Cheryl Schmidt

Complete Comptia A+ Guide to PCs

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Cheryl Schmidt's The Complete A+ Guide to PC Repair, Sixth Edition presents the fundamentals of computer desktop and laptop installation, configuration, maintenance, and networking through simple, step-by-step instruction based on CompTIA A+® 2012 Edition objectives. With a focused emphasis on security and customer service skills, this comprehensive computer repair guide introduces the most important tools students need to become professional, customer-friendly technicians using today's technologies. A+® Certification Exam objectives summarize exam topics in an easy-to-use reference at the beginning of the book, so students can quickly locate and review key concepts covered on the exam. Each section is written in building-block fashion, beginning with the simplest concepts, continuing on to more advanced concepts, and creating a solid foundation for understanding new technologies as they arrive. Schmidt provides comprehensive pedagogical tools, many of them unique to this book.

Product Description
Master PC installation, configuration, repair, maintenance, and networking

and fully prepare for the CompTIA A+ 220-801 and 220-802 exams

This unique tutorial and study guide teaches the fundamentals of computer desktop and laptop installation, configuration, maintenance, and networking with thorough instruction built on the CompTIA A+ 220-801 and 220-802 exam objectives. Learn all the skills you need to become a certified professional and customer-friendly technician using today’s tools and technologies.

Every chapter opens with focused learning objectives and lists the exam objectives covered in that chapter. To meet the learning objectives, each chapter includes detailed figures, helpful Tech Tips, explanations of key terms, step-by-step instruction, and complete coverage of every topic. At the end of every chapter are comprehensive assessment tools, including a summary, review questions, labs, activities, and exam tips.

Covers Both 2012 A+ Exams:

A+ 220-801:

• PC Hardware

• Networking

• Laptops

• Printers

• Operational Procedures

A+ 220-802

• Operating Systems

• Security

• Mobile Devices

• Troubleshooting

Learn more quickly and thoroughly with all these study and review tools:

Learning Objectives provide the goals for each chapter

Practical Tech Tips give real-world PC repair knowledge

Soft Skills information and activities in each chapter cover all the tools and skills you need to become a professional, customer-friendly technician in every category

Review Questions, including true/false, multiple choice, matching, fill-in-the-blank, and open-ended questions, assess your knowledge of the learning objectives

More than 125 Lab Exercises enable you to link theory to practical experience

Key Terms identify exam words and phrases associated with each topic

Detailed Glossary clearly defines every key term

Critical Thinking Activities in every chapter take you beyond the facts to complete comprehension of topics

Chapter Summary provides a recap of key concepts

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Features + Benefits

Excellent resource to learn installation, preventative maintenance, networking, security and troubleshooting of PCs preparing you for entry-level IT job roles

Produktdetails

• Verlag: PRENTICE HALL
• Revised
• Seitenzahl: 1008
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 277mm x 224mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 2087g
• ISBN-13: 9780789749765
• ISBN-10: 0789749769
• Artikelnr.: 35564719

Autorenporträt

Cheryl Schmidt is a professor of Network Engineering Technology at Florida State College at Jacksonville. Prior to joining the faculty ranks, she oversaw the LAN and PC support for the college and other organizations. She started her career as an electronics technician in the U.S. Navy. She teaches computer repair and various networking topics, including CCNA, CCNP, VoIP, QoS, and wireless technologies. She has published other works with Pearson, including IP Telephony Using CallManager Express and Routing and Switching in the Enterprise Lab Guide. Cheryl has won awards for teaching and technology, including Outstanding Faculty of the Year, Innovative Teacher of the Year, and Cisco Networking Academy Stand Out Instructor. She has presented at U.S. and international conferences. Cheryl keeps busy maintaining her technical certifications and teaching, but also loves to travel, hike, do all types of puzzles, and read.