100+ Free MOS Word Expert (MO-111) Practice Questions

MO-111 is the performance-based Microsoft Office Specialist: Word Expert (Microsoft 365 Apps) exam. Instead of multiple-choice questions, you complete approximately 35 real tasks in live Word in 50 minutes. Topics include templates, advanced styles, building blocks, indexes, bibliographies, forms, macros, and mail merge. Passing requires a scaled score of 700/1000.

MO-110 is the Associate-level Word exam covering everyday document creation — formatting, tables, basic references, and simple sharing. MO-111 is the Expert-level exam testing advanced features that most users never touch: macros, mail merge with conditional logic, custom building blocks, marked index entries, content controls, and document protection. Microsoft suggests ~150 hours of hands-on Word experience for Expert.

MO-111 is administered by Certiport (a Pearson VUE business). You can take it at an authorized Certiport Authorized Testing Center (CATC) or via Certiport's online proctored option (Certiport Compass). Schedule through certiport.pearsonvue.com. The fee is $100 USD in the United States, but pricing varies by country.

MO-111 has approximately 35 tasks across 5-7 project simulations and you have 50 minutes to complete them. Each task asks you to perform a specific action in a real Word document — for example, create a custom style, mark an index entry, record a macro, or set up a mail merge. Tasks are scored automatically based on the final state of the document.

MO-101 tests Word in Office 2019 (perpetual license), while MO-111 tests Word in Microsoft 365 Apps (subscription). Both cover the same Expert skill areas, but MO-111 includes newer features available only in Microsoft 365 — such as updated content controls, modernized accessibility tools, and current language options. Either exam counts toward the MOS Expert certification.

The MOS credential itself never expires — once you earn it, it stays on your transcript permanently. However, the exam version is tied to a specific Word release. Microsoft retires older versions (e.g., MO-101 for Office 2019) when newer ones are released. Your earned certification remains valid even after the underlying exam retires.

All Microsoft certification exams use a scaled score from 0 to 1000, with 700 required to pass. Microsoft does not publicly disclose the raw number of points each task is worth or the percentage needed to hit 700. Aim to complete every task and double-check your work — partial credit is given for tasks that are partially correct.