CompTIA A+ 220-701 Essentials Study Links
This is an outline of the CompTIA A+ Essentials 220-701 certification exam with
links to related study materials on this site. This site doesn't have materials covering every
objective of the 220-701 exam, but you'll find that most of the objectives are covered,
and I'll be working on materials to cover the rest of the objectives.
Domain 1 Hardware
1.1 Categorize storage devices and backup media
•FDD
•HDD
oSolid state vs. magnetic
•Optical drives
oCD / DVD / RW / Blu-Ray
•Removable storage
oTape drive
oSolid state (thumb, flash, CD card, USB)
oExternal CD-RW and hard drive
oHot swappable and non-hot swappable
1.2 Explain motherboard components, types and features
•Form Factor
oATX / BTX
omicro ATX
oNLX
•I/O interfaces
oSound
oVideo
oUSB 1.1 / USB 2.0
oSerial
oIEEE 1394 / Firewire
oParallel
oNIC
oModem
oPS/2
•Memory slots
oRIMM
oDIMM
oSODIMM
oSIMM
•Processor sockets
•Bus architecture
•Bus slots
oPCI
oAGP
oPCIe
oAMR
oCNR
oPCMICA
•SATA, eSATA
•Contrast RAID (levels 0, 1, 5)
•Chipsets
•BIOS / CMOS / Firmware
oPOST
oCMOS battery
•Riser card / daughterboard
1.3 Classify power supplies types and charcteristics
•AC adapter
•ATX proprietary
•Voltage, wattage and capacity
•Voltage selector switch
•Pins (20, 24)
1.4 Explain the purpose and characteristics of CPU's and their features
•Identify CPU types
oAMD
oIntel
•Hyperthreading
•Multi-core
oDual core
oTriple core
oQuad core
•Onchip cache
oL1
oL2
•Speed (real vs. actual)
•32bit vs. 64 bit
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