Objective 1.2
220-1201Compare and contrast accessories and connectivity options for mobile devices.
Objective 1.2 sits in Mobile Devices, which carries 13% of the A+ Core 1 exam. The questions below are original, written from the official objective title above, and each explanation cites the CompTIA page it rests on.
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A worked example
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A customer holds their smartphone near a point of sale terminal, and a payment completes without any card swipe or button press. Which short range wireless technology enables this transaction?
Correct.
Checked against learn.microsoft.com, August 2026Concept
A tap payment works because two antennas couple only when they are a few centimetres apart. The proximity itself stands in for the pairing step, which is why nothing has to be selected or confirmed on the phone first.
Why C
The transaction completes just by holding the phone near the terminal with no manual pairing step, which is the defining behavior of NFC.
Source
Microsoft Learn: Near Field Communications, checked August 2026Near Field Communications Required, recommended, and optional near field proximity features This topic covers recommendations for near field communications (NFC) in Windows 10.
Now you: objective 1.2 questions
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Sample question 1 of 3
A laptop has two USB ports and no built-in Ethernet port. The employee needs one connection that adds video output, an Ethernet port, and extra USB ports beyond what the laptop already has. Which accessory meets this need?
Sample question 2 of 3
A user wants to connect a wireless keyboard to a tablet for the first time. Before the devices can exchange data, both devices must be set to which mode so they can find each other?
Sample question 3 of 3
A laptop user often rests their palm on the trackpad while typing, causing the cursor to jump and text to be entered in the wrong place. Which setting should the technician adjust to resolve this?
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