Free CompTIA A+ Core 1 Practice Questions Online

Official exam: CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1201) Practice Test

Take a free CompTIA A+ Core 1 practice questions online: a full 90-question paper with every answer explained, no sign-up, scored by topic. The full 360-question bank and the timed simulator are $14.99 for 30 days.

First published: September 13, 2026Bank updated: September 13, 2026Published by CertQuestUSA · review process

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CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1201) Practice Test: a 360-question practice bank for the real IT Certification standard, 4 full papers of 90 questions each with no repeats, every question written to the exam sponsor's published content outline.

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questions in the bank

What this exam covers

Hardware25%
Hardware and Network Troubleshooting28%
Mobile Devices13%
Networking23%
Virtualization and Cloud Computing11%

5 real sample questions

A receipt printer at a checkout prints faint or blank receipts. It has no ink or toner. What should a technician check first?

A. That the toner cartridge is seated

B. That the correct special thermal paper is loaded the right way round and the heating element is clean

C. That the ink cartridge is not empty

D. That the ribbon is not worn

Show answer and reasoning

Correct answer: B. That the correct special thermal paper is loaded the right way round and the heating element is clean

Correct. Thermal printers image by heating coated paper; wrong paper, paper loaded coated side away from the element, or a dirty heating element gives faint or blank output. Source: 220-1201 objective 3.8.

A: Thermal printers have no toner.
C: Thermal printers have no ink.
D: Thermal printers have no ribbon.

Source: 220-1201 3.8

A warehouse uses an impact printer for multipart carbonless forms and the text has become very faint on all copies. Which consumable should be replaced?

A. The ribbon

B. The toner cartridge

C. The fuser

D. The thermal paper

Show answer and reasoning

Correct answer: A. The ribbon

Correct. Impact printers strike an inked ribbon; a worn ribbon produces faint print. Source: 220-1201 objective 3.8.

B: Impact printers do not use toner.
C: A fuser belongs to laser printers.
D: Thermal paper belongs to thermal printers.

Source: 220-1201 3.8

A laser printer reports low toner and pages are coming out light. After replacing the toner cartridge, what routine step should the technician also perform inside the printer?

A. Load new thermal paper

B. Replace the printhead

C. Change the ribbon

D. Clean loose toner and paper dust from the paper path and rollers

Show answer and reasoning

Correct answer: D. Clean loose toner and paper dust from the paper path and rollers

Correct. Laser maintenance in the objectives is replace toner, apply maintenance kit, calibrate and clean; cleaning spilled toner and dust prevents streaks and jams. Source: 220-1201 objective 3.8.

A: Thermal paper is for thermal printers.
B: Laser printers have no replaceable printhead in the inkjet sense.
C: Ribbons are for impact printers.

Source: 220-1201 3.8

An inkjet printer's colours print slightly offset from each other and vertical lines look jagged after a new cartridge was installed. Which maintenance action is expected?

A. Replace the fuser

B. Run the printer's alignment or calibration routine

C. Replace the ribbon

D. Clean the heating element

Show answer and reasoning

Correct answer: B. Run the printer's alignment or calibration routine

Correct. Inkjet maintenance includes calibrating (aligning) the printhead after cartridge changes so colour passes line up. Source: 220-1201 objective 3.8.

A: Inkjets have no fuser.
C: Ribbons belong to impact printers.
D: Heating elements belong to thermal printers.

Source: 220-1201 3.8

Which of the following is a type 2 hypervisor use case?

A. A support technician running a test copy of Windows inside a window on a normal desktop PC

B. A cloud provider running thousands of tenant VMs on bare-metal servers

C. A mainframe partitioning workload at the firmware level

D. A data center cluster with live migration between hosts

Show answer and reasoning

Correct answer: A. A support technician running a test copy of Windows inside a window on a normal desktop PC

Correct. Hosted hypervisors on a desktop OS are the typical type 2 scenario. Source: 220-1201 objective 4.1.

B: Cloud providers use type 1 hypervisors on bare metal.
C: Firmware-level partitioning is bare-metal virtualization.
D: Clustering and live migration are type 1 enterprise features.

Source: 220-1201 4.1

Frequently asked questions

Where can I take a free CompTIA A+ Core 1 practice questions online?

Right here. CertQuestUSA's free CompTIA A+ Core 1 practice questions online is a full 90-question practice paper built to the real exam's domain weights, with every answer explained, with no sign-up and no credit card, and shows your score by topic at the end. The full 360-question bank, with every answer explained and cited to the exam sponsor's published content outline, is $14.99 for a 30-day pass that never renews.

How many questions are on the CertQuestUSA CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1201) Practice Test practice test?

360 questions total, split into 4 full papers of 90 each with no repeats across papers.

What topics does the CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1201) Practice Test test cover?

5 domains, with the heaviest weight on Hardware and Network Troubleshooting (28%), Hardware (25%), and Networking (23%).

Is there a free CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1201) Practice Test practice test?

Yes -- one full 90-question practice paper built to the exam's domain weights, free with no sign-up, with every answer explained and a domain-by-domain score at the end.