A+ exam prep: practice exams
You prepare for the A+ exam with a practice set per topic and two full mocks, find the root cause of your mistakes and build your final revision list.
Level 101 · 13 lessons · 12 practice labs
Lessons
Topic sets
- The exam plan: timing, flagging and elimination
- Practice set: hardware and mobile devices
- Practice set: networking and connectivity
- Practice set: operating systems
- Practice set: security
- Practice set: troubleshooting and procedures
- Short task: find your two weakest topics and plan their revision
Full mocks
- Full mock 1: the hardware and networking exam
- Mock 1 review: the root cause of your mistakes
- Full mock 2: the operating system and security exam
- Mock 2 review and the final revision list
- Exam day: check-in, ID, environment and mindset
- Capstone: a timed full mock including performance-based questions
Practice labs
- Connector types speed round: In ten minutes you match twenty connector and cable descriptions in the terminal to the right names and see the script's score.
- Memory and storage calculation round: You work out memory channel, RAID capacity and disk interface questions for a set of workstations and write them into an answer file.
- Mixed hardware tasks in 20 minutes: In twenty minutes you solve five hardware tasks from an inventory report, such as a faulty part, a missing driver and incompatible memory.
- Port numbers quick review: You match twenty common services to their port numbers and TCP or UDP and turn your mistakes into cards.
- Reading network faults from command output: In six different ipconfig, ping and nslookup outputs you find where the fault is and write a short reason.
- Small-office network tasks, timed set: In twenty minutes you complete and verify four lab tasks covering addressing, wireless security and port forwarding.
- Operating system commands speed round: You pick and run the right command for file, user and disk jobs and finish ten tasks in fifteen minutes.
- Security scenarios: the best first step: For eight short security incidents you choose the best first step and write the reason in an answer file.
- Operating system and security, timed task set: In twenty-five minutes you fix permissions, lock an account, remove a malicious startup entry and take a backup, then verify.
- Order the troubleshooting steps: You put shuffled steps into the six-step method order and match each step to its output.
- Three tickets in fifteen minutes: You solve a slow computer, a full disk and a user who cannot connect in turn and close each with one line.
- Retest your weakest topic: You pick your weakest domain from earlier mock results and solve five hands-on tasks generated from it against the clock.
About this course
You prepare for the A+ exam with a practice set per topic and two full mocks, find the root cause of your mistakes and build your final revision list.
What you will learn
Prerequisites
No prior knowledge is needed; the course starts from zero.
Lab environment
Lessons run in your own Kali Linux terminal that opens in the browser. Nothing to install; the lab starts clean in every lesson.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this course right for my level?
- The course is at beginner level; every term is explained where it first appears.
- Is there anything to install?
- No. Every lesson runs in your own lab environment that opens in the browser.
- How do lessons work?
- Each lesson has 8 to 10 steps and a short quiz. Early steps show the command to type, later steps give less help; if two attempts fail, the solution opens.
- Can I try it for free?
- Yes. The first three lessons of every course are free.