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Exam number/code: RF0-001
Exam name: Radio Frequency Identification
Exam no. of questions: 81 Questions
Duration: 90 minutes
Passing score: 630 on a scale of 100-900
Question types: Multiple choice questions (MCQ's), Multiple choice single answer, Multiple choice multiple answer, Drag and drop & Simulations (optional)

CompTIA Radio Frequency Identification (RFID+) certification validates the knowledge and skills of professionals who work with RFID technology. It is an international, vendor-neutral credential that recognizes a technician's ability to install, maintain, repair, and troubleshoot the hardware and software functionality of RFID products. Although not a prerequisite, it is recommended that CompTIA RFID+ candidates have a minimum of six to 24 months of RFID or other auto-id technology experience. RFID is quickly becoming the standard technology for tracking goods in the supply chain, but it will only be effective if it is executed by properly trained and certified individuals. CompTIA RFID+ provides a baseline for the knowledge and skills required of RFID workers, giving business owners the opportunity to hire qualified professionals, and individuals a credential to prove their ability.

• Interrogation Zone Basics 13%
  
• Testing and Troubleshooting 13%
  
• Standards and Regulations 12%
  
• Tag Knowledge 11%
  
• Design Selection 11%
• Installation 11%
• Site Analysis (ie. Before, during and after installation) 11%
• RF Physics 11%
• RFID Peripherals 7%

Exam Objectives

• Interrogation Zone Basics 13%
• Describe interrogator functionality
• I/O capability
• Hand-held interrogators
• Vehicle mount interrogator
• LAN/Serial communications
• Firmware upgrades
• Software operation (GUIs)
• Describe configuration of interrogation zones
• Explain interrogator to interrogator interference
• Optimization
• System performance and tuning
• Travel speed and direction
• Bi-static / monostatic antennas
• Define anti-collision protocols (e.g., number of tags in the field/response time)
• Given a scenario, solve dense interrogator environment issues (domestic/international)
• Understand how a dense interrogator installation is going to affect network traffic
• Installation of multiple interrogators, (e.g., dock doors, synchronization of multiple interrogators, antenna footprints)
• Testing and Troubleshooting 13%
• Given a scenario, troubleshoot RF interrogation zones (e.g., root-cause analysis)
• Analyze less than required read rate
• Identify improperly tagged items
• Diagnose hardware
• Recognize need for firmware upgrades
• Equipment replacement procedures (e.g., antenna, cable, interrogator)
• Identify reasons for tag failure
• Failed tag management
• ESD issues
• Given a scenario, contrast actual tag data to expected tag data
• Standards and Regulations 12%
• Given a scenario, map user requirements to standards
• Regulations, standards that impact the design of a particular RFID solution
• Identify the differences between air interface protocols and tag data formats
• Recognize regulatory requirements globally and by region
• Recognize safety regulations/issues regarding human exposure
• Tag Knowledge 11%
• Classify tag types
• Select the RFID tag best suited for a specific use case.
• Pros and cons of tag types
• Tag performance
• Tag antenna to region/frequency
• Identify inductively coupled tags vs. back-scatter
• Identify the differences between active and passive
• Given a scenario, select the optimal locations for an RFID tag to be placed on an item.
• Evaluate media and adhesive selection for tags
• Tag orientation and location
• Tag stacking (shadowing)
• Package contents
• Packaging
• Items
• Tags
• Labels
• Inserts
• Liquids
• Metal
• Polarization
• Design Selection 11%
• Given a scenario, predict