2009 Edition details released
August 8, 2009Jeff Zahorowski No Comments »
CompTIA has released the details for their latest update to the A+ certification program. The new A+ 2009 certification completely rearranges the objectives (which are the subjects tested on), and the tests themselves. The separate elective exams for specialized IT Technician, Remote Support Technician and Depot Technician are gone. One must still pass two tests, however, and one of them is the A+ Essentials. The other test is the A+ Practical Application test, which is more oriented towards troubleshooting and “hands-on” scenarios. Both tests are 100 questions with a time limit of 90 minutes.
I’ve downloaded the objectives and glanced at them. The domains (major topic areas) have completely changed. There are fewer domains, as laptops and printers are now being lumped into one domain called Hardware. The Communications and Professionalism domain is gone, as is Safety and Environmental Issues. I’ll be curious to see if the knowledge required by those domains is still present under a different title. I’ll do some comparisons and post more once I’ve had a chance to form an opinion.
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