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MICROCOMPUTER TECHNICIAN (A+ Core Hardware)

This course prepares you for Comptia's A+ Core-Hardware Exam (# 220-201)

It consists of the following modules (e.g. Computer Fundamentals) and lessons (e.g. History of Computing)

  1. COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS
    1. History of Computing - (optional)
    2. Computer Terminology
    3. Parts of a Computer
    4. How Computers Work
    5. Binary and Hex Numbers

  2. MICROCOMPUTERS
    1. Safety
    2. Troubleshooting
    3. Customer Service
    4. A Technician's Tools
    5. History of Microprocessors
    6. The System Board
    7. The Expansion Bus
    8. Devices and the Boot Process
    9. Configuration Concepts
    10. Memory
    11. Storage Media
    12. Disk Types and Interfaces
    13. Video Display
    14. Input and Output
    15. Connector Types
    16. Disassembly
    17. Reassembly
    18. Viruses
    19. Printers
    20. The EP Printing Process
    21. Servicing Laser Printers
    22. Other Printers

  3. NETWORKING
    1. Terminology
    2. Technology
    3. Getting Connected
    4. Network Structures
    5. Network Communications
    6. Network Types
    7. Network Storage Systems
    8. Putting it Together

  4. CORE-HARDWARE EXAM SIMULATION

I WANT TO REGISTER TO TAKE THIS COURSE!

HOW MUCH WILL IT COST TO TAKE THIS COURSE?

  • This course will give you the knowledge necessary to pass the A+ Core-Hardware exam ONLY!
  • We have separated the A+ course into TWO separate courses, one for each of the new COMPTIA exams.
  • This course consists of 3 Modules (each with one of our exams) and 1 Simulation Exam
  • You MUST pass a module exam before you can continue on to the next module
  • Each Module (or subject) consists of 5 to 30 Lessons (each with a test)
  • Each Lesson consists of 5 to 30 Screen Pages of information
  • Each Lesson consists of the teaching of the necessary material, and a Lesson Test
  • You MUST pass the lesson test before you can continue on to the next lesson
  • Each Lesson should take the average student between one half hour and three hours to complete
  • ONLY after the completion of ALL of the Modules will you be alowed to take the SIMULATION EXAM
  • To receive a Certification of Completion from FACT, you will have to pass our exam
For an up to date price of the TWO A+ exams, and information on the exam specifications, please check out the website of The Computing Technology Industry Association (COMPTIA). All money for THEIR exams is paid to one of their testing centres (which will probably be Sylvan Prometric or Virtual University Enterprises).

The A+ exams can NOT be done online. You must go to a registered test centre to take each exam.

We receive NO remuneration for any exams that you take.

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