Comptia A+ 1101 Study Notes For The Total Seminars A+ Course

Created with permission these Study Notes follow the Total Seminars CompTIA A+ courses. Detailed notes for each lesson.

What you'll learn

How to pass the CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) exam

How to repair and configure mobile devices

All about hardware: monitors, CPUs, motherboards, hard drives, RAM, and more

Understand what the cloud is and how virtualization works

The skills to be a great IT and computer tech

How to set up and configure basic networks

How to build everything from a basic workstation to an awesome gaming system

How to troubleshoot hardware and network issues

Requirements

There are no specific prerequisites as the course covers all the topics in detail.

A basic familiarity with computers and networks is helpful.

CompTIA recommends having 9-12 months of on-the-job experience before taking the A+ exam. This is recommended but not required.

Description

This course's purpose is to provide students with notes to serve as supplemental material to Total Seminars CompTIA A+ (220-1101) course by Mike Meyers. These notes will help you review the concepts that are discussed that are covered in his course and that are on the exam.Setting your Expectations for this course - What are you getting?I really want to emphasize that this is a course where you are purchasing notes on Mike Meyer's (17.5 hour) TOTAL: CompTIA A+ Certification (220-1101) course (Total Seminars)This is not a course where I will be providing any explanations. Please do not expect this.For explanations, purchase Mike Meyer's video course.For notes/supplemental materials for the video course, purchase this course.Why do you need my notes? How will this help me?For the most part, the topics you'll need to learn for the exam are conceptual, meaning you learn a concept and that's what you'll need to know to answer the questions correctly.The problem is, Mike Meyers's CompTIA A+ 1101 course, which is the best on the market, runs 17.5 hours long. Retaining these concepts without taken extensive notes is a very difficult task.           My notes provide you with….                      Visualizations  - taken directly from Mike Meyers's video course!                      Explanations - written in a efficient way to allow you to quickly recall the informationAnd, for those topics that you just need to (I hate this word so much) memorize, I will provide you with strategies that I've used myself to pass the exam.What's the best way to use my notes?For best results, I highly suggest you…..           Preview: Read through the notes first. (Even a simple scan of the pages is better than not having any preview at all.)           Watch: Watch the videos by Mike Meyers associated with the chapter.           Review: Review the notes again to promote memorization.Reviewing notes is key for recalling concepts, which is exactly what you'll need to do to pass the CompTIA A+ exam.WHAT'S COVERED IN THIS COURSE?Exam Domain 1.0 Mobile Devices - 14%Laptop hardware componentsMobile device types (tables, smart phones, VR headsets, etc)Set up mobile devices (syncing and networking)Exam Domain 2.0 Networking - 20%Networking hardware devices (routers, switches, firewalls, etc)Configure a basic SOHO network (wireless access points, IP addressing, IoT devices, etc)Networking configuration concepts (IPv4 vs. IPv6, DNS, VPNs, etc)Internet connections and network types (cable, DSL, Fiber, LANs, etc)Exam Domain 3.0 Hardware - 27%Cables and connectors (USB, Ethernet, HDMI, Lightning, Thunderbolt, etc)Motherboards, CPUs, power supplies, RAM, hard drives and SSDsPeripherals (printers, monitors, keyboards, microphones, etc)Given a scenario, exploit local host vulnerabilitiesSummarize physical security attacks related to facilitiesGiven a scenario, perform post-exploitation techniquesExam Domain 4.0 Virtualization and Cloud Computing - 12%Cloud computing (IaaS, SaaS, PaaS, elasticity, on-demand cloud services, cloud file storage, etc)Client-side virtualization (virtual machines, emulators, hypervisors)Exam Domain 5.0 Hardware and Network Troubleshooting - 27%Resolve problems with best practices and industry standardsTroubleshoot RAM, motherboards, CPUs, power supplies, hard drives, display issuesTroubleshoot mobile device issues, printers, wired/wireless networksEXAM INFOExam code: 220-1101Max. 90 questions (multiple choice, drag-and-drop, and performance-based)Length of exam: 90 minutesPassing score: 675 (on a scale of 100-900)Exam cost: $232 (get discount vouchers and save go to Total Seminars web site)Languages: English at launch​. German, Japanese, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese and Spanish in 2019.Recommended experience: 9-12 months' hands-on experience in a lab or in the fieldHOW DO I TAKE THE COMPTIA A+ 2019 EXAM?Buy an exam voucher (get your discount voucher at Total Seminars' website), schedule your exam on the Pearson VUE website, then take the exam at a qualifying Pearson VUE testing center. You can take one exam at a time, or schedule to take both exams at the same time.To become fully A+ certified you will need to pass both the 220-1101 and 220-1102 exams.Disclaimer….These study notes follow the Total Seminar TOTAL: CompTIA A+ Certification (220-1101) video course. They are created and posted with permission of Total Seminars, the video course instructor.

Overview

Section 1: CompTIA A+ 1101 Study Notes for the Total Seminars A+ Course

Lecture 1 Best Practices for Learning New Content & How to Use this Course

Lecture 2 Ch 1 - Safety & Professionalism

Lecture 3 Ch 2 - The Visible Computer

Lecture 4 Ch 3 - CPU

Lecture 5 Ch 4 - RAM

Lecture 6 Ch 5 - Firmware

Lecture 7 Ch 6 - Motherboards

Lecture 8 Ch 7 - Power Supply

Lecture 9 Ch 8 - Mass Storage

Lecture 10 Ch 9 - Implementing Mass Storage

Lecture 11 Ch 10 - Essential Peripherals

Lecture 12 Ch 17 - Display Technologies

Lecture 13 Ch 18 - Essentials of Networking

Lecture 14 Ch 19 - Local Area Networking

Lecture 15 Ch 20 - Wireless Networking

Lecture 16 Ch 21 - The Internet

Lecture 17 Ch 22 - Virtualization

Lecture 18 Ch 23 - Portable Computing

Lecture 19 Ch 24 - Mobile Devices

Lecture 20 Ch 25 - Maintaining & Securing Mobile Devices

Lecture 21 Ch 26 - Printers and Multifunction Devices

Anyone looking to take and pass the CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) Certification exam,Anyone who wants to improve their skills as a computer or IT technician,Anyone who wants to learn awesome stuff about PCs, Macs, mobile devices, networking, the cloud, IT security and more