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CompTIA® A+ Certification
Computing Technology Industry Association

Gaining an entry level position as a PC Engineer and system support professional can lead to superior opportunities within companies in Nepal and rest of the world, especially if you hold the vendor-neutral CompTIA® title awarded by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA®). Job opportunities are waiting and A+ certification gives you an edge over other PC engineer technicians.
 
CompTIA A+ Core Hardware (Exam 220-301)
Core Hardware Paper helps students to properly install, configure, upgrade, troubleshoot and repair micro-computer hardware.

CompTIA A+ Operating Systems Technologies (Exam 220-302)
Operating System paper helps students with essential operating system competencies and basic knowledge Networking with Windows XP/2003.

A+ Certification Course @ NETCOTECH
• A+ Certification and Examination Overview
• Introduction to Computer System
• Motherboard, CPU, Hard Disk, RAM, PSU, CD-Drive, Floppy Drive
• Computer Processors Chipsets and Processor Family
• Computer Hardware Assembly
• Support System Maintenance and Computer Hardware Upgrade
• Creating Partitions and File systems
• Windows Utilities & Third Party Utilities
• Registry Tips and Tricks
• Creating and Managing RAID
• Booting, Start-up Files, and Memory
• MS DOS Commands
• Setup Networking and TCP/IP Networking
• Windows XP Local/Remote/Automated Installation and Configuration
• Windows 2003 Installation and Windows Networking
• Troubleshooting Network Hardware
• Troubleshooting Operating System and Network Protocols
• Linux Fundamental, Installation and Boot Loader Issue
• Fundamentals of Wireless Networking
• IP Addressing, Subneting, Superneting & VLSM
• Assignment & Certification exam

CompTIA® A+ Certification


A+ Certification Core Hardware Exam 220-301

CompTia A+ Certification
A+ Certification Exams Overviews and Course Structure

Motherboards
System Boards, Mother Board Structure and Components Functionally
AT and ATX, Data Transfers—The Bus, Expansion Bus Architecture
Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI), North Bridge and South Bridge
Supplementary Information, Memory Buses, PC Card (PCMCIA)

Memory: Types and Forms
Conceptual Overview, Read-Only Memory (ROM)
Random Access Memory (RAM), Cycles and Frequencies
Cache Memory, Rambus Memory (RDRAM)
Double Data Rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM), Video RAM (VRAM)

Processor Mechanics, IRQs, and DMA
CPU Manufacturing, The Address Bus, Micro Buses, Summary—How CPUs Work
Interrupt Requests (IRQs), Direct Memory Access (DMA), Port IRQs and Addresses

Processors and Chipsets
Original Processors, Third Generation: The 32-Bit 80386
Summary—Original Processors, Fifth Generation: Pentium Processors
The Pentium 4, Mobile "Centrino" Technology, The Core Naming Convention, AMD
Summary—Modern Processors, Chipsets, Slots, and Sockets

Basic Electronics
Analog Versus Digital, Basic Electricity, Circuits, Electronic Components
The Power Supply, Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)

Peripherals: Input Devices
Keyboards, Mice and Trackballs (Pointing Devices), Modems, Scanners
Troubleshooting Input Devices

Peripherals: Storage Devices
Historic Drives, Terminology, Disk Geometry, Tracks, Cylinders, Sectors, and Clusters
Supplementary Information, Summary—Hard Disks, Floppy Disks
The ATA Specification, ATA Modes, The SCSI Specification
Tape Backup Systems, Optical Disks, Flash Memory

Creating and Managing RAID
Computer Management and Disk Management
Different between Basic and Dynamic Disks
Creating Simple Volume, Creating Spanned Volume
Creating RAID 0, Creating RAID 1(Mirror), Creating RAID 5

Creating Partitions and File systems
Introduction to File System, FAT16 File system, FAT32 File System and NTFS File System

Peripherals: Output Devices
Video Displays, Colors: RGB and CMY
VGA, Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs), Monitors, Printers
Windows Networking Windows XP Professional and Windows 2003 Server

Networking Overview
Categories and Types, Ethernet Technology (IEEE-802.3)
Token Ring (IEEE-802.5),Bus and Star Topology, Bridges and Routers

Cables and Connectors
Legacy I/O Interfaces, Parallel (LPT) Ports: 8 Bits Across, Serial (COM) Ports
PS/2, USB, and FireWire Connectors, Back Panel Connectors
Standard Cables. Network Cables and Connectors. Twisted Pair Cables
RJ-11, RJ-45, and Modular Connectors
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CompTIA® A+ Certification


A+ Certification Operating System Exam 220-302

DOS
Operating Systems, The Command Interpreter
COMMAND.COM, The Environment
The Path, DOS Commands
The DIR Command: File Searches
Summary—DOS, Logical Formatting and Partitions: FDISK
FORMAT.COM, File Systems
File Management, DEFRAG.EXE
Filenames, Disk Management
Operating Systems Versus Shells
Batch Files

Booting, Startup Files, and Memory
Booting and System Files
The CONFIG.SYS File and Directives
MSDOS.SYS, Beep Codes, The Bootable Disk, 16-Bit Windows
Initialization (.INI) Files, Memory, Virtual Memory, HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE
Virtual Device Drivers (VxDs), Windows Memory
An Example CONFIG.SYS File

Microsoft Windows
The Windows 9x Registry, Components of the Registry
REGEDIT.EXE, Summary—Windows Registry
Installing Windows 95, 98, Me and XPP
Installation Log Files, Virtual Device Drivers
The Installable File System (IFS) Manager
Windows Me

Overview of LAN, WAN, and MAN
Networking
Introduction to Networks, History of Networks
Different types of Network Technology
LAN (Local Area Network), WAN (Wide Area Network), MAN (Metropolitan Area Networks)
Setting up Local Area Networks, Protocols
User Accounts, Files and Folders Security
Network Card Installation, Setting up Internet in LAN

Windows Installation
Windows Server Installation & Windows XP Installation
Automated Windows 2003 and Windows XP installation
Troubleshooting Installation
Hardware Requirements
Setting up File system, Partitioning HD, Hardware Troubleshooting, Drive Installation
Network Installation, File Sharing
User Configuration, Domain Controller and Domain Environment

XP Professional and Windows 2003 Server
Installing and Configuring Windows XP and Windows 2003
Automated Installation of Windows 2003 and Windows XP

Troubleshooting
Preparing for the Software Module, Startup Function Keys
Boot Problems, Windows Registry Files—Hives
Startup Problems, System Failures
Installation Problems, System Backup and Restore
System Maintenance, The Windows Recovery Console
System Vulnerability, Hardware Problems
Connectivity Problems