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Practice questions to help you prepare for the CompTIA® A+® Core 2 (220-1202) exam

Full practice exams run on the real exam's 90 minute limit. CompTIA states a maximum of 90 questions, and a full practice exam on the site serves 90. The practice exams use multiple-choice and matching questions and leave out performance-based questions. Every question is original and every option is explained. The site scores you on each domain CompTIA publishes, so you see what to study next. The question bank holds hundreds of practice questions.

Exam facts

  • Questions: Maximum of 90 per exam, including multiple-choice (single and multiple response), drag-and-drop, and performance-based questions [1]
  • Time limit: 90 minutes [1]
  • Passing score: 700 on a scale of 900 [1]
  • Exam version: V15 [1]
  • Recommended experience: 12 months of hands-on experience in an IT support specialist job role [1]
  • Exam languages (real exam): English, German, Japanese [1]
  • Taking both exams: You take CompTIA A+ Core 1 and CompTIA A+ Core 2 from the same version [1]

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Exam domains and weights

These are CompTIA's domains and objectives for the CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1202) exam, word for word. [1] [2]

Domain 1: Operating Systems, 28% of the exam

  • "Explain common operating system (OS) types and their purposes."
  • "Given a scenario, perform OS installations and upgrades in a diverse environment."
  • "Compare and contrast basic features of Microsoft Windows editions."
  • "Given a scenario, use Microsoft Windows operating system features and tools."
  • "Given a scenario, use the appropriate Microsoft command-line tools."
  • "Given a scenario, configure Microsoft Windows settings."
  • "Given a scenario, configure Microsoft Windows networking features on a client/desktop."
  • "Explain common features and tools of the macOS/desktop operating system."
  • "Identify common features and tools of the Linux client/desktop operating system."
  • "Given a scenario, install applications according to requirements."
  • "Given a scenario, install and configure cloud-based productivity tools."

Domain 2: Security, 28% of the exam

  • "Summarize various security measures and their purposes."
  • "Given a scenario, configure and apply basic Microsoft Windows OS security settings."
  • "Compare and contrast wireless security protocols and authentication methods."
  • "Summarize types of malware and tools/methods for detection, removal, and prevention."
  • "Compare and contrast common social engineering attacks, threats, and vulnerabilities."
  • "Given a scenario, implement procedures for basic small office/home office (SOHO) malware removal."
  • "Given a scenario, apply workstation security options and hardening techniques."
  • "Given a scenario, apply common methods for securing mobile devices."
  • "Compare and contrast common data destruction and disposal methods."
  • "Given a scenario, apply security settings on SOHO wireless and wired networks."
  • "Given a scenario, configure relevant security settings in a browser."

Domain 3: Software Troubleshooting, 23% of the exam

  • "Given a scenario, troubleshoot common Windows OS issues."
  • "Given a scenario, troubleshoot common mobile OS and application issues."
  • "Given a scenario, troubleshoot common mobile OS and application security issues."
  • "Given a scenario, troubleshoot common personal computer (PC) security issues."

Domain 4: Operational Procedures, 21% of the exam

  • "Given a scenario, implement best practices associated with documentation and support systems information management."
  • "Given a scenario, apply change management procedures."
  • "Given a scenario, implement workstation backup and recovery methods."
  • "Given a scenario, use common safety procedures."
  • "Summarize environmental impacts and local environment controls."
  • "Explain the importance of prohibited content/activity and privacy, licensing, and policy concepts."
  • "Given a scenario, use proper communication techniques and professionalism."
  • "Explain the basics of scripting."
  • "Given a scenario, use remote access technologies."
  • "Explain basic concepts related to artificial intelligence (AI)."

Sample questions

Three questions from our practice bank for the CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1202) exam, with the answer and why each option is right or wrong.

Question 1

A school's IT team plans to buy refurbished Chromebooks and wants each one to keep receiving ChromeOS updates for several more years. Which of the following should the team check before it buys them?

  • A. The update promises made by each model's component makers.
  • B. The ChromeOS version installed on each device today.
  • C. The Automatic updates until date published for each model.
  • D. Ten years counted forward from the day the school buys each device.

Answer: C. ChromeOS devices get automatic updates for 10 years from their platform's release date. Before buying a model, check the Automatic updates until date Google lists for it. [3]

  • A. Wrong. Google works with the component manufacturers to develop and test each update, but Google is the one that publishes the date for each device. The team needs that published date.
  • B. Wrong. From the installed version, the team learns only where a device stands today. The team's question is when updates stop, and Google publishes that date for each device, not for each version.
  • C. Right. Google publishes how long each platform will receive automatic updates, as an Automatic updates until date per device, so that buyers can check it before a purchase. From that date, the team knows how many update years each refurbished model has left.
  • D. Wrong. The 10 years of updates run from the platform release date, not from the day a buyer gets the device. A refurbished model may have used much of that time already.

Question 2

Members of a shared office building can walk onto one open coworking floor, and staff often leave company laptops on their desks at lunch. Two laptops went missing this month. Which of the following should the office manager provide to keep the laptops at the desks?

  • A. A badge reader at the floor's entrance
  • B. Security guards in the lobby
  • C. An access control vestibule at the floor's entrance
  • D. Cable locks

Answer: D. Equipment locks protect portable devices where staff work with them: lockable casings, cable locks and lockdown plates guard the equipment against theft. [4]

  • A. Wrong. Members already have a way through the door, and the laptops still sit loose on the desks once anyone is inside. The need is at the desk, not the door.
  • B. Wrong. Guards control the access points where they're posted, and the floor stays open to every member who passes the lobby. Nothing holds a laptop to its desk.
  • C. Wrong. Every member of the building can walk onto this floor, so a control at its entrance still lets the thief reach the desks. The manager needs each laptop held where it sits.
  • D. Right. Lockable casings work with cable locks or lockdown plates to prevent the theft of the equipment, and theft is the main risk for portable devices such as notebook computers. A cable lock at each desk meets the manager's need.

Question 3

A user reports that a Windows 11 laptop showed "Your device ran into a problem and needs to restart" yesterday and then restarted by itself. It has worked normally since, with no repeat of the message. Which of the following should the help desk analyst do?

  • A. Take no further action unless the PC restarts frequently with the same stop code.
  • B. Restore Windows 11 from a system restore point.
  • C. Go back to the previous version of Windows.
  • D. Run Startup Repair from the Windows Recovery Environment.

Answer: A. One unexpected restart with a stop code usually needs nothing more, since the restart resolves it. Troubleshoot when Windows keeps restarting with the same stop code. [5]

  • A. Right. In most cases the restart itself resolves the problem and nothing more is needed. The basic troubleshooting steps are for a PC that restarts frequently with the same stop code, and this laptop hasn't.
  • B. Wrong. Restoring from a restore point is the step to try when the basic steps for repeated stop errors don't help. This laptop had one stop error and no repeat.
  • C. Wrong. Going back is for a problem that started after an upgrade to a new version of Windows. Nothing points to an upgrade, and one restart with no repeat calls for no further action.
  • D. Wrong. Startup Repair is for problems that prevent Windows from starting. This laptop starts and has run normally since the single restart.

Practice on ExamSens.ai for the CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1202) exam

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References

[1] https://www.comptia.org/en-us/certifications/a/core-2-v15/

[2] https://lecbyo.files.cmp.optimizely.com/download/cefedfb2b8a511ef809306d06d323538

[3] https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6220366

[4] https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-53r5.pdf

[5] https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/experience/performance-optimization/troubleshooting-windows-unexpected-restarts-and-stop-code-errors

[6] https://www.comptia.org/en-us/legal/trademarks/

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