CompTIA A+ (220-1001) Online Course

About the Course

Are you looking to take the CompTIA A+ Certification (220-1001) exam to kickstart your IT career? Or are you just interested in keeping your home network router from doing that annoying red-blinky-light thing? Whatever your motivation, this course will help you to build a solid foundation in IT in an easy-to-understand way.

Starting with an introduction to CompTIA A+, you’ll delve into the major domains covered in the certification exam. You’ll understand mobile device components and get to grips with networking hardware devices, configuration concepts, and network types. You’ll then work with motherboards, CPU, RAM, and other major hardware components to understand the installation, maintenance, customization, and operation of computers. Once you are comfortable with the assembling and functioning of a local machine, you’ll explore virtualization and cloud computing and get to grips with concepts such as IaaS, SaaS, PaaS, virtual machines, and emulators. Finally, you’ll cover hardware and network troubleshooting and resolve problems using best practices and industry standards.

By the end of this course, you’ll have gained all the knowledge you need to pass the CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1001) exam and the skills to maintain and troubleshoot PC, mobile, and networking devices.

Course Curriculum

All About the CompTIA A+

• Introduction to A+
• What is the CompTIA A+?
• Why get CompTIA A+ Certified?
• What is on the CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1001) Exam?
• How to Pass the CompTIA A+ Exams
• How to Use this Video Course

Safety and Professionalism

• Tools of the Trade
• Troubleshooting Theory

The Visible Computer

• Primary PC Components
• External Connections
• Inside the PC
• What is a Computer?

CPUs

• What is a CPU?
• CPU Speeds and Cores
• Caching
• CPU Sockets
• Installing a CPU
• Liquid Cooling

RAM

• RAM Technology
• RAM Capacity
• RAM Features
• Installing RAM

Firmware

• What is the BIOS?
• POST
• System Setup
• Troubleshooting Firmware

Motherboards

• Form Factors
• Chipsets
• Touring the Motherboard
• Touring the Case
• Installing a Motherboard

Power Supplies

• The Power Supply
• Mounting a Power Supply
• Choosing a Power Supply
• Cooling Your PC
• Troubleshooting Power Supplies
• Troubleshooting Core Components

Mass Storage Technologies

• Introduction to Mass Storage
• Magnetic Disk Drives
• Solid State Drives
• SCSI
• Boot Order

Implementing Mass Storage

• New Installation - First Drive
• RAID
• Hardware RAID
• Mass Storage Troubleshooting

Essential Peripherals

• Optical Media
• USB Standards
• Understanding USB
• Configuring USB
• Thunder and Lightning
• Keyboards and Mice
• Sight and Sound
• Readers and Scanners
• Using Expansion Cards

Building a PC

• The Right PC for the Job

Display Technologies

• Monitor Technologies
• LCD Breakdown
• Graphics Cards and Connections
• Installing a Graphics Card
• Projectors
• Troubleshooting Monitors

Essentials of Networking

• Introduction to Networking
• Hubs vs. Switches
• Hexadecimal
• WANs and Routers
• Cables and Connectors
• Crimping Cables
• Structured Cabling

Local Area Networking

• Introduction to TCP/IP
• Network IDs and Subnet Masks
• Special IP Addresses
• NAT
• Dynamic IP Addressing
• IPv6
• Port Numbers
• TCP, UDP, and ICMP
• Understanding DNS
• Working with DNS
• Windows Naming
• Routers
• Basic Router Configuration
• Advanced Router Configuration
• VLANs
• Network Troubleshooting

Wireless Networking

• Wireless Network Hardware
• Wi-Fi Standards
• Basic WAP Setup
• Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network
• It's a Huge Mesh
• Beyond Wi-Fi
• Troubleshooting Wireless Connections

The Internet

• Beyond the LAN
• Internet Tiers
• Dial-up Connections
• Broadband Connections
• Firewalls and Servers
• FTP
• E-Mail
• Proxy Servers
• Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
• Internet of Things (IoT)

Virtualization

• Understanding Virtualization
• Your First Virtual Machine
• Advanced Virtualization Setup
• Cloud Computing
• Cloud Ownership
• Cloud-Based Applications

Portable Computing

• Laptop Features
• Laptop Hardware Troubleshooting - The Tools
• Laptop Hardware - Core Hardware
• Laptop Hardware - CPU and Motherboard
• Touring Your Laptop Display

Understanding Mobile Devices

• What is a Mobile Device?
• Mobile Connections
• Touring Android
• Touring iOS
• Virtual Reality

Care and Feeding of Mobile Devices

• Maintaining Mobile Devices
• Mobile Devices and E-mail
• Mobile Synchronization

Printers and Multifunction Devices

• Laser Printers
• Inkjet Printers
• Impact Printers
• Thermal Printers
• Installing a Local Printer
• Sharing Printers
• Installing Wireless and Cloud Printers
• Troubleshooting Printers
• 3D Printing

Securing Computers

• Dealing with Threats