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A+ Certification Bible
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Author: Ed Tetz, Glen E. Clarke, Joseph Phillips, Angshuman Chakraborti, Meeta Gupta
List Price: $59.99
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ISBN: 0764548107
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (01 August, 2001)
Edition: Hardcover
Sales Rank: 130,958
Average Customer Rating: 3.91 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 2 out of 5
Comprehensive,but poorly edited / rushed
The first edition of this book covers a great deal of subject matter & helped me to catch a couple of 'gotchas' that I otherwise would have missed on the test. However, its poorly edited, non-cohesive, & misleading writing is almost unacceptable considering its purpose is to teach a technical & precise subject. The fact that it has 7 contributing authors comes through in the way it feels as though paragraphs from seperate books were pasted together. Despite 14 editors the number of errors makes me wonder if a draft copy of this book sent to print by accident. Typos I understand but graphics with info that conflicts the text, incorrect answer keys, & questions that were not covered in the text make this book difficult at times. Having to research an answer you were sure was correct just to find out the answer key in the book is wrong is frustrating. Despite this I did find the book useful due to its breadth & method of forcing me to do 'fact-checking'. If you can pick up this book cheap ( got mine for $5 ) and have the time to read through & 'FIX' this book it may be worth it. Excellent coverage of small details & the OS side of the test. Not good for the novice or without a more accurate companion book due to the editing problems.
Rating: 4 out of 5
A two thumbs up book!!!
I ordered this book right after failing the OS part of the A+ test, in spite that I already had planned it, boo. I like this much very much because the chapters are quite short, about 15 to 20 pages each, something that help me keep focus on the subject. It comes with several questions at the beginning and at the end of each chapter, labs and scenarios. Includes nice pictures of peripherals but could've used more in the other chapters given that there are a lot of visual learners out there including myself. The companion CD is kind of ok, I'll give it 3 stars because practice questions are limited, 75 max for some and 10 for others. It contains a couple of different software testing engines but none really provide strong aid for the test. The book only weighs 3lbs which isn't a bother to carry around with you for studying in your spare time. For me it was a pleasure to order and read this book since that a lot of things that weren't explained at length in the A+ Certification Training Guide by Charles J. Brooks(which I also have), were in this book. I strongly recommend this book as preparation for the real thing. I did indeed a good addition to my bookshelf by buying this great book.
Rating: 1 out of 5
First Chapter has mistakes.
I am new into this world of A+, and I picked this book up and read the first chapter. In the first chapter there were a couple mistakes. Not that it mattered much because I figured out what they were talking about. But It made me fear what they would mess up on later in the book, and the way the presented the explinations. They would ask you questions on the review that were not explained in the chapter. I read the chapter 3 times to make sure I did not miss what they were talking about. And needless to say I did not skip a beat. They simply did not explain what they were quizing you on. I know a little about computer repairs. If you are an expeinced computer technincion this book might be ok for you because you could pick up on the mistakes. However if you are new to the field they could confuse you and fill your head with incorrect teachings. Hope this was help full.
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