Essential Skills for a Successful IT Career

Written by CompTIA certification and training expert Mike Meyers, this instructive, full-color guide will help you pass the CompTIA A+ Essentials exam and become an expert hardware technician. Mike Meyers' CompTIA A+ Guide: Essentials, third edition is completely up to date with the latest CompTIA A+ standards. Inside, you'll find helpful on-the-job tips, end-of-chapter practice questions, and hundreds of photographs and illustrations.

Covers all CompTIA A+ Essentials exam topics, including:

• Operational procedure
• CPUs and RAM
• CMO's and BIOS settings
• Expansion bus
• Motherboards
• Power supplies
• Hard drives
• Removable media
• Windows 2000, Windows XP, and WIndows Vista
• Input/output ports
• Video cards
• Portable PCs, PDAs, and wireless technologies
• Printers
• Networks
• Security
• Troubleshooting

The CD-ROM features:

• Practice exam for 220-701
• 400+ chapter review questions
• New video introduction to CompTIA A+
• One-hour video training segment
• Mike's favorite PC tools and utilities
• Searchable e-book

Each chapter includes:

• Learning objectives
• Full-color photographs and illustrations
• Real-world examples
• Try This! and Cross Check exercises
• Tech tips, notes, and warnings
• End-of-chapter quizzes and lab projects