Skills Required for CompTIA Test 220-602

The CompTIA A+ is being updated and from September 2006 candidates will have to take the CompTIA A+ Essential exam along with the CompTIA A+ 220-602 exam to gain CompTIA A+ credentials for A+ certified IT Technician. The CompTIA A+ 220-602 exam will focus on how to apply technology skills in specific job environments, such as IT Technician, IT Administrator, Service Technician, Field PC Technician, or Computer Technician. With the introduction of the 2006 A+, candidates will have to lay emphasis on Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 versions. The new pattern of CompTIA A+ IT Technician has specified more than twenty objectives, which are grouped under eight topics. Following are some important areas in which an individual should possess good knowledge before taking the 220-602 IT Technician test:

  1. Adding, removing, and configuring personal computer components.
  2. Performing preventive maintenance of personal computer components.
  3. Identifying appropriate applications for laptop-specific communication connections such as Bluetooth, infrared, cellular WAN, and Ethernet.
  4. Identifying appropriate laptop-specific power and electrical input devices and determining how amperage and voltage can affect performance.
  5. Using command-line functions and utilities, including proper syntaxes and switches, to manage operating systems.
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CompTIA A+ Essentials (220-601) Short Notes & Tips

Personal Computer Components

  • If two drives are attached to one controller in a computer, one drive should be set as Master and the other as Slave.
  • If you are unable to open the CD-ROM drive tray by pushing the Eject button on the front panel, open it by inserting a pin into the eject hole on the CD-ROM drive.
  • Secure Digital (SD) card is a non-volatile memory card format used in portable devices such as mobile phones, digital cameras, and handheld computers.
  • CD-ROM, SD card, USB Pen drive, floppy disk, etc., are removable storage media.
  • The serial port comes with two types of connectors, 9-pin and 25-pin. It sends data one bit at a time, over a single wire.
  • A standard IDE/EIDE drive cable has 40 wires.
  • Direct Memory Access (DMA) optimizes the I/O transfer speed in a computer.
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    uCertify Launches its Latest PrepKit for UM0-100

    uCertify (July 9, 2009) In the current IT scenario, corporate recruiters are looking for highly skilled and qualified professionals who can match their standards of excellence, as well as their clients’ needs. Not only do they want candidates who have the right combination of skills and experience, but they also require talented people who can improve their company’s productivity and profitability. So, if you have the determination, enthusiasm, and commitment, uCertify can help you build your career through its latest UM0-100 – OMG-Certified UML Professional certification exam PrepKit.

    The UML certification exam, originally introduced in 1994, is an international, vendor-OMG (Object Management Group). The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is an open method used to specify, visualize, modify, construct, and document the artifacts of an object-oriented software intensive system under development. UML offers a standard way to write a system’s blueprints, including conceptual components such as actors, business processes and system’s components, and activities as well as concrete things such as programming language statements, database schemas, and reusable software components.

    uCertify, a leading provider of IT Certification exam preparation solutions, has recently launched its new simulation software for UM0-100 – OMG-Certified UML Professional. To get a glimpse of the UM0-100 PrepKit, you can download its free demo version (which contains 15 free practice questions) from uCertify’s web site. Click the link below:

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    SCWCD CX310-084 Short Notes: Exam Passing Tips

    The Servlet Technology Model

    • The getWriter() method of the ServletResponse interface returns a PrintWriter object suitable for writing character data in the response.
    • The setValue() method of the Cookie class is used to assign a new value to a cookie after the cookie is created.
    • A cookie is created by the server on request from a client. It is stored on a client computer.
    • The getOutputStream() method returns a ServletOutputStream suitable for writing binary data in the response.
    • The getWriter() method of the ServletResponse interface returns a PrintWriter object suitable for writing character data in the response.
    • The sendError() method of the HttpResponse interface sends an error response to the client using the specified status code and message.
    • The getRequestURL() method of the HttpServletRequest interface returns the URL associated with the request as a String.
    • The getCookies() method of the HttpServletRequest interface returns an array of cookie objects that a client sends with a request. However, if no cookies are sent, this method returns a null value.
    • A servlet has three life cycle methods. They are init(), service(), and destroy().
    • A servlet has no main() method. The container is responsible for managing the life-cycle of a servlet.
    • The servlet init parameters are read only once when the container initializes the servlet.
    • Before calling the init() method, a servlet class must be loaded and instantiated.
    • The element of the deployment descriptor declares the initialization parameters that are applicable for an entire Web application.
    • For each request, the Container creates a separate thread.
    • The init() and destroy() methods are called only once in the life of a servlet.

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    SCJA CX310-019 Short Notes: Exam Passing Tips

    Fundamental Object-Oriented Concepts

  • In Java, a narrowing conversion is also known as an explicit type conversion or casting.
  • A byte can represent values between -128 to 127.
  • An array, in Java, is an ordered collection of primitives, object references, or other arrays. All the elements of an array must be of the same type, except in case of polymorphism.
  • Array elements are initialized to default values, wherever they are created.
  • The increment operator can be used in either of the two forms given below:
    1. Prefix form: In the prefix form, it appears before the operand. For example, ++a;
    2. Postfix form: In the postfix form, it appears after the operand. For example, a ++;
  • Numeric promotions are used to convert the operands in a numeric expression to a common type before an operation is performed between the operands.
  • In Java, there are two kinds of numeric promotions as follows:
    1. Unary numeric promotion
    2. Binary numeric promotion
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