CompTIA A+ Core 1 practice exams
Original questions written from the published objectives and cited to official documentation, never recalled exam content. How we verify, why not dumps.
- Exam code
- 220-1201
- Cost
- $253USD
- Questions
- Maximum of 90
- Duration
- 90minutes
- Passing score
- 675(scale 100-900)
- Level
- Entry level
- Study guide
- How to prepare
- Sources
- 59official pages
- Practice all PBQs
- 12tasks
- Format
- Multiple choice and performance-based
A+ Core 1 practice exams
2 full-length forms, 90 questions each, apportioned to the published domain weightings.
While reviewing packet captures, a technician sees that traffic uses protocol number 17 inside the IP header. Which protocol produced this traffic?
The answer
User Datagram Protocol, identified by protocol number 17
Checked against
datatracker.ietf.org, checked August 2026This is protocol 17 (21 octal) when used in the Internet Protocol.
What the exam tests
Exam domains and official weightings
The percentage is the exam weighting; the bar is how many verified questions we hold there, so a short bar is where our bank is thin.
- Mobile Devices13%25 verified
- Networking23%43 verified
- Hardware25%45 verified
- Virtualization and Cloud Computing11%21 verified
- Hardware and Network Troubleshooting28%51 verified
Every A+ Core 1 objective, with practice questions mapped to each one
What the exam actually asks you to do
Multiple choice, multiple response, and performance-based questions. The performance-based items drop you into a simulated console, network diagram, or configuration screen and score what you actually do.
Item formats
- Multiple choice
- Multiple response
- Performance-based
The highlighted formats are the ones you cannot answer from memory alone. CompTIA, A+ exam details ↗
The part of A+ Core 1 you cannot memorize
Performance-based questions are where memorized dumps fail, because you cannot memorize your way through configuring or analyzing something. A dump can tell you which letter was marked correct. It cannot read the output on the screen in front of you and tell you what it means.
We built 12 of them for A+ Core 1, across 4 interaction types. They score with partial credit, and every one ends with a walkthrough of the reasoning rather than just an answer key.
- Sequencing
- Put incident response phases, forensic collection, or a remediation cycle in the order the work actually happens.
- Matching
- Assign the right technology to each requirement, with a pool bigger than the number of slots so guessing does not pay.
- Log and output analysis
- Read a real log excerpt, firewall rule set, or command output, then answer what it tells you.
- Sorting
- Drop controls, data states, or hardening tasks into the category each one belongs to.
Between sittings
The same bank the numbered forms are assembled from.
Quick Practice
Open now
All 185 verified questions, untimed, with the explanation after each answer.
Domain Drill
Open now
Every domain on its own, for the area a score report says is weakest.
Review Missed
Fills as you go
Re-asks the questions you got wrong. Nothing to review until you miss something.
Where A+ Core 1 fits
CompTIA security track
The classic vendor-neutral ladder into security. Prerequisites are recommendations, not gates, until CISSP, which needs real experience.
CompTIA’s free resources
Study from the source. Everything below is published by the vendor, free to read, and is what our own questions are written from:
Official A+ Core 1 exam page & objectives ↗Keep reading
- Free A+ Core 1 practice test
Ten real questions, playable now. No account, no card.
- A+ Core 1 exam objectives
The full official blueprint, with practice pages on covered objectives.
- A+ Core 1 passing score
The exact cut score, what kind of number it is, and the retake terms.
- How hard is A+ Core 1?
An honest difficulty read from the format, the clock and the weights.
- What A+ Core 1 costs
The voucher price, the retake, and what renewal costs across the cycle.
- A+ Core 1 guide
Who it is for, study plans by experience level, and whether it is worth it.
Cheat sheets
Printable reference tables, free.
Frequently asked questions
How many questions are on the A+ Core 1 (220-1201) exam?
The exam has a maximum of 90 questions, a mix of multiple choice and performance-based questions, with 90 minutes to complete them. The passing score is 675 on a 100-900 scale.
Do I need A+ Core 1 before Core 2?
You can take the two exams in either order, but you need to pass both 220-1201 and 220-1202 to earn the A+ certification. Most candidates start with Core 1 because it covers hardware fundamentals.
Are these real A+ exam questions?
No, and that matters. Every FirstTry question is original, written from CompTIA's published exam objectives. Using leaked exam content (braindumps) violates CompTIA's candidate agreement and can get your certification revoked.