CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 Exam Preparation – Course and 200 practice questions

CompTIA Security+ Mini Quiz Preview Test your knowledge with a realistic preview of CompTIA Security+ exam-style questions. This mini quiz gives learners a first look at the style, logic, and difficulty of the full training. Preview only: This sample quiz is designed to give learners a realistic overview of the course style. Enroll in the full training to access complete lessons, deeper explanations, exam-focused preparation, and advanced practice questions. Progress 0 / 45 answered 1. A security team wants to reduce access rights after several users changed roles. Which control best supports this goal? Least privilege with periodic access reviews Shared administrator accounts Implicit trust for internal networks Disabling audit logging 2. Which option best describes non-repudiation? Proof that a specific party performed an action A guarantee that data is always available A method for hiding data from unauthorized users A process for assigning least privilege 3. A company deploys a honeypot to observe attacker behavior. Which security concept is being used? Deception technology Data masking Federation Change control 4. Which control type is a documented policy requiring annual security awareness training? Managerial Physical Technical Corrective 5. A security analyst hashes a downloaded installer and compares it with the vendor-provided value. Which objective is primarily being verified? Integrity Availability Obfuscation Authorization 6. Which statement best reflects zero trust? Continuously verify each access request based on context Trust all traffic after it enters the internal network Allow privileged access from managed laptops only Replace authentication with network segmentation 7. A developer signs a software package before release. What does the digital signature primarily provide? Integrity and origin assurance Guaranteed confidentiality Automatic vulnerability remediation High availability 8. Which activity is most important before implementing a firewall rule change in production? Documenting and approving the change Deleting old firewall logs Disabling intrusion detection Changing all user passwords 9. A compensating control is most appropriate when: The preferred control cannot be implemented but equivalent risk reduction is needed A control is no longer required by regulation An incident has already been fully contained A control is designed only to deter physical entry 10. Which cryptographic method should be used to protect data confidentiality at rest? Encryption Hashing Token revocation Digital watermarking 11. Which AAA function determines what resources an authenticated user may access? Authorization Authentication Accounting Attestation 12. A user receives a text message claiming to be from the help desk and asking for a password reset code. Which attack type is this? Smishing Vishing Pretexting by phone Watering hole 13. A criminal group encrypts business data and threatens to publish it unless payment is made. Which malware category best matches this activity? Ransomware Rootkit Logic bomb Spyware 14. A vulnerability is actively exploited before the vendor releases a patch. What is this called? Zero-day End-of-life Race condition Legacy platform 15. Which motivation is most closely associated with a nation-state threat actor? Espionage Casual curiosity Brand promotion Reducing support costs 16. An attacker sends malicious invoices to employees using a compromised supplier account. Which vector is most relevant? Supply chain Shoulder surfing Tailgating Rogue access point 17. Which vulnerability is most likely caused by failing to validate user input in a web application? SQL injection Bluejacking Evil twin Typosquatting 18. A user connects to a public Wi-Fi network named like a nearby coffee shop. The attacker intercepts traffic. Which attack is most likely? Evil twin DNSSEC failure Pass-the-hash Directory traversal 19. Which mitigation best reduces the impact of lateral movement after one workstation is compromised? Network segmentation More complex password hints Disabling backups Single shared local administrator account 20. An attacker captures an NTLM hash and uses it to authenticate without knowing the plaintext password. Which attack is this? Pass-the-hash Credential stuffing Password spraying Rainbow table lookup 21. Which physical attack involves entering a secured area by following an authorized person? Tailgating Dumpster diving Skimming War driving 22. Which condition creates the greatest risk for an Internet-facing server? Unsupported operating system with no security patches Centralized log forwarding Role-based administration Encrypted backups 23. A web application exposes files outside the intended directory using ../ in a URL. Which vulnerability is present? Directory traversal Cross-site request forgery Buffer overflow Replay attack 24. Which mitigation is most effective against known software vulnerabilities? Timely patching Removing all audit logs Increasing session timeouts Using shared service accounts 25. An attacker places malware in a popular free utility that administrators commonly download. Which attack surface is being abused? File-based distribution Voice call Physical badge cloning On-path routing 26. A password attack tries one common password against many usernames to avoid lockouts. Which technique is this? Password spraying Brute force against one user Birthday attack Kerberoasting 27. Which mobile risk is introduced when a user installs apps from unofficial stores? Malicious application installation Reduced screen brightness Improved sandboxing Certificate pinning 28. Which action best mitigates insecure default configurations on new systems? Apply a secure baseline before production use Allow vendor default passwords temporarily Disable vulnerability scanning Use local accounts for all administrators 29. A malicious email appears to come from the CEO and requests an urgent wire transfer. Which social engineering technique is most likely? Business email compromise Shoulder surfing Quid pro quo Dumpster diving 30. Which vulnerability category is most associated with containers running with excessive privileges? Virtualization or container misconfiguration Cryptographic collision Wireless jamming Physical destruction 31. Which control best reduces the risk of unauthorized software being installed on endpoints? Application allow listing Open guest wireless access Longer DHCP leases Unrestricted local administrator rights 32. A company needs to host a public web server while limiting direct access to the internal LAN. Where should it be placed? DMZ Management VLAN Cold site Private certificate authority 33. Which cloud model gives the customer the most responsibility for operating system patching? Infrastructure as a Service Software as a Service Business Process as a Service Managed email service 34. Which design most directly supports high availability for a critical web application? Load balancing across redundant servers Single server with a larger disk Manual log review once a month Disabling health checks 35. Which data state is protected by TLS during a web session? Data in transit Data at rest Data in use only Archived data only 36. Which architecture practice helps ensure infrastructure deployments are consistent and reviewable? Infrastructure as code Manual changes through remote desktop Untracked emergency configuration Shared administrator passwords 37. An industrial controller must remain available and safe, even during maintenance. Which environment is being secured? Operational technology Virtual desktop infrastructure SaaS tenant Public key infrastructure 38. Which storage approach best protects confidentiality if a laptop is lost? Full-disk encryption Screen timeout only Asset tag label Local DNS cache flushing 39. Which option best describes data minimization? Collect and retain only data that is needed Encrypt all data with the same key forever Store all logs indefinitely Make all data public by default 40. A business wants rapid recovery from a regional outage with minimal downtime. Which site type is most appropriate? Hot site Cold site Storage closet Offline archive 41. Which control most directly protects secrets used by applications? Secrets management vault Plaintext environment variables in shared scripts Source code comments Public repository wiki 42. Which concept places sensitive workloads in isolated execution areas to reduce compromise risk? Segmentation Open peering Flat networking Single sign-on 43. Which backup practice provides the strongest protection against ransomware deleting online backups? Offline or immutable backups Backups stored only on the same file share No backup testing Backups using the same administrator password 44. Which secure communication method is most appropriate for administrators connecting to network devices? SSH Telnet FTP SNMPv1 public community 45. Which classification should be applied to trade secrets with significant business value? Confidential Public Unclassified Open data Submit Quiz Reset Quiz Ready to strengthen your CompTIA Security+ skills? Enroll in the full CompTIA Security+ training to access structured lessons, deeper explanations, realistic practice questions, and exam-focused preparation. Enroll Now About the Course Unlock Your Cybersecurity Career with CompTIA Security+ Are you ready to advance your career in cybersecurity and earn a globally recognized certification? 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