The Exam Day Playbook is now 4 interactive, self-scoring PBQ simulators — one for A+ Core 1, A+ Core 2, Network+, and Security+. Build the network. Run the commands. Order the response. Get scored on partial credit, just like exam day.
Every PBQ works exactly like what you're watching. Do the task, submit, see the partial-credit score screen with every miss cross-linked to your study guide.
What you're watching: a real PBQ from the A+ Core 1 simulator — place devices on the topology → run a terminal command → hit submit → the partial-credit score screen animates in with every spine step flagged and every explanation cross-linked to your study guide.
The one thing every $9 PDF competitor cannot copy — a working piece of exam-skills software that runs in your browser and puts you inside a real PBQ, task by task.
The CompTIA Test Execution System is built on one insight: execution is a separate skill from knowledge. Your study bundle teaches you the answers. This teaches you how to deliver them in 90 minutes.
Three core protocols. Four exam-specific PBQ frameworks. One pocket card for the morning of. Eight PDFs total. Instant download.
Every PBQ walkthrough, every entry in the Question Decoder, every worked elimination in this system is engineered from the same source CompTIA itself uses to build the exam: the official published exam objectives document for each certification. Then cross-referenced against the standard study guides used in the CompTIA prep industry — so the terminology, scenarios, and framework logic match what you'll actually see on test day.
Every scenario in this system is original work. No exam content is reproduced or paraphrased from any source. Not affiliated with or endorsed by CompTIA, Inc.
Every other PBQ resource is passive — you read about them, watch them, or listen to them. Only one lets you actually perform one and get scored.
| Resource | Interactive PBQ | Partial-Credit Scoring |
|---|---|---|
| Free YouTube walkthroughs | ✗ | ✗ |
| $9 PDF PBQ guides | ✗ | ✗ |
| Udemy PBQ courses | ✗ | ✗ |
| Exam Day Playbook | ✓ | ✓ |
A CompTIA voucher runs $250 to $400 depending on your exam. Fail once, you pay it again. Fail twice, you pay it a third time. This system costs less than 1/9th of a single retake.
Standalone value if you hired a 1-on-1 CompTIA exam coach for the same work.
You save $481.
Standalone values based on average 1-on-1 CompTIA exam coaching rates ($50–$150/hour). Coaching not included with purchase — you're getting the same intellectual work in printable form.
Less than the cost of a takeout meal — to protect hundreds of dollars and weeks of your life.
That's the whole policy. Nothing in fine print. Nothing to prove. Nothing to ship back.
If this system doesn't earn its place in your prep, we don't earn your $44.
No. It's four interactive simulators that run in your browser on phone or laptop — you perform each PBQ and get scored, not just read about it.
Performance-Based Questions are the hands-on, most-feared part of every CompTIA exam and the biggest cause of "I studied but froze." This trains that exact skill — reps in the real format kill the freeze.
Partial credit. Every PBQ has a "spine" of 2-3 high-value steps. You bank points for what you get right, even if the whole question isn't perfect. The results screen breaks down every line — what you chose, points earned vs. available, spine steps flagged, plus a plain-English explanation.
All four current CompTIA Trifecta exams: A+ Core 1 (220-1201), A+ Core 2 (220-1202), Network+ (N10-009), and Security+ (SY0-701). Five PBQs each — 20 total.
No. It runs in your browser. Nothing to download, nothing to set up. Works identically on phone and laptop.
Yes. The whole system is designed to be worked in short reps. Sit one simulator (~30 min), review the results, come back tomorrow. Even 3-4 full runs of your exam's simulator meaningfully change how you handle PBQs on test day.
Yes. This is not a study guide — it's PBQ execution practice. If you don't know the content, no simulator will save you. This is what you add once you know the content but haven't practiced performing it under exam conditions.
No. Not affiliated with or endorsed by CompTIA, Inc. Every scenario is original work built from CompTIA's publicly published exam objectives. No exam content is reproduced or paraphrased from any source.
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You've read the whole page. You know what this is. You know what it isn't. Now go do the reps.
Not affiliated with or endorsed by CompTIA, Inc. All scenarios are original works built from CompTIA's publicly published exam objectives.
