CompTIA A+ Learning Guides and Test Preparation

I've been practicing for my CompTIA A+ Certification for a long while now, and after a lot of research, and a lot of questions asked, I've found several materials that will greatly help in your chances of successfully passing the A+ exam (701 & 702).

The test itself is pretty hard, especially if you are under prepared, so I highly recommend getting at least some of these materials to keep you more up-to-date, at least enough to pass the exam.

If you are going to get a book to help you study, I highly recommend getting the book titled, "CompTIA A+ 220-701 and 220-702 Exam Cram", which is written by David L. Prowse. This book comes with straight-to-the-point information, and it's not filled with useless filler like many books out there are. To help your learning process, each chapter is followed by sample test questions to better prepare yourself.

Also included is a CD that contains 200 test questions, which is also presented in a straight-forward format. One of the beautiful things about this CD is how the questions are presented. For example, it gives you a question with a few multiple choice answers, and if you don't know the actual answer you can click an option that gives you the answer, and right below the answer is a paragraph or two explaining 'why' it's the write answer. To be honest, this book rocks, and it's greatly increased my sense of security concerning taking the A+ exam. Again, I highly recommend at least checking this one out.

There is a section on the actual CompTIA website that can really help you prepare for your exam.

As stated on the website,

"[These] sample questions are intended to give candidates a general idea of how questions on CompTIA exams are structured."

If you don't do this, you are basically shooting yourself in the foot. This is the organization that runs the exam, it's the organization that controls it, it's the organization that creates the tests. They are giving you test questions just like they are on the actual exam, perhaps not word-for-word, but at least you'll understand and get the feeling of how it will flow. I highly recommend taking these practice exams a few times before taking the actual exam. Remember, only go take the actual exam if you are well prepared, so if you notice yourself not doing to well on the practice exams, do yourself a favor, study more.

There are a lot of expensive videos out there that can help you prepare for the exam. But, on the same token, there are a lot of free videos that can help you as well, and some of those free videos are quite good.

The first person that comes to mind in regards to some truly great preparation videos, is Professor Messer. You can easily sit back, toss on your headphones, grab a soda, and hit play. He doesn't stuff his videos with a bunch of filler, instead it's just like how an actual instructor would present information to you. In other words, it feels like you are actually sitting in the classroom with an instructor explaining various computer components, and so forth. If you want to see his videos, he has an ordered list that you can read on his website. The videos clock in at over 22 hours and 31 minutes combined, and these are spread out over 78 videos.

Again, these are free videos, and you don't have to sign up for a thing to watch them either. You may want to consider this option, especially if you don't want to pay for anything.

This article presents you with three different methods of gaining the necessary knowledge to pass the CompTIA A+ exams. One of them is a book that I highly recommend, Exam Cram, since it's so straight forward and easy to understand. Second, I highly recommend checking out the official website for CompTIA and take their practice tests as well. Lastly, watch the videos by Professor Messer, he goes over a lot of the materials for the A+ examination, and it may help you learn quickly by combining both reading and watching.

CompTIA A+ Exam Preparation - Free Guide