CompTIA 220-901 is one of the two important IT and Software program exams required in order to obtain the CompTIA A+ certification. It is designed to test the student’s understanding in six major IT domains that make up the exam’s sections. These include:

• Core processing
• Personal computer hardware
• Troubleshooting and networking hardware
• Mobile gadget hardware
• PC peripherals
• Network connectivity

The CompTIA A+ 220-901 exam constitutes of a maximum of 90 questions that are in the multiple-choice, performance-based, and drag and drop formats. The multiple-choice structuring may require either single or multiple responses. The exam length is 90 minutes. The test has a total of 900 points and its official pass mark requires one to score a minimum of 700 out of these possible points. English is a founder exam language. CompTIA reported that in 2019, the A+ exam will be fully available in other international dialects that include Spanish, Japanese, German, Portuguese, and even Chinese (Simplified).

The 220-901 certification exam is helpful to anyone with a passion for acquiring an international validation as a Computer Service Executive. This includes individuals or students pursuing IT careers, computer technicians who want to boost their technical understanding, professionally established IT personnel requiring technical skills, and even passionate and enthusiastic computer users. Those individuals who have taken and passed the 220-901 exam are internationally successful in both fields of IT operations and careers that involve technical support. This certification test evaluates the individuals' skills in computer hardware, networking & hardware, troubleshooting, and mobile devices. These four skills are also the exam specific objectives. Due to this, this CompTIA test requires all students and participants to have a minimum of 12 months of job experience in the above skills and operations.

The CompTIA A+ certificate is valid for a total of three years from the moment one takes the exam.