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A+ Certification: 2009 Exam Objectives Course, Class Outline

(5 days)
Version 2009

Overview
If you are getting ready for a career as an entry-level information technology (IT) professional or personal computer (PC) service technician, the CompTIA® A+® Certification course is the first step in your preparation. The course will build on your existing user-level knowledge and experience with personal computer software and hardware to present fundamental skills and concepts that you will use on the job. In this course, you will acquire the essential skills and information you will need to install, upgrade, repair, configure, troubleshoot, optimize, and perform preventative maintenance of basic personal computer hardware and operating systems.

Course Objective
You will learn to install, upgrade, repair, configure, optimize, troubleshoot, and perform preventative maintenance on basic personal computer hardware and operating systems.

Course Materials
Delivered on 1 GB Flash Memory Drive. 24 Chapters covering all 4 Exams. Many illustrations, drawings, and photographs. Over 1000 Practice Test Questions, crossword puzzles, matching excercises, etc. Notes and highlighting are done directly in the electronic book. In addition, ONLC provides a supplemental paperback book for each student.

Certification Exam
Students who wish to take the A+ Certification exam must schedule and pay for the exam on their own through Peason Vue (a Comptia testing partner).

Target Student
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.

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.The function of a computer network.

Outline

Chapter 1: The A+ Exam, and the 2009 objectives

Chapter 2: The Logical Flow of Information

Chapter 3: The Visual PC w/Exam

Chapter 4: Bits, Bytes, and Megabytes

Chapter 5: Operating Systems w/Exam

Chapter 6: Windows Basic Training w/Exam

Chapter 7: Electricity & Safety w/Exam

Chapter 8: The CPU w/Exam

Chapter 9: RAM w/Exam

Chapter 10: Motherboards & BIOS w/Exam

Chapter 11: The Expansion Bus, IRQs & IO Addresses w/Exam

Chapter 12: Disk Storage, Floppy Disks, CDs, SCSI, and RAID w/Exam

Chapter 13: Video and Sound w/Exam

Chapter 14: Command Line Functions w/Exam

Chapter 15: Windows 2000 Family w/Exam

Chapter 16: Windows XP Family w/Exam

Chapter 17: Windows Vista Family

Chapter 18: Printers, Scanners, PDAs, & Digital Photography

Chapter 19: Portable PCs

Chapter 20: Networking w/Exam

Chapter 20A: TCP/IP

Chapter 20B: TCP/IP and Internet

Chapter 21: Network Security w/Exam

Chapter 22: Windows 7

Chapter 23: Troubleshooting & Customer Service

Chapter 24: Backing Up

Included Exams

1000 Practice Exam Questions in various Multiple Choice Exams
5 Crossword Puzzles
6 Sets of A+ Flash Cards
1 A+ Jeopardy Game

Also Included

• Ongoing email support for each student until they receive the A+ Certification.
• Instructor led online study sessions, as scheduled, for each student until they receive the A+ Certification.

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