A+ Certification Passport
http://www.amazon.com/CompTIA-Certification-Passport-220-701-220-702/dp/0071702989/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1302754735&sr=1-3]Amazon.com: Mike Meyers' CompTIA A+ Certification Passport, Fourth Edition (Exams 220-701 & 220-702) (9780071702980): Michael Meyers: Books[/URL]
A very easy to read and cumulative book that covers the whole exam (my personal favorite)
CompTIA A+ Certification All-In-One For Dummies
http://www.amazon.com/CompTIA-Certification-All---One-Dummies/dp/0470487380/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1302754900&sr=1-1]Amazon.com: CompTIA A+ Certification All-In-One For Dummies (9780470487389): Glen E. Clarke, Edward Tetz: Books[/URL]
A very good guide with ALOT of info however its quite a long read pushing over 1000pages
Quick Tips
-A quick note to anyone considering taking this exam make sure you know your legacy components as they are on the exam and tested a fair bit. This seems to be one thing people forget to look at
If anyone has anything to add feel free to let me know i will be updating this constantly as i find new things or get more ideas. If people like this ive got one started for the Networking+ exam as well. Also if anyone has any ideas about the layout of the guide let me know this is my first one.
