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CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1102) Cert Prep

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Course Description

Overview

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Practice your skills and get ready to tackle the CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1102) certification exam.

Syllabus

All about the CompTIA A+
  • What is the CompTIA A+?
  • Why get CompTIA A+ certified?
  • How to take the A+ exam
  • What's on the CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1101) exam?
  • How to pass the CompTIA A+ exams
  • How to use this video course
1. Safety and Professionalism
  • Professional communication: Part 1
  • Professional communication: Part 2
  • Dealing with difficult customers
  • Physical safety
2. The Visible Computer
  • Common safety procedures
  • What is an operating system?
  • Users and super users
  • Why Windows?
  • Touring Windows 10 and 11
  • Touring macOS
  • Touring Linux OS
3. Power Supplies
  • Power protection
4. Mass Storage Technologies
  • Boot order
5. Implementing Mass Storage
  • Understanding partitioning
  • MBR partitioning
  • GPT partitioning
  • Understanding file systems
  • Popular file systems
  • Formatting in action
  • Dynamic disks
  • New installation: First drive
  • Software RAID in storage spaces
  • Encrypting mass storage
  • Maintaining storage disks
6. Essential Peripherals
  • Understanding USB
  • Webcams and video conferencing
7. Installing and Upgrading Operating Systems
  • Windows 10 editions and features
  • Windows 11 editions and features
  • Boot from everything
  • Installing and upgrading Windows 10
  • Post-installation tasks
  • Installing and updating Linux
  • Upgrading macOS
8. Working with Operating Systems
  • The Task Manager
  • The Control Panel
  • Windows settings
  • MMC and additional tools
  • What is the Registry?
  • macOS core tools
9. Users, Groups, and Permissions
  • Introduction to users and groups
  • Managing users and groups
  • NTFS permissions
  • Linux and macOS permissions
  • File explorer
  • Sharing resources
  • Security policies
10. Maintaining and Optimizing Operating Systems
  • Maintaining Windows
  • Maintaining macOS
  • Maintaining Linux
  • Working with applications
  • Backing up your data in Windows
  • Backing up your data in Linux and macOS
11. Working with the Command-Line Interface
  • Understanding the CLI
  • Navigating the CLI
  • Working with folders
  • Working with files
  • Working with drives
  • Super copy commands
  • Command-line permissions
  • Advanced Windows commands
  • Advanced Linux commands
  • Introduction to scripting
  • Interpreted languages
  • Scripting and the terminal
12. Troubleshooting Operating Systems
  • Windows Recovery Environment
  • Advanced Windows start-up options
  • Troubleshooting boot problems
  • Troubleshooting at the GUI
  • Troubleshooting applications
  • Kernel panic
13. Local Area Networking
  • Introduction to TCP/IP
  • Network IDs and subnet masks
  • Special IP addresses
  • Network address translation (NAT)
  • Dynamic IP addressing
  • Working with connections
  • Understanding DNS
  • Working with DNS
  • Windows naming
  • Working with workgroups
  • Working with active directory
  • Windows sharing with macOS and Linux
  • The net command
  • Routers
  • Basic router configuration
  • Firewall configuration
  • Windows firewall
  • Port forwarding
  • Advanced router configuration
  • Virtual LANs (VLANs)
14. Wireless Networking
  • Basic setup
  • Wireless encryption
  • Connecting to a Wi-Fi network
  • Enterprise wireless
  • Troubleshooting wireless connections
15. The Internet
  • Telnet and SSH
  • Remote desktop connections
  • The World Wide Web
  • File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
  • Proxy servers
  • Virtual private networks (VPNs)
  • Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Troubleshooting internet connections: Part 1
  • Browser security
16. Portable Computing
  • Power management
17. Mobile Devices
  • Touring Android
  • Touring iOS
  • Virtual reality
18. Maintaining and Securing Mobile Devices
  • Maintaining mobile devices
  • Mobile devices and email
  • Mobile device security
  • Mobile device troubleshooting
19. Securing Computers
  • Threats
  • Dealing with threats
  • Physical security
  • Passwords and authentication
  • Multifactor authentication (MFA)
  • Malware
  • Anti-malware
  • Social engineering
  • Licensing
  • Incident response
  • Environmental controls
  • Malware in action
20. Operational Procedures
  • Documents you need to know
  • Data you need to know
  • Change management
  • The zen of backup
  • Recycling and data destruction
  • Ticketing systems

Taught by

Mike Meyers and Total Seminars

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