You can see it againUnder pressure people bring back shapes and positions long after the wording has gone.
Picture superiority · Shepard 1967, Standing 1973
COMPTIACompTIA Tech+
CompTIA Tech+ certification provides foundational knowledge and hands-on skills for navigating the digital world. Ideal for those starting a tech career, it covers core concepts, troubleshooting, and future learning in the tech industry.
Exam formatMultiple-choice
Duration60 minutes
DeliveryPearson VUE
Passing score650
Free questions866
Content last reviewed 30 July 2026 · Up to date
The certification
What FC0-U71 proves, and what it asks of you
What this certification covers, who it is written for, and what the exam itself looks like on the day.
6domains
29objectives
234concepts
US $129exam fee
What it is
What this certification is
What it validates, who it is written for, and the experience it assumes.
About this certification
The CompTIA Tech+ certification is essential for anyone exploring a career in tech. It provides foundational knowledge and hands-on skills needed to navigate today’s digital world, giving you the confidence to take the first step toward a tech-related career.
CompTIA Tech+ focuses on practical, real-world skills that help you understand core tech concepts, troubleshoot basic issues, and build a strong foundation for future learning and growth in the tech industry.
Who it’s for
This certification is designed for individuals starting their journey in the tech industry. It is suitable for those with no prior experience who wish to gain foundational knowledge and skills in technology. Ideal for beginners, it provides the skills necessary to understand and troubleshoot basic tech issues, setting the stage for further learning and career advancement in tech.
Recommended experience
No prior experience necessary.
The syllabus
What you’ll learn
Every domain and objective CompTIA measures, with the weight they carry on the exam.
The official CompTIA exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
Tech concepts and terminology
- Computing basics
- Notational systems
- Units of measure
- Troubleshooting methodology
Infrastructure
- Computing devices
- Internal components
- Storage types
- Peripheral setup
- Device interfaces
- Virtualization and cloud
- Networking basics
- Wireless networks
Applications and software
- Operating systems
- OS components
- Software types
- Web browser features
- Artificial intelligence
Software development concepts
- Programming languages
- Data types
- Programming concepts
- Organizational techniques
Data and database fundamentals
- Value of data
- Database concepts
- Database use
- Backup concepts
Security
- Security concepts
- Device security
- Password practices
- Encryption
On the day
The exam itself
Everything CompTIA publishes about sitting it, and nothing we inferred.
Prerequisites
No mandatory prerequisites — this certification has no required predecessor exam or credential.
Exam codeFC0-U71
CertificationCompTIA Tech+
Exam formatMultiple-choice
Duration60 minutes
QuestionsMaximum of 70 questions
Passing score650
DeliveryPearson VUE
LanguagesEnglish, Japanese
PricingUS $129
After you pass
Where this credential goes next
The path CompTIA lays out, how the credential is kept, and where to book.
Step-by-step path to CompTIA Tech+
Credential earnedCompTIA Tech+ Certification Renewal and maintenance
Certifications must be renewed every three years through CEUs or retaking exams. Stay current with the latest technologies and maintain your certification.
Learn more about renewal requirements Lifecycle status
This certification is currently active and available. CompTIA maintains this certification to validate current skills and industry relevance.
Exam status: ActiveMaintained by CompTIA
Exam registration
Register for the exam through Pearson VUE, CompTIA’s authorized testing partner.
Schedule your examVisit the official CompTIA certification page for exam policies and requirements.
View the official pageYour coach
And when you are serious, your coach Pip takes over
Your coach in the app reads what you have answered with the book closed and tells you one thing to do tonight. It will not count an answer you gave with the page open, and it will tell you when you are not ready.
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Questions people ask
Is any part of the FC0-U71 exam hands-on or lab-based?
No, the FC0-U71 exam consists of multiple-choice questions only.
What job roles does the CompTIA Tech+ credential map to?
It aligns with entry-level tech support and IT roles, providing foundational skills for further career development.
If I fail FC0-U71, when can I retake it?
You must wait 24 hours after a first failed attempt, and 14 days before each subsequent attempt. There is no annual cap on attempts.
Can I recertify by passing a different CompTIA exam?
Yes, earning a higher-level CompTIA certification can renew the Tech+ credential.
Information freshness · Content last reviewed on 2026-07-30 Up to date
Practice free questions 866 questions, free, no account needed.
The curriculum
The whole exam, mapped and written
Every domain, every objective, and every concept CompTIA measures — each one written out.
6domains
29objectives
234concepts
186free pages
The domains, and what sits inside them
Every objective below is a page you can open and practise now, without an account.
The official CompTIA exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
1Tech concepts and terminology117 questions
2Infrastructure228 questions
Computing devices7 concepts · 6 pagesOpen →Internal components8 concepts · 6 pagesOpen →Storage types7 concepts · 6 pagesOpen →Peripheral setup6 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Device interfaces8 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Virtualization and cloud10 concepts · 8 pagesOpen →Networking basics9 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →Wireless networks7 concepts · 6 pagesOpen →
3Applications and software173 questions
4Software development concepts109 questions
5Data and database fundamentals112 questions
Not a table of contents
Every line on this map already opens
In front of every objective the practice pages are already there, free and without an account. This is one objective, opened.
Computing basics7 pagesOpen →
Free in front of it
33 questions on this objective, five to a page. Every range above is a real page, open now, with no account.
Reading the map is not the same as knowing the ground
The curriculum tells you what is on the exam. Proving you know it is a different job — and it is the one the closed-book run does.
Free questions
866 questions. No account, no card.
The whole bank is open. 5 questions to a page, every answer explained, and a discussion thread on each one.
866questions
186pages
29objectives
Freealways
Browse by domain
Every objective, and every page range, is a link — so you can pick up exactly where you left off.
1Tech concepts and terminology117 questions
2Infrastructure228 questions
3Applications and software173 questions
4Software development concepts109 questions
5Data and database fundamentals112 questions
6Security127 questions
What a practice page gives you
1Five to a page
Short enough to finish, long enough to matter.
2Every answer explained
Not only which one is right — why the others are wrong.
3A discussion on each
Ask, answer, and vote. Every question has its own thread.
A question, and the idea behind it
Every question comes from a concept
These are not trivia. Each one is written against a concept in the book, so when you get one wrong there is somewhere to go and find out why.
The visual book
See it once. Carry it into the exam.
The pages shown here come from our AI-900 book — an example of how each concept is written in plain language and, where the idea needs one, drawn as a full page you can take in at a glance.
234concepts
866free questions
Why a picture, and not another paragraph
Three reasons, and each one is a real finding rather than a slogan.
You can see it againThe whole idea at onceWhere it starts, what happens in the middle, what comes out, and the mistake to avoid.
Multimedia principle · MayerThe look-alikes sit togetherThe pairs the exam tests are drawn side by side, so the difference is seen, not told.
Dual coding · PaivioWhat one page is made of
You are never asked to read a poster here — only to see how one is built. After that, every other page is legible at a glance.
1A numbered strip on top
The idea as a sequence, followed with a finger before a word is read.
2Panels for the parts
What it is, how the machine learns it, when it is the right tool.
3The trap, framed
The distinction the exam tests, given its own box instead of buried in prose.
4One line at the bottom
The sentence to carry into the exam room.
Open book, on purpose
Answer it with the picture beside you
This is the part that teaches. The illustration and the written explanation stay where they are while you work, so a scenario stops being a memory test and becomes something you can simply look at.
It teaches · it does not count
A smartphone uses AI to unlock when the owner looks at the camera. Which AI capability is being used?
AImage classification
BFacial recognition
COptical character recognition
DObject detection
Look at the five steps. Detect finds a face, align straightens it, encode turns it into numbers, search compares it with a stored face, and decide answers one question: is this the same person? Classification would only say “a face”. Detection would only draw a box. Neither decides whose.
Then the page shuts, and it starts counting
The same questions come back with the book closed — that run is the one that counts. After it, your coach picks one thing for tonight, sized to the time you have, and brings pages back before you lose them.
Testing effect · Roediger & Karpicke 2006 · spacing effect · Cepeda et al. 2006
Official resources
Straight from CompTIA
Where the exam is defined, scheduled and scored.
1official link
234concepts mapped
The source
CompTIA’s own pages
We link to them rather than repeat them, so nothing here goes stale behind them.
Checked against the source
Every objective on the official CompTIA outline already has questions here
We build from the official skills outline, not from a summary of it — 29 objectives, 234 concepts written under them, and free questions against every one. When CompTIA changes the outline, this page changes with it.
29objectives on the outline→234concepts written→866free questions
An official page tells you what will be asked. It cannot tell you what you will get right.
That is the only question worth answering the night before, and no link answers it. You answer it by taking the questions with the book closed, and seeing what comes back.