CompTIA A+® Certification All-In-One For Dummies®, 2nd Edition

B.1. 2009 Examination Objectives

Domain/Objective/Description	E	P	Book-Chapter
1.0 Hardware
1.1 Given a scenario, install, configure, and maintain personal computer components		✓
Storage devices such as HDD (SATA, PATA, Solid state), FDD, Optical drives (CD, DVD, RW, Blu-Ray), Removable, External		✓	2-5
Motherboards, related items such as Jumper settings, CMOS battery, Advanced BIOS settings, Bus speeds, Chipsets, Firmware updates, Socket types, Expansion slots, Memory slots, Front panel connectors, I/O ports (Sound, video, USB 1.1, USB 2.0, serial, IEEE 1394 / Firewire, parallel, NIC, modem, PS/2)		✓	2-1
Power supplies such as Wattages and capacity, Connector types and quantity, Output voltage		✓	2-6
Processors such as Socket types, Speed, Number of cores, Power consumption, Cache, Front side bus, 32bit vs. 64bit		✓	2-2
Memory		✓	2-3
Adapter cards such as Graphics cards, Sound cards, Storage controllers (RAID cards, eSATA cards), I/O cards (Firewire, USB, Parallel, Serial), Wired and wireless network cards, Capture cards (TV, video), Media reader		✓	3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-6
Cooling systems such as Heat sinks, Thermal compound, CPU fans, Case fans		✓	1-4, 2-2
1.2 Given a scenario, detect problems, troubleshoot and repair/replace personal computer components		✓
Storage devices such as HDD (SATA, PATA, Solid state), FDD, Optical drives (CD, DVD, RW, Blu-Ray), Removable, External		✓	2-5
Motherboards, related items such as Jumper settings, CMOS battery, Advanced BIOS settings, Bus speeds, Chipsets, Firmware updates, ...