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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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NOTE This book uses the term “personal computer” and the initials “PC”

generically to refer to any kind of personal computing device. PCs here mean

things that techs interact with, can set up, and repair.

This book teaches you everything you need to know to become a great

tech. It might seem like a lot of information at first, but I’ll show you how

each system functions and interacts, so you learn the patterns they all follow.

At some point in the process of reading this book and working on computers,

it will all click into place. You’ve got this!

Along the way, you’ll pick up credentials that prove your skill to

employers and clients. The rest of this chapter explains those credentials and

the steps you need to take to gain them.

CompTIA A+ Certification

Nearly every profession has some criteria that you must meet to show your

competence and ability to perform at a certain level. Although the way this

works varies widely from one profession to another, all of them will at some

point make you take an exam or series of exams. Passing these exams proves

that you have the necessary skills to work at a certain level in your

profession, whether you’re an aspiring plumber, teacher, barber, or lawyer.

If you successfully pass these exams, the organization that administers

them grants you certification. You receive some piece of paper or pin or

membership card that you can show to potential clients or employers. This

certification gives those potential clients or employers a level of confidence

that you can do what you say you can do. Without this certification, either

you will not find suitable work in that profession or no one will trust you to

do the work.

Modern PC techs attain the CompTIA A+ certification, the essential

credential that shows competence in the modern field of information

technology (IT), a fancy way of saying computing technology plus all the

other stuff needed to connect and support computers. CompTIA A+ is an

industry-wide, vendor-neutral certification program developed and sponsored

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