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Summary: Terrific Book! It helped me pass !!!!!
Review: Personally, I don't know why this book received so many bad reviews! I used this book along with the A+ Certification guide by Michael Meyers. I passed the exam on the first attempt. I feel the exam was alot easier than the exams by Microsoft. The book had questions in it that I felt were harder than the actual exam, so I felt very confident during the exam! As with any exam though, don't let yourself be fooled into thinking you can pass with just one book!! Buy this book and the book from Michael Meyers and you won't go wrong!!
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Summary: Don't buy this book - wait for the 2nd edition.
Review: The book has a wide array of errors, some that are not easily caught. This book would be a good choice if it was not for these errors. I would wait until the 2nd edition was printed.
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Summary: Excellent material for a final review.
Review: They key to passing any technical certification exam is to understand the concepts, not just memorize questions. If you have ALREADY STUDIED thoroughly, this book will refine your understanding and help you to be more aware of the objectives COMPTIA expects you to know. But if you pick up this book, memorize the questions without any prior understanding or experience with computing and expect to pass the exam with flying colors, you're wrong. That's not what this book is meant for. If that's what your looking for, check out some the Internet brain-dumps. Otherwise, this book is an EXCELLENT tool if used properly. I studied the second edition of David Groth's A+ Core Module and DOS/ Windows Module. Once I finished, I built a network server from scratch and practiced, practiced, and practiced. Then, I refined my understanding of some of the more subtle details and questions with the A+ Test Yourself Practice Exams by Syngress. I scored 87% and 89% on the Core and DOS/ Windows respectively using this method. Yes, there are some errors, but the Second Edition of this book corrects most of these, and the ones that remain are very minor, and easy to pick out. I recommend this book to any knowledgeable technician who wishes to round out his/ her understanding before taking the exam.
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Summary: NO GOOD. Give me my Money BACK!!
Review: Think of it this way. This book contains just the exact information which you DON'T NEED for the REAL TEST. I failed the test today, but I almost aced all the tests in THIS BOOK.
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Summary: Be very careful.....
Review: This book does have some merit. It did point out some of the things that I did need to study up on... IRQs, I/Os etc... Know them cold! But, it went about it in a manner that really pi***d me off. The manner in which questions needed to be answered was inconsistant. Several times the answer was just "Best Fit, single choice." and others, it was "Select all that apply" with no indications which was which.Overall I just used it as a method of pointing out where my weaknesses were, and you should not rely on it as an accurate representation of the actual exam.
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Summary: Good test of your knowledge, but many errors
Review: This book has only practice exam questions. The format of the book questions is different than the ones on the actual test-all of the questions on these practice exams could have multiple answers, however I found only a few of multiple answer questions on my A+ exam(I passed - 92/90). There are also many errors. The practice exams are actually a good test of your PC knowledge. The questions are slightly different that the ones on the actual test. If you really have a good understanding of PC's then these questions will help you review what may be on the test.
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Summary: Obsolete ? 1998 Edition
Review: This book is a mediocre test prep book churned out for the 1998 test objectives. Since then, the A+ exams have been revamped and rewritten several times over. As of July CompTIA is dumping the adaptive exam structure in favor of linear testing. Given the changes, and the new technology coming down this year (PCI express, Serial ATA, Serial SCSI, etc), I wouldn't recommend this book as a primary study aid.
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Summary: Obsolete ¿ 1998 Edition
Review: This book is a mediocre test prep book churned out for the 1998 test objectives. Since then, the A+ exams have been revamped and rewritten several times over. As of July CompTIA is dumping the adaptive exam structure in favor of linear testing. Given the changes, and the new technology coming down this year (PCI express, Serial ATA, Serial SCSI, etc), I wouldn't recommend this book as a primary study aid.
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Summary: A+
Review: This book is inticulate and has easy to understand questions.The use of this book has shone a light on the easy ways to pass the A+ examination I highly recommend it to other students
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Summary: Stephen King should read it for new ideas in horror!
Review: This book scared me until I found some other practice tests. Questions are badly worded, ambiguous or just wrong! I bought the book and started freaking out because I thought the real test questions would be like these. It was a relief to read the other reviews. I'm setting the book aside and will make certain I come here to read reviews before I spend the $$ on other prep books. I'm taking the test next weekend. I don't think this book has helped. I like the "A+ Certification Guide" by Brooks (though its questions could use some work, too). I've also made good use of my "Upgrading and Repairing PCs" from Que. I'm not sure what the current version is, but my 2nd edition from 1992 is still pretty helpful.
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