Jeff T. Parker - CompTIA A+ Complete Practice Tests: Exam Core 1 220-1001 and Exam Core 2 220-1002

Jeff T. Parker

Quentin Docter

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To my faithful canine companion, Abby. For me, Abby starts with A+.
Jeff

To my girls

Quentin

Genuine thanks to the Sybex/Wiley team, particularly to Kenyon Brown for the opportunity to author this edition. Thank you to John Sleeva for his patience and support. Without Development Editors like John, authors are ships without a captain. Finally, to Audrey OShea as technical editor, I thank you for the untiring second pair of eyes. Readers have these people to thank for the excellence found in the book.

Jeff Parker resides on the Canadian east coast while consulting for a firm in Virginia specializing in IT risk management and compliance. Jeff started in information security while working for HP in Boston, Massachusetts. Jeff then took the role of Global IT Risk Manager for Deutsche Post to enjoy Prague, Czech Republic, with his family for several years. There he developed and oversaw implementation of a new IT risk management strategy. Today, Jeff most enjoys watching his two children grow up in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Jeff holds several certifications, including the CISSP, the CompTIA CASP, CySA+, and ITT+. He also co-authored the Wiley book Wireshark for Security Professionals: Using Wireshark and the Metasploit Framework Other Author is Jessey Bullock (Wiley, 2017) as well as authored preparation books for other CompTIA certifications, including CASP and the CySA+.

Quentin Docter is an IT consultant who started in the industry in 1994. Since then, hes worked as a tech and network support specialist, trainer, consultant, and webmaster. Throughout his career hes obtained CompTIA A+, Network+, IT Fundamentals certifications and numerous Microsoft, Cisco, Sun, and Novell certifications. He has written several books for Sybex, including books on A+, Server+, IT Fundamentals, Windows, and Solaris 9 certifications as well as PC hardware and maintenance. Quentin can be reached at .

Audrey OShea (A+, Network+, IT Fundamentals, Project +, Security+, Storage +, CSIS, CIOS, and several CIW certifications) is an IT instructor, consultant, and author who has worked in the industry since 1989. In those 30 years, she has held the positions of network administrator, tech support specialist, trainer, and consultant and has been a public speaker advocating for women to enter the tech field. Audrey can be reached at .

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