Mike Meyers' A] Certification Passport, Third Edition

by Michael Meyers and Mike Meyers

Book Overview

Written by an industry expert on professional certification, this concise study tool is useful for the A+ certification exam. Containing practice exam software on CD, it focuses on what you need to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072263083
• ISBN13: 9780072263084
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media
• Length: 674 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.8" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

All the best material in one place.

So any interested in COMPTIA certifications, the A+ has undergone a revision and leave it Mike Meyers to once again lead the pack in creating a great prep tool for the exams. The Passport series is great addition to the material needed to pass the exam.If you are looking for the go to book this is not that book, what this book does is cover each objective by giving you a good overview of the material and pointing out the finer details of the exam. The book is made of the person who is in need of material to make sure they have covered everything before taking the exam. The book has over 625 pages filled with explanations and pictures, I think that some of the pictures could have been in color to give the reader a better understanding of the material, but it does not detract form the overall presentation of the information.The book is divided into 2 sections, first is the Core hardware and the second is the Operating Systems. The material is technically accurate and up to date so there is no need to worry about studying the wrong information.There is a cd included has practice exam material for the final preparation tool. Couple this book with Mike Meyers All In One Guide and you have the unbeatable combination. Overall since I have been teaching A+ Mike Meyers is the name to trust and this makes studying a whole easier.

I Just passed both A+ tests - This book REALLY helped!

The Mike Meyers' A+ Certification Passport book is the best one I've read. I purchased four other books and found this one the most helpful. I have other books that were far more exhaustive, yet this one quickly got to the heart of the matter without skimping on the best parts of the material for both tests. I found the Win2k info quite helpful. ONE NOTE: I recommend anyone who takes the A+ certifications (two tests) to not just buy one book. While I found this one the best, different authors focus differently on certain areas. THIS ONE IS THE MOST LOGICALLY laid out book - and all the 'exam tips' - they are great indicators on what areas to really study. I studied this book until I felt VERY familiar with the material and I passed the A+ first time. I found the hardware portion VERY helpful, Because of my previous experience as an NT4 Server sysadmin, I only skim-read the OS portion . What I read in this book of the OS portion (Win2k) was a great help. The hardware portion of this book was fantastic. I highly recommend this book and will also keep it as a reference.

Excellent prep book before taking A+ exam

If you frequent any of the IT forums on the net, you will find that the name of Mike Meyers is often mentioned in the matter of A+. There is a reason why folks and his A+ Passport lends credence to his already impressive line of books. I found the A+ Passport to be an excellent primer before taking the A+ exams. Included with the book is ExamWeb's A+ testing software on a CD. I found the questions to be on the easier side of things so reader's may want to look into finding online testing resources. In A+ Passport, Meyers covers everything you'll need to know for the exams from printers to connector types and IRQs to SCSI. You will be increasing your chances of successfully becoming A+ certified by reading this book. For those breaking into the IT field, also consider picking up Meyer's meatier text, the A+ All-in-One.

Excellent Book!!

I originally bought this book because Paisleyskye or I guess her real name is Tracy wrote it with Mike Meyers and I think she is cool in the forums. I already had the All-In-One book but decided to get this one too.After I got this book, I realized how good it was. I had been expecting just another A+ book, but this is amazing stuff. It's all anyone needs to prepare for the A+ exams. After I got into it, I wound up tossing the All-In-One book to the side and just using this one. The all in one book is very verbose and has too many errors. It was getting confusing.The coverage of hardware and OS in this book is very good. I found the All-In-One book did not cover the OS portion very well, but the A+ Certification Passport covers it completely. Also, the coverage of printers, processors and RAM were very thorough, as was the coverage of motherboard form factors.This book is the ideal book to use for the exams. I think it was a good idea to have a female co-author because it gave a different angle to the book. More women are getting into IT, and this book may give them the confidence to pass the A+ exams.

Meyers never cease to amaze me - a great product once again.

The A+ Exam has changed since I took it about three years ago. Since there is a need for each technician to make sure they are current with exam new books are required. Also if you are in pursuit of the certification it is a good idea to have a book that can help you out to give you that final prep you'll need. Either way this may the book to get a hold of. Mike Meyers is the most respected name in the A+ Certification arena and this is another example of how he has taken the opportunity to help you out. The 500 plus page manual starts of with the Hardware exam covering topics like COM/LPT ports, keyboards, mouse, video, audio, NICs, modems, USB and SCSI. From there you'll covers exam objective like ESD, and Safety, EMI and hazard material, motherboards, power supplies, memory, buses, processors from the Pentium to the Pentium 4, although I think coverage of the older CPU might also be helpful. Different types of RAM such as DRAM, SRAM, EDO and FP, IDE and SCSI hard drives, I/O Addressing, IRQs and finally DMAs. Installation, configuration and troubleshooting, portable, printer and networking round out this section. In the Operating Technologies section DOS, Windows 9.X, NT Workstation and 2000 Professional are given their coverage. Again adding Windows 3.X could only help but does not subtract anything by being left out. Networking and troubleshooting finish out this section as well. There is also a cd included with 2 practice exams and overall this book does cover each objective very well. Used with Mike Meyers All in One Certification guide you may just have the unbeatable combination.