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HANDS ON LAB

A+ FINAL HANDS ON EXAM

(In order to pass the hands on exam you must fulfill all scenarios) (4 Hours)

HARDWARE (1 Hour) must fulfill all requirements (100%)

Case
Power Supply
Motherboard
CPU
Memory
IDE Hard Drive
Floppy Drive
CD/DVD ROM R, RW
Keyboard
Mouse
Monitor
Speaker
Video
Sound
Modem
Internal Connectors (Power LED, HD LED, Speakers)
External Connectors (Parallel, Serial, USB and Firewire)
BIOS/CMOS Setup Configuration
Printer
Networking Hardware – Installation of NIC, Cables, Hubs and Switches

OS INSTALLATION (1 Hour) must fulfill all requirements (100%)

Create a Startup Disk
OS Hardware Requirements
FDISK and FORMAT
Install Windows 9x, 2K and XP
Install and Configure Drivers
Install and Remove Programs

OS ENVIRONMENT (1 Hour) must fulfill all requirements (90%)

GUI vs. Command line interface
Dos Commands
Display Properties
My Computer
System Properties
DEVICE MANAGER
Windows Explorer (create, delete, rename, cut, copy, paste, set attributes and create shortcuts of folders)
Taskbar and Start Menu
Run Commands (SYSEDIT, MSD, MSCONFIG, ASD)
Control Panel
Administrative Tools (Computer Management)
MMC – Microsoft Management Console
System Tools (Backup, Defrag, Disk Cleanup and System Information)
Virtual Memory

BASIC NETWORKING AND COMPUTER TROUBLESHOOTING (1 Hour) must fulfill most requirements (90%)

Windows Trouble – shooting - F8 Menu, Safe Mode, ASR, Last Known Good Configuration, ERD and System Restore
TCP/IP Networking (IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway and DNS)
Internet (HCL, Drivers, Service Packs)
Network Neighborhood/Network Places
Networking Utilities (PING, TRACERT, NSLOOKUP, PATHPING and IPCONFIG)
Peer to Peer Networking 101
Share Folders
Printer Configurations and Setup
Identify and Fix Windows and DOS Error Messages