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Comptia A+ Os Exam Tips

Posted by , Dec 5 2005, 12:30 AM in CompTIA A+ Certification

The following is a quick overview of what to study to get you a better grasp of OS exam. It does not cover all topics and is just meant to serve as a pointer. If you are 100% committed to APlus, we highly suggest you visit CompTIA.org A+ section and review the full overview. Also read through the exam overview and syllabus in detail.

* Learn the differences between Win9x, NT, 2000 and XP

* Advantages of command-line tools (management vs. troubleshooting tools)

* Learn the software tools available

* Installation techniques (Attended vs. Unattended)

* Boot Options (safe-mode, multiple operating systems)

* Upgrade considerations

* Plug 'n' Play (previously known as Plug 'n' Pray LOL)

* Communication Protocols (dial-up networking vs. local and wide area networks)

* Wired and Wireless Networking concepts and security

* Disaster prevention and recovery (preventative maintenance/fault tolerance and
backup strategies)

* Printing, Network Printing and Separator pages

* Optimization (memory management and swap/page files)

* Virus Detection, Removal and Recovery - Norton AV, MCAfee, AVG

* How does the software interact with the hardware (more device drivers)



Comments

#1
  adetolu, Feb 2 2006, 07:19 AM

Thats a good one . I'm sure it's gonna help we slow starters.

#2
  Valdipants, Feb 13 2006, 08:51 AM

thanks for the tip i was kind of wondering where to start with the os part of my test studying the hardware is pretty self explnanatory of what you need to learn but th os there is a much broader area of things to learn so thanks again

#3
  reganthony, May 16 2006, 11:21 PM

thanks for the tip it helps a lot

#4
  rafal, Dec 27 2006, 04:25 PM

QUOTE(adetolu @ Feb 2 2006, 07:19 AM)

Thats a good one . I'm sure it's gonna help we slow starters.

thanks

#5
  inite32, Jan 19 2007, 10:31 AM

paper.gif This has put things into perspective for my studying, now to review what it described on this list will help me overall in my preparation, thanx again this is very helpful to me

#6
  UseTheForce, Feb 13 2007, 12:02 PM

I'm pretty familiar with all of that. But I wonder how densely the material is tested. I hope to take the software exam very soon. I've been studying very hard.

#7
  NoSoySauce, Jun 20 2007, 08:58 PM

QUOTE(UseTheForce @ Feb 13 2007, 01:02 PM)

I'm pretty familiar with all of that. But I wonder how densely the material is tested. I hope to take the software exam very soon. I've been studying very hard.




The OS Exam wasn't as easy as I thought. I only studied two days for the HW and passed. I failed the OS with a 495 after 4 days of study. Good luck.

#8
  sblomq24, May 22 2008, 07:26 AM

QUOTE(adetolu @ Feb 2 2006, 11:19 AM)
Thats a good one . I'm sure it's gonna help we slow starters.


I just bought CompTIA A+ Complete Certification Kit"
Quentin Docter; Paperback

has anyone used this book is it any good??

Thanks

#9
  SuthernThang, Jun 4 2008, 02:52 PM

Thanks for the useful tips!

#10
  sipar, Jun 14 2008, 05:12 AM

VERY GOOD INFO .

#11
  CaseyKnighte, Sep 3 2008, 01:16 PM

Thank you for taking the time to do this. Y'all rock.

#12
  Cuda21, Jan 5 2009, 07:40 AM

Well I'm just curious if anybody knows if the tests are adaptive or if there are just a lot of different versions of the tests because when I took the test the first time I barely had any questions pertaining to OS and a lot of questions pertaining to wireless networking and the wireless networking questions kinda kick my butt.

#13
  Cuda21, Jan 5 2009, 07:45 AM

Also I struggled with rushing because the place where I took the test kinda made me nervous. They recorded audio and video of the testing room. You had to empty out your pockets of everything except the locker key they give you and your I.D. and if you wanted to take your coat off you couldn't just put it on the back of your chair you had to log out of the computer and the testing room and put your coat in the locker. I finished the test in a half an hour and I had like 45 minutes to an hour to review my answers and I just rushed out without proof reading my answers and that kinda killed me too cause I answered a couple of questions wrong that I knew the answers to I just hit the wrong answers

#14
  danielmandel, Jul 27 2009, 07:31 PM

thank you

 
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