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RPI-Schenectady Academy Support Center Instructor Training Center
Preparing for the A+ June 30, 2015ITC Team
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A+ Prep Agenda Introductions Overview
Exam Objectives
Mapping ITE Curriculum to Exam Objectives
CompTIA Academy
Strategies for Preparing Students
Resources for Preparing Students
Questions
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Introductions
Bernadette O’Brien
James Wozniak
Kevin Shannon
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Academy OverviewCurriculum
Alignment to Industry Certifications
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General Exam Information
BOTH the 220-801 and 220-802 exams must be passed for CompTIA A+ certification
Multiple choice questions as well as a few Performance Based Questions (PBQ)
PBQ Example
Student vouchers are available for the exams via the CompTIA Authorized Partner Program
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Exam Details
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CompTIA A+ Exam Objectives
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220-801 Objective Percentages
Domain Percentage of Examination
PC Hardware 40%
Networking 27%
Laptops 11%
Printers 11%
Operational Procedures 11%
Total 100%
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220-802 Objective Percentages
Domain Percentage of Examination
Operating Systems 33%
Security 22%
Mobile Devices 9%
Troubleshooting 36%
Total 100%
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Alignment to CompTIA A+ Certification
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Resources
Mapping IT Essentials Curriculum to A+ 801 and 802 exams
Available in ITE resources folder on NetSpace
Exam Objectives and Domain Percentages 220-801 Objectives 220-802 Objectives
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Academy OverviewIT Essentials 5.0
12 chapters and chapter exams Approximately 180 hands-on labs and activities 8 Cisco Packet Tracer activities and new mobile operating
system (OS) simulator tool Taught as one year course in HS 1 skills review exam, 1 checkpoint exam, 1 practice final,
1 final exam, 1 skills-based assessment, and 2 practice exams for CompTIA A+ certification
CompTIA Approved Quality Content - aligns with CompTIA A+ certification exams
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Academy OverviewIT Essentials
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CompTIA Academy
How to Join (It is free)
www.comptia.org/academy
Benefits
Academy Pricing on student certification exams - $89 each
A+ (full price $194 each).
Complimentary CompTIA certification exams for instructor
after purchase of $500 worth of vouchers.
Access to CompTIA’s library of research reports, white
papers and webinars.
Posters and marketing materials.
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Strategies to Prepare students
Measureup.com or Testout.com are ideal for students to practice for the A+ exams both in and out of school.
Use the 2 included A+ practice exams in the IT Essentials 5.0 assignments section.
• Have students create study guides based on their individual feedback from the practice tests to help them determine where they should focus.
Use CompTIA A+ certified books that include CDs with practice exams to help expose students to a variety of potential test questions.
Choose a few problems as a daily “Do Now” in the beginning of class.
Make learning fun by giving students white boards with dry erase markers and go through practice tests on a projector where students get points for each correct answer and lose points for incorrect answers.
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Studying Resources
Cisco Networking Academy
Measure Up
Test Out
A+ Complete Study GuideIncludes CD that contains:
• eBook
• Sybex Practice Exams
• Electronic Flash Cards
A+ Authorized Exam CramIncludes CD that contains:
• Cram Sheet PDF
• 2 Complete Practice Exams
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CompTIA A+
Questions or Suggestions??
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Contact Us
Bernadette O’[email protected]
James [email protected]
Kevin [email protected]
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Certiport Representative for potential free trial to measureup.com or other certifications:
Jeff Thayne - [email protected]
A+ Classroom Posterhttp://www.clickonf5.org/3017/poster-computer-hardware/
https://www.uscyberpatriot.org/
http://girlswhocode.com/
https://csp-cs4hs.appspot.com/preview
http://www.avanset.com/
