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Textbook Errata

As it turns out, there are a few errors in some CompTIA textbooks. Here are those that I have come across:

CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Eleventh Edition (Exams 220-1101 & 220-1102) 978-1264609901
  • 732 Q6
  • 649 Q8
    • ps is non-interactive
  • 767 Q2
    • incorrect letter answer
  • 749
    • fiber is half duplex, but it does not mean you need two fibers for all connections... example: residential fiber using SC
  • 1243 Q5
    • Answer should be "change documentation"
CompTIA Network+ N10-009 Exam Cram ISBN 978-0135340837
  • RJ-45 diagram
  • table 5.4: total distance of 100 meter
  • before near table 6.1, MU MIMO
  • before figure 8.2, vertical cables, UTP should be STP
  • after table 8.2, snapshots are not backups, differentiate different kinds of vm snapshots
  • DR and HA quiz Q5: "as 'a' network administrator"
  • 3.5 cram quiz Q2 incorrect, answer says full tunnel VPNs only route specific network traffic
  • 4.3 cram quiz: captive portal is not a network itself
  • Cram sheet: DNS over https not http
CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 Exam Cram 7th Edition ISBN 978-0138225575 
  • "With symmetric encryption, you can use a series of keys (public and private)": should be asymmetric as opposed to symmetric
  • Below figure 4.1, exam alert; messages are not encrypted but signed using a private key.