Free CompTIA PenTest+ practice test
10 real PenTest+ questions, playable right now. No account, no card, no email gate. Every answer opens the full explanation: the concept, why the right option is right, and why each wrong option is wrong, cited to the authoritative documentation behind it.
Sample question 1 of 10
You assess an IP camera and log in with admin/admin, a credential the firmware ships with that users cannot change. Which IoT Top 10 weakness is this?
Sample question 2 of 10
A script has:
nmap -Pn 10.0.0.5 || echo "scan failed" >> errors.logUnder what condition is the failure logged?
Sample question 3 of 10
You must scan a fragile production network and cannot risk taking services down. Which choice most reduces that risk?
Sample question 4 of 10
You have shell access on a Linux host and append your public key to a user's ~/.ssh/authorized_keys. What have you set up?
Sample question 5 of 10
An analyst reviewing a report sees the test WSTG-INFO-02. What does that identifier denote?
Sample question 6 of 10
An image is served via ?filename=. On an authorized test you request:
?filename=../../../../etc/passwdand receive the file. Which vulnerability is this?
Sample question 7 of 10
An automated crawler fetches one page during application mapping. How does it reach further pages of the site?
Sample question 8 of 10
A scanner report lists cpe:/a:apache:http_server:2.4.49 beside a finding. What does a CPE string identify?
Sample question 9 of 10
You have collected files from several hosts and copy them all into C:\Windows\Temp\loot on one machine. What is this step?
Sample question 10 of 10
A client is concerned about service availability and approves stress testing. Where should that stress testing run?
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What this test covers
These 10 questions are drawn across the published exam blueprint rather than from one chapter: this set touches Attacks and Exploits, Reconnaissance and Enumeration, Vulnerability Discovery and Analysis, Post-exploitation and Lateral Movement, Engagement Management. Every question is original, written from the official objectives, and verified against a cited vendor page before it serves. None are recalled exam content, which is why the explanations can cite their sources.
A ten-question sample tells you where you stand, not whether you are ready. The full experience is numbered practice exams: 90 questions apportioned to the official domain weightings, sat under the real 165-minute clock and scored against the published cut score.
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