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Standardize your team on A+ with a structured CompTIA training path — virtual labs, 2 blueprint-weighted practice exams, and team admin reporting included on every CBT Nuggets training subscription.

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2
Courses
265 USD per exam
Exam cost
2
Practice exams
6
Core skills
IT operations team at help desk workstations with ticket queues and network diagrams
Difficulty
Difficulty: 1 of 5 (Easy)
Easy
Exam cost
265 USD per exam
Courses on path
2
Official source
Vendor cert page
Exam codes
  • Core
  • Core

Exam datasheet

Exam length
90 minutes
Questions
Maximum of 90
Passing score
Core 1: 675/900, Core 2: 700/900
Prerequisites
None
Recommended experience
9 to 12 months of hands-on experience in the lab or field
Recertification
3 years
Hiring-market salary
40,000 to 60,000 USD
Certified professionals
Over 1 million
Testing center

Public hiring-market data — not a CBT Nuggets guarantee.

Skills your team builds

HardwareNetworkingMobile DevicesTroubleshootingVirtualizationCloud Computing

Multi-course path

Your team's 2-course training path

A+ is a multi-exam certification. The complete path runs through 2 CBT Nuggets courses — assign them as one playlist and track team progress across all of them.

  1. Start here · primary course

    CompTIA A+ Core 1

    Build a foundation in IT with this expert-led CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1201) training. This course includes an A+ Core 1 practice test, study guide, and virtual labs to make sure you're confident on exam day. You’ll learn how to troubleshoot PCs, configure mobile devices, support networking and cloud technologies, and work with virtualization. Through real-world scenarios, interactive modules, and targeted practice questions, you’ll build experience you can apply right away in roles like Help Desk Technician or IT Support Specialist.

    James Conrad, Keith Barker
    247 videos6 labsPractice exam37h
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  2. A+ Core 2

    Prepare for the CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1202) V15 exam with expert-led training, unlimited practice exams, and virtual labs. Build real-world IT support skills across Windows 11, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS, with expanded focus on OS management, cloud productivity tools, file systems (ReFS, XFS), UEFI/TPM, hybrid deployments, and command-line utilities like whoami and sfc. This course dives into Zero Trust security, passwordless authentication, MDM, DLP, EPP/EDR, and protection against email-based threats and fileless malware. You'll also cover software troubleshooting, ticketing systems, and operational best practices. Prepare to sit the 220-1202 exam with confidence and level up your IT career.

    James Conrad, Bob Salmans
    288 videos18 labsPractice exam49h
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Every certification includes

Expert-led video training
Virtual labs
Certification practice exams
Per-team completion reporting

CompTIA career ladder

Where A+ sits in your team's CompTIA progression

The cert your team is on now, plus the levels above and below. Use this to map an engineer's next-step credential or to plan headcount coverage across tiers.

  1. Entry level

    2 certs

    A+

    Core 1: 220-1201, Core 2: 220 …

    You are here

    Security+

    SY0-701

  2. Associate level

    5 certs

    AutoOps+

    AT0-001

    Data+

    DA0-002

    Network+

    N10-009

    Project+

    PK0-005

    Server+

    SK0-005

  3. Professional level

    7 certs

    Cloud+

    CV0-004

    CloudNetX

    CNX-001

    CySA+

    CS0-003

    DataAI

    DY0-001

    Pentest+

    PT0-003

    SecurityX

    CAS-005

    Tech+

    FC0-U71

Customer outcome

Make Core a coverage number your auditor can quote

A+ certified engineers are easy to count and easy to prove. CBT Nuggets bundles the prep into a single team playlist so leadership sees who's on the path, who finished, and who's exam-ready — without spreadsheets.

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1 path
from foundation to credential — assigned and tracked as one playlist

Coverage proof

Make Core a number on your team capability sheet, not a single engineer’s certificate.

Standardizing your team on Core gives leadership and auditors a coverage number they can quote — and gives CompTIA incident response a baseline of capability you can predict instead of hoping for.

Credential: A+

Exam
  • Core
  • Core

Frequently asked questions about A+ training

Common questions IT directors ask when evaluating A+ training for their team.

How does A+ fit into our internal compliance and governance program?

Team reporting in CBT Nuggets documents assigned training, completion, and certification coverage for internal governance or external audit conversations. Pair the A+ path with your auditor's control crosswalk for the formal compliance mapping your specific framework requires.

What's the ROI of certifying our team on A+?

IT Directors typically frame A+ ROI in operational terms — faster troubleshooting, defensible role coverage, predictable onboarding velocity, and audit-ready training documentation. The metrics that matter aren't seat-time or completion percentages; they're mean time to resolve, time-to-productivity for new CompTIA hires, and certification coverage by role.

How does CBT Nuggets A+ training compare to Pluralsight, LinkedIn Learning, or Udemy Business?

CBT Nuggets A+ courses are built by named expert trainers (not crowd-sourced contributors), include hands-on virtual labs in many courses, and include certification practice exams mapped to the vendor's published exam objectives. Team admin reporting tracks assignment, completion, and exam-readiness per engineer — the surface managers actually use to manage team training programs. See /compare for the full feature comparison.

How do I assign and track A+ training for my team?

From the admin console, managers create a training playlist (one or more courses on the A+ path), assign it to specific engineers or role groups, and track completion + practice-exam scores per learner. Team-wide reporting rolls up to a single dashboard you can export for monthly leadership reviews or quarterly compliance reporting. No spreadsheet, no per-engineer license fiddling.

How long does it take to certify a team on A+?

Depends on the cert and the team's starting baseline. Entry-level CompTIA certs typically run 4–6 weeks per engineer from a cold start; associate-level certs run 8–12 weeks; professional/expert tracks can run 3–6 months. Most teams budget the full quarter for any associate-level certification so engineers have time to actually apply the lab work before the exam.

What if CompTIA updates the A+ exam objectives?

CBT Nuggets updates CompTIA course content as exam objectives refresh — typically within weeks of the vendor's release. When CompTIA restructures or renames a track (a common pattern), the assigned training paths stay aligned with the same team training plan; managers don't have to rebuild the playlist from scratch. The training stays current without anyone losing their certification status mid-stream.

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