By: Divya Bora
March 16, 2022
Kickstart Your Career In IT With A CompTIA ITF+ Certification
By: Divya Bora
March 16, 2022
CompTIA
By: Divya Bora
March 16, 2022
Kickstart Your Career In IT With A CompTIA ITF+ Certification
By: Divya Bora
March 16, 2022
CompTIA IT Fundamentals (ITF+) is a certification exam created and carefully designed by CompTIA that tests the applicant (advanced users and entry-level IT professionals) on basic IT knowledge and skills. This exam also assesses their safety and prevention knowledge in the computer field, which is a perfect start for candidates considering an IT career and planning to follow it up by CompTIA A+ or a similar type of certification. Cybrary has also designed training courses for CompTIA A+: CompTIA A+ 220-1001 and CompTIA A+ 220-1002.
WHO SHOULD TAKE THE COMPTIA ITF+ CERTIFICATION EXAM?
CompTIA ITF+ is an excellent certification to kickstart your career in IT and ensures that the candidates grasp the basics of IT at the introductory and the foundational levels. So who should take the certification?
- Students who seek a career in IT.
- Professionals who work in the domain that requires a concrete understanding of IT.
- Operations, Sales, and Marketing staff of an IT-based organization.
- Professionals who wish to learn IT concepts and terminology.
Online training platforms has made it easier for everyone to learn ITF+ by curating the CompTIA IT Fundamentals course.
WHAT IS ON THE COMPTIA ITF+ EXAM?
CompTIA first launched the CompTIA Fundamentals Exam (FC0-051 is a course that consists of labs as well) in October 2014. It covered the foundational IT concepts such as identification of computer components, software installation, network connectivity establishment, and security risk prevention. The syllabus breakdown for it is:
This course was retired in English on December 1, 2019, and retired in other languages and on July 15, 2019, for the English language.
CompTIA designed and released the CompTIA IT Fundamentals (ITF+) exam on September 4, 2018. ITF+ emphasizes the skills and knowledge required to identify computing basics, Information Technology infrastructure, database use, and software development. CompTIA IT Fundamentals+ FC0-U61 Lab is a course designed for beginners with the additional benefit of labs. The syllabus breakdown is as follows:
1. IT Concepts and Terminology
This section comprises notational system basics like binary and hexadecimal. It will also teach the differentiation between various data types like integers, char, strings, and Boolean. Also, the section discusses the basics of computing and processing with the value of data and information. Lastly, this section concludes with data unit types and troubleshooting methodology.
This section comprises various input-output device types and installing basic peripherals for computers and laptops. It discusses information about the internal components of a computer, different internet connectivity types, computing devices, and storage types. Finally, this section discusses basic network