CompTIA A+ 220-1201 Practice Test & Mock Exam

Last revised: September 28, 2026

Practise CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1201) with support scenarios, technical exhibits, diagrams, and explained answers. Try the free exam or open IT Mastery.

Prepare for CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1201) with IT Mastery topic drills, mixed practice, timed mocks, and detailed answer explanations. The upgraded bank combines component and service selection with diagnostic cases, technical exhibits, and questions with more than one correct answer. Selected questions include diagrams you can enlarge in the app.

These are original, independently written practice questions, not copied live exam questions. IT Mastery is not affiliated with or endorsed by CompTIA.

Preview the practice

Try the free Core 1 practice exam to see the question style and explanations. Its 90 selected-response questions provide a public practice set; they do not reproduce CompTIA’s performance-based tasks or predict a certification result.

For continuing practice, open IT Mastery and choose a topic or a mixed attempt. Review the explanation after each attempt and return to the support situations you found difficult. Use the same IT Mastery account on the web and mobile app to continue your practice.

What the upgraded bank covers

Questions ask you to interpret the evidence in a support case: a device specification, an address table, a print symptom, a hardware constraint, or a network diagram. A familiar keyword alone may not identify the answer. For a question marked Select TWO, assess each choice against the stated requirements.

Official Core 1 domainExam weightPractice focus
Mobile devices13%Laptop components, accessories, connectivity, and synchronization
Networking23%Services, addressing, wireless, cabling, and small-office networks
Hardware25%Compatible components, storage, power, displays, and printers
Virtualization and cloud computing11%Workload requirements, virtual machines, and service models
Hardware and network troubleshooting28%Interpret symptoms and test results to choose a supported action

Domain weights come from the CompTIA 220-1201 objectives , checked September 12, 2026. The supporting pages in this section help you review a weak topic before another attempt.

Practice format and official exam format

CompTIA specifies a maximum of 90 questions in 90 minutes, with multiple-choice and performance-based questions. Its passing score is 675 on a scale of 100–900. Core 1 is one of the two exams required for the A+ credential; pair it with Core 2 from the same exam version. These are official exam facts, distinct from the selected-response format used in IT Mastery. See the official objectives .

IT Mastery’s Core 1 timed-practice setting is 90 questions in 90 minutes. Pair question practice with hands-on work and CompTIA’s performance-based preparation resources.

A useful practice routine

  1. Start with a mixed attempt to locate weak areas.
  2. For each miss, identify the evidence that supports the answer and why a plausible alternative fails the requirements.
  3. Practise that topic, then try unfamiliar mixed questions to check whether the reasoning transfers.
  4. Use timed attempts for pacing, and practise hardware and networking tasks directly when possible.

Treat repeat scores as feedback on your learning. A high score on familiar questions is not a reliable forecast of the official result.

Free study resources

Use the Core 1 blueprint to check coverage, the scenario guide to practise interpreting support evidence, and official resources for current CompTIA guidance.

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