The exam
A+ Core 1 is the first of the two exams required for the CompTIA A+ certification, covering mobile device hardware, networking, PC and peripheral hardware, virtualization and cloud concepts, and hardware and network troubleshooting. It is practical and vendor-neutral: most items describe a symptom or a task an IT support technician meets on the job and ask which component, tool, setting, or protocol applies. The exam runs up to 90 questions in 90 minutes and mixes multiple-choice with performance-based items, scored on a 100-900 scale with 675 needed to pass.
Who it is for
Aimed at entry-level IT support staff — help desk, desktop support, and field service technicians — with about 12 months of hands-on experience in a support role. Candidates are expected to install, configure, and maintain computers, mobile devices, printers, and small networks for end users, and to diagnose, resolve, and document common hardware and network faults. No prior certification is required, and Core 1 must be paired with Core 2 (220-1202) to earn the A+ credential.
What it covers
Your readiness map in the app is organised the same way, so what you see here is exactly what you study against.
What Preppio gives you
Across every domain above, in 5 formats: concept, scenario, ordering, multi-select, matching. Each one explains why the right answer is right and every distractor wrong.
Per domain, whether you are ready, weak, or not started — the same domains and weights as the exam itself.
Your study partner. He tracks where you are weak and drills exactly that, instead of serving you what you already know.
Try one
Answer on the page. The explanation appears when you submit; use Next to move through the formats.
Sample 1 · Concept
A desktop fails to display any video on power-up. The technician hears a single short beep from the system speaker and then the fans spin up normally. Which of the following BEST describes the meaning of this beep pattern?
Pick one, then submit.
Study links
FAQ
90 questions in 90 minutes.
72%, a scaled score of 675.
5 domains, weighted as the exam weights them: Mobile Devices (13%), Networking (23%), Hardware (25%), Virtualization and Cloud Computing (11%) and Hardware and Network Troubleshooting (28%). Your readiness map in the app is organised by the same domains, so what you study against is what the exam tests.
Five formats: concept, scenario, ordering, multi-select and matching. The practice questions use every one of them, and the sample on this page shows one of each.
220-1201 is on the Single, Dual and All Access plans. You start on the free tier and add it from the plan picker inside the app. Three fundamentals exams (AZ-900, CLF-C02 and CDL) are always free, and the sample on this page is free to try.
Every question is generated from the exam's published objectives, then checked for accuracy, answer key and explanation before it is served. Nothing is copied from any exam, questions rotate by how often they have been seen, and they are retired when the objectives change.
