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

A.3. What You Will Find on the CD

The following sections are a summary of the software on the CD-ROM included with this book.

A.3.1. Quick Assessments

The Quick Assessment tests are designed to help you get comfortable with the A+ testing situation and pinpoint your strengths and weaknesses on the topic. These tests are located within the Quick Assessments folder in the Author directory. There are tests for the individual chapters of each book, and taking these tests before reading the chapter will help you determine what areas you should spend extra time on when studying for the exams.

To use this tool, click the document for the chapter you are about to read. You can choose to answer the questions as you read them onscreen, or you can print the document and answer on paper. After you take the Quick Assessment test, you will know which answers you got right and which ones you got wrong because immediately after the questions is a section with the answers. Included with the answer to each question is a cross-reference to the specific section in that chapter where you can find the text that answers the question.

A.3.2. Prep Test

The Prep Test is designed to simulate the actual A+ test — a question with multiple choice answers. The Prep Test on the CD-ROM is not adaptive, though, and it is not timed, so you might want to time yourself to gauge your speed. After you answer each question, you find out whether you answered the question correctly. And if you answered correctly, you ...