
CompTIA A+ 220-901
CompTIA A+ certification validates your understanding of the most common hardware and software technologies in business and certifies the skills necessary to support complex IT infrastructures. CompTIA A+ is a powerful credential that helps open doors of opportunity allowing IT professionals worldwide to begin and accelerate their IT career. The A+ certification is currently held by over 1 million IT professionals worldwide. CompTIA's A+ is the most essential IT certification for establishing an IT career. If you're new to the IT industry, this will help you put your best foot forward. And if you're already an IT professional, the CompTIA A+ certification validates your skills and can help boost your career to new levels and opportunities.Achieving the CompTIA A+ certification requires you to pass two exams, the 220-901 and 220-902 exams.In this course, Mark Long helps you to understand technologies and functionalities that you need to understand to help prepare to successfully take the 220-901 A+ exam. Mark brings over 25 years of real world experience along as he helps you learn what you need to know to prepare for the CompTIA A+ 220-901 exam.
Course content
Welcome and Intro6 lessons
Taking The Exams3 lessons
Exam Preparation3 lessons
Hardware - BIOS7 lessons
Hardware - Motherboards and CPUs18 lessons
- Motherboard Components4:301 credit or ad
- Form Factors5:251 credit or ad
- Expansion Slots6:111 credit or ad
- Installing Expansion Cards6:251 credit or ad
- Managing Device Drivers6:181 credit or ad
- Understanding Chipsets5:291 credit or ad
- Understanding Bus Speeds4:481 credit or ad
- CPU Basics4:151 credit or ad
- Socket Types4:251 credit or ad
- Intel LGA Sockets5:251 credit or ad
- AMD Sockets3:301 credit or ad
- CPU Speeds2:491 credit or ad
- CPU Cores and Cache pt. 14:251 credit or ad
- CPU Cores and Cache pt. 26:451 credit or ad
- Multithreading4:211 credit or ad
- Disable Execute Bit4:181 credit or ad
- CPU Cooling pt. 17:091 credit or ad
- CPU Cooling pt. 26:091 credit or ad
Hardware - RAM7 lessons
Hardware - Devices15 lessons
- Storage Devices3:281 credit or ad
- Storage Capacities1:541 credit or ad
- Hard Drives6:501 credit or ad
- Solid State Drives pt. 14:161 credit or ad
- Solid State Drives pt. 24:301 credit or ad
- Connection Types6:201 credit or ad
- RAID Types7:011 credit or ad
- Display Devices7:021 credit or ad
- Display Connectors3:291 credit or ad
- Display Characteristics6:131 credit or ad
- Analog or Digital5:541 credit or ad
- Multiple Displays4:061 credit or ad
- Display Privacy2:471 credit or ad
- Standard Resolutions4:041 credit or ad
- Aspect Ratios3:061 credit or ad
Networking - Cables7 lessons
Networking - TCP/IP19 lessons
- Hubs, Switches, and Routers7:021 credit or ad
- Geographical Network Types3:501 credit or ad
- Fundamentals of IP Addressing5:071 credit or ad
- Subnet Mask3:051 credit or ad
- Default Gateway5:441 credit or ad
- IP Address Classes2:231 credit or ad
- Advanced TCP/IP Topics6:261 credit or ad
- Understanding Binary6:031 credit or ad
- What is Subnetting?6:101 credit or ad
- Address Types5:391 credit or ad
- Static Addressing4:031 credit or ad
- Fundamentals of DHCP6:041 credit or ad
- APIPA Addresses3:341 credit or ad
- IPv65:521 credit or ad
- IPv6 Addressing4:131 credit or ad
- TCP, UDP, and Ports7:101 credit or ad
- Well Known Port Numbers3:131 credit or ad
- Network and Port Translation pt. 14:491 credit or ad
- Network and Port Translation pt. 23:481 credit or ad