Introduction to A+

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Welcome to the ITFreeTraining free course on CompTIA 220-1001 and 220-1002 exams otherwise known as A+. This free training course will take you through all the exam objectives for the A+ exam and help you get ready to take the exam. Download PDF handout http://itfreetraining.com/handouts/ap/0001a.pdf Who is CompTIA? 0:18 To start with, who is CompTIA? CompTIA’s full name is Computing Technology Industry Association, but everyone just calls them CompTIA for short. CompTIA was founded in 1982 and offers certifications to the IT Professional just like a lot of vendors do - for example, certifications offered by companies like Microsoft and Cisco. Unlike vendor-based certifications, CompTIA was founded based on their certifications being vendor neutral. That is, these certifications are not tied to any one vendor. CompTIA certifications look at technology as a whole across the entire IT industry. If you have complete certifications like Microsoft and Cisco, these certifications will be heavily based on their products. You would expect this, as these certifications are provided by the vendor that made the product. However, if you want to learn just networking or just about hardware from all vendors, completing a vendor certification will primarily assist you only with that vendor’s products. As CompTIA is vendor neutral, the topics they cover are not tied to one vendor. The idea behind this is that they give you the skills that you can later apply to any vendors’ products. You will, however find that CompTIA tends to stick to the main vendors. For example, when required to use a device or operating system, CompTIA will generally use Windows, Linux, Android and iOS. CompTIA uses test centers all around the world and, thus, certifies in over 120 countries. CompTIA to date has certified over 2.2 million people. Thus, a CompTIA certification is a well-recognized certification to have in the IT industry. What is A+? 2:07 So, what is the A+ certification? The A+ certification is the entry level technician certification. It is the certification that many IT professionals will obtain first when starting their IT career. To give you an idea how long the A+ certification has been around, the first certification was obtained in 1993. The certification has changed a lot since then and gets updated approximately every three years. This ensures that it is up to date with the current industry and technology. I will have a closer look at what the A+ certification covers later in the video, but a basic run down is that it covers hardware, networking, operating systems and mobile devices. You will find that many IT jobs require or at least ask if you have a certification. Since the A+ is an entry level certification it is a good place to start. A+ is considered one of the top certifications to have, particularly when you are starting your IT career. Of course, there are other certifications out there that are harder and attract higher incomes. However, if you are just starting your IT career, the A+ certification is a good place to start. CompTIA certifies over 220,000 people a year with the A+ certification. If you are looking to start in the IT industry, the CompTIA A+ certification is definitely worth looking at. Two exams 3:35 The CompTIA certification is a little different to other certifications in that, in order to obtain one, you need to pass two exams. These exams are 220-1001 and the 220-1002 otherwise known as Core 1 and Core 2. These exams were released on 15 January 2019 and are expected to be retired about 2022, most likely in January. At that time, CompTIA will most likely release an updated A+ certification. Description to long for YouTube. For the rest of the description please see http://itfreetraining.com/ap/0001a References “The Official CompTIA A+ Core Study Guide (Exam 220-1001)” Chapter 2 “CompTIA” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CompTIA “IT Certifications” https://www.comptia.org/about-us/our-story/certification “BUSINESS PROFILE | TODD THIBODEAUX” http://napervillemagazine.com/2016/08/ceo-profile-todd-thibodeaux/ “CompTIA A+ Celebrates 20 Years and Nearly 1 Million Certified” https://certification.comptia.org/it-career-news/post/view/2013/03/19/comptia-a-celebrates-20-years-and-nearly-1-million-certified “Performance Based Question” https://simulation.comptia.org/ “Slide 2 background” https://www.pexels.com/photo/grey-painted-concrete-building-928220/ “Slide 5 background” https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=238783&picture=checklist “Slide 6 background” https://www.pexels.com/photo/library-photo-1319854/ “Slide 10 background” https://free-images.com/display/quiz_test_exam_questionnaire.html Credits Trainer: Austin Mason http://ITFreeTraining.com Voice Talent: HP Lewis http://hplewis.com Quality Assurance: Brett Batson http://www.pbb-proofreading.uk