IT certification exam objectives
and practice questions

220-1201

The hardware, mobile device, networking, and virtualization/cloud half of CompTIA's industry-standard help desk and technical support baseline -- validates hands-on skill installing, configuring, and troubleshooting PCs, mobile devices, and peripherals. Pair with A+ Core 2 (220-1202) to complete the full CompTIA A+ certification.

220-1202

The operating systems, security, software troubleshooting, and operational procedures half of CompTIA's industry-standard help desk and technical support baseline -- validates hands-on skill securing, maintaining, and supporting Windows/macOS/Linux/mobile systems. Pair with A+ Core 1 (220-1201) to complete the full CompTIA A+ certification.

CS0-004

Validates the skills needed to perform incident response and vulnerability management, detect and analyze indicators of malicious activity, and communicate findings across an organization.

FC0-U61

IT Fundamentals — a gentle on-ramp for people brand new to IT concepts.

N10-009

Validates the skills needed to establish, maintain, and troubleshoot the essential networks that businesses rely on.

PT0-003

CompTIA PenTest+ certification exam PT0-003 V3. Purpose-built for offensive security: planning, scoping, and executing authorized penetration test engagements across network, web, cloud, wireless, and specialized systems.

SY0-701

Validates the baseline skills necessary to perform core security functions and pursue an IT security career.

AZ-104

Validates skills to implement, manage, and monitor an organization's Microsoft Azure environment -- identity and governance, storage, compute (VMs, containers, App Service), virtual networking, and monitoring/backup -- using the Azure portal, PowerShell, Azure CLI, and ARM/Bicep templates.

AI-901

Validates foundational knowledge of AI and machine learning concepts, responsible AI, and implementing generative AI, vision, speech, and information-extraction solutions using Microsoft Foundry.

AZ-900

Validates foundational knowledge of cloud concepts and Microsoft Azure services, architecture, management, and governance.

AZ-500

Validates hands-on skill implementing, managing, and monitoring security for Azure, multi-cloud, and hybrid environments -- identity and access, networking, compute/storage/databases, and threat protection using Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Microsoft Sentinel.

DP-600

Validates hands-on skill designing, creating, and managing analytical assets in Microsoft Fabric -- semantic models, warehouses, and lakehouses -- including preparing and enriching data, securing and maintaining analytics assets, and implementing semantic models, using SQL, KQL, and DAX.

SC-200

Validates hands-on skill managing a security operations environment, responding to incidents, and hunting for threats using Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Sentinel, Entra ID, and Purview.

SC-900

Validates foundational knowledge of security, compliance, and identity (SCI) concepts across Microsoft Entra, Microsoft security solutions, and Microsoft Purview.

AIF-C01

Validates a foundational understanding of AI, ML, and generative AI concepts and AWS AI tools -- practical business applications of AI, the AI/ML development lifecycle, foundation model applications (prompt engineering, RAG, fine-tuning, evaluation), responsible AI, and security/compliance/governance for AI solutions. The target candidate uses but does not necessarily build AI/ML solutions on AWS.

CLF-C02

Validates overall knowledge of the AWS Cloud independent of a specific job role -- cloud concepts, the shared responsibility model and core security practices, recognition of core AWS services across compute/database/network/storage, and AWS billing/pricing/support fundamentals. No hands-on implementation, coding, or architecture-design skill required.

SCS-C03

Validates the ability to secure AWS workloads at a specialist level -- threat detection and incident response, security logging/monitoring, infrastructure security (edge, compute, network), identity and access management, data protection (in-transit, at-rest, secrets/keys), and multi-account security governance. Targets candidates with 3-5 years of cloud security experience.

SAA-C03

Validates a candidate's ability to design solutions on AWS based on the AWS Well-Architected Framework -- architectures that are secure, resilient, high-performing, and cost-optimized. Intended for individuals with at least 1 year of hands-on experience designing cloud solutions using AWS services.

200-301

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), exam 200-301 v1.1. Passing score is approx. 825/1000 (Cisco does not officially publish a cut score; Cisco uses a 300-1000 scaled score, unlike CompTIA's 100-900 scale).

350-401

The core exam for CCNP and CCIE Enterprise -- dual-stack (IPv4/IPv6) enterprise architecture (SD-WAN, SD-Access), virtualization (VRF, GRE/IPsec, LISP, VXLAN), Layer 2/3 infrastructure (trunking, EtherChannel, STP, OSPF, EIGRP, eBGP, IP services), network assurance (NetFlow, SPAN, IPSLA, NETCONF/RESTCONF), security (AAA, ACLs, CoPP, NGFW, TrustSec/MACsec), and automation/AI (Python, JSON, YANG, Catalyst Center APIs, EEM applets).

CC

ISC2's entry-level cybersecurity credential validating foundational knowledge across security principles, business continuity/disaster recovery/incident response, access controls, network security, and security operations. No prior work experience or degree required.

CISSP

ISC2's advanced, experience-required cybersecurity leadership credential validating expertise across security and risk management, asset security, security architecture and engineering, network security, identity and access management, security assessment and testing, security operations, and software development security.