Is this material I have enough?

heideggerheidegger Member Posts: 22 ■□□□□□□□□□
in A+
I'm studying Jean Andrews' book on A+ 2006. I also am going to take 2 community college classes for A+. Is this enough? Are the community college classes useful?
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  • royalroyal Member Posts: 3,352 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Welcome to the site! Do you have any prior experience building computers? If so, I would not bother with the community college classes. Most people self study for certification exams. In A+ courses, I'm pretty sure they assist you in the process of building a computer. Of course this depends on where you go. I had a couple of buddies in high school who attended a community college A+ course, and they were both able to build computers and actually keep them. Granted the price of the computer parts were included in the price of the course, but it was pretty cool that they allow the students to take home the first computer they ever build. Now if you have never built a computer before, and have the cash to spend, the A+ courses might be beneficial to you.
    “For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.” - Harry F. Banks
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  • PlantwizPlantwiz Mod Posts: 5,057 Mod
    Experience is most valuable.

    After that regarding exam prep...Objectives then a few sources of material...1 book is not enough IMNSHO
    Plantwiz
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    ***I'll add you can Capitalize the word 'I' to show a little respect for yourself too.

    'i' before 'e' except after 'c'.... weird?
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  • PsychobastardPsychobastard Member Posts: 8 ■□□□□□□□□□
    IMHO, that really depends on the material. When I took my A+ class, I had already purchased the Meyer All-In-One volume. I got the A+ Passport edition while attending along with a K-Force (?) study suite which had books on Core Hardware & OS Support. We barely used the Passport, but did combine it withthe other two books. I used the accompanying study CDROMS A LOT! and I think I barely cracked the Meyers book once I started the class. I mostly used it to veryify things that seemed "light" in the Passport book.

    Generally speaking, the more material the better... to a point. It's easy to go overboard on picking up yet another have-to-have-it to me & never get through half of them. (I think I've about reached that now with my MCDST.) I got as much out o my instructor & his insistance on the "list of lists" methodology as I did from reading four or five different books. If you pick two or three good ones that should suffice. As long as each fills gaps in teh others you'll do great. (The "Lists" thing works by the way, if anyone else is having it pushed by their instructor. I may actually post a thread on nthat.)
    Benjamin Franklin described insanity as performing the same action over and over, expecting a different result. We do that every day. We're software testers.
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