Examiner™ will help you master all the topics you need to know - including installing, configuring, upgrading diagnosing, troubleshooting and maintaining computers, printers and networking components. In other words just about everything one needs to know to be "good with computers." Even better - passing this exam counts toward A+ certification and also counts toward achieving Microsoft's new MCSA designation. CompTIA organizes their exam objectives into objective domains. Everything is objective and everything is a domain these days. The exam objectives are available from CompTIA web site.

Installation, Configuration and Upgrading (30%)
You should possess the knowledge and skills required "to identify, install, configure, and upgrade microcomputer modules and peripherals, following established basic procedures for system assembly and disassembly of field replaceable modules. "
Know the insides of a typical PC really well. Know how to fix and replace the various components correctly. These include RAM, hard disks, CPUs and power supplies to name a few.

Diagnosing and Troubleshooting (30%)
Diagnosing and Troubleshooting encompasses "knowledge relating to diagnosing and troubleshooting common module problems and system malfunctions. This includes knowledge of the symptoms relating to common problems."
If a processor, memory, mouse, floppy drive, parallel port, etc. is acting up or seems to be down you need to know the ins and outs of these problems and the direction to take to fix them.

Preventive Maintenance (5%)
It's only worth 5 % on the exam but for safety's sake it could be worth your while to know all about "the potential hazards to personnel and equipment when working with lasers, high voltage equipment, ESD, and items that require special disposal procedures that comply with environmental guidelines." You also need to know how to prevent the worst from happening in any computer-related situation.

Motherboard/Processors/ Memory (15%)
In CompTIA's words: "This domain requires knowledge of specific terminology, facts, ways and means of dealing with classifications, categories and principles of motherboards, processors, and memory in microcomputer systems."
Apart from the disks, most of this stuff inside a computer is comprised of green polymers and silicon. The latest, high-quality stuff makes your computer run faster. Become familiar with it all.

Printers (10%)
As per CompTIA "This domain requires knowledge of basic types of printers, basic concepts, and printer components, how they work, how they print onto a page, paper path, care and service techniques, and common problems."
That sounds almost deceptively basic to us. This category can give you some trouble. If you have never heard of charging, writing, developing, image transfer, fusing and drum cleaning in the context of laser printing you will need to do some work. You can't neglect bubble jet or dot matrix printers either.

Basic Networking (10%)
Here you will need to use "basic network concepts and terminology" You must possess the "ability to determine whether a computer is networked." You'll need to know how to swap and configure a network card. And you won't be able to get away with neglecting "the ramifications of repairs when a computer is networked". The scope of this topic is specific to hardware issues on the desktop and connecting it to a network. So the ramifications stay pretty close to home.
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