CompTIA Security+ practice exams
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- Exam code
- SY0-701
- Cost
- $425USD
- Questions
- Maximum of 90
- Duration
- 90minutes
- Passing score
- 750(scale 100-900)
- Level
- Mid level
- Valid for
- 3years
- Study guide
- How to prepare
- Sources
- 47official pages
- Practice all PBQs
- 21tasks
- Format
- Multiple choice and performance-based
Security+ practice exams
2 full-length forms, 90 questions each, apportioned to the published domain weightings.
An organization has no published security contact and no visible disclosure policy on its website. Where should a researcher first look for a standardized reporting contact?
The answer
A security.txt file at the well-known path on the site
Checked against
cheatsheetseries.owasp.org, checked July 2026A security.txt file on the website at /.well-known/security.txt as per RFC 9116.
What the exam tests
Exam domains and official weightings
The percentage is the exam weighting; the bar is how many verified questions we hold there, so a short bar is where our bank is thin.
- General Security Concepts12%30 verified
- Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Mitigations22%45 verified
- Security Architecture18%55 verified
- Security Operations28%57 verified
- Security Program Management and Oversight20%51 verified
Where to focus: Security Operations is the heaviest domain at 28 percent. Give it proportionally more study time than the others.
Every Security+ objective, with practice questions mapped to each one
What the exam actually asks you to do
Multiple choice, multiple response, and performance-based questions. The performance-based items drop you into a simulated console, network diagram, or configuration screen and score what you actually do.
Item formats
- Multiple choice
- Multiple response
- Performance-based
The highlighted formats are the ones you cannot answer from memory alone. CompTIA, Security+ exam details ↗
The part of Security+ you cannot memorize
Performance-based questions are where memorized dumps fail, because you cannot memorize your way through configuring or analyzing something. A dump can tell you which letter was marked correct. It cannot read the output on the screen in front of you and tell you what it means.
We built 21 of them for Security+, across 4 interaction types. They score with partial credit, and every one ends with a walkthrough of the reasoning rather than just an answer key.
- Sequencing
- Put incident response phases, forensic collection, or a remediation cycle in the order the work actually happens.
- Log and output analysis
- Read a real log excerpt, firewall rule set, or command output, then answer what it tells you.
- Sorting
- Drop controls, data states, or hardening tasks into the category each one belongs to.
- Matching
- Assign the right technology to each requirement, with a pool bigger than the number of slots so guessing does not pay.
Between sittings
The same bank the numbered forms are assembled from.
Quick Practice
Open now
All 238 verified questions, untimed, with the explanation after each answer.
Domain Drill
Open now
Every domain on its own, for the area a score report says is weakest.
Review Missed
Fills as you go
Re-asks the questions you got wrong. Nothing to review until you miss something.
Where Security+ fits
CompTIA security track
The classic vendor-neutral ladder into security. Prerequisites are recommendations, not gates, until CISSP, which needs real experience.
CompTIA’s free resources
Study from the source. Everything below is published by the vendor, free to read, and is what our own questions are written from:
Official Security+ exam page & objectives ↗Keep reading
- Free Security+ practice test
Ten real questions, playable now. No account, no card.
- Security+ exam objectives
The full official blueprint, with practice pages on covered objectives.
- Security+ passing score
The exact cut score, what kind of number it is, and the retake terms.
- How hard is Security+?
An honest difficulty read from the format, the clock and the weights.
- What Security+ costs
The voucher price, the retake, and what renewal costs across the cycle.
- Security+ guide
Who it is for, study plans by experience level, and whether it is worth it.
Cheat sheets
Printable reference tables, free.
- CISSP Domains
- Cloud Service and Deployment Models
- Backup, RAID and Recovery
- DNS Record Types
- MITRE ATT&CK Tactics
- Security Tools
- Log Analysis and Event IDs
- Risk Management Formulas
- OSI and TCP/IP Models
- Wireless Standards and Security
- Access Control Models
- Incident Response and Forensics
- Frameworks and Regulations
- Security+ Acronyms
- Attack Types
- Cryptography Basics
- Common Ports & Protocols
Compared with
Side by side on cost, difficulty, and which one to take first.
Frequently asked questions
How many questions do I need to pass SY0-701?
CompTIA scores on a 100-900 scale with 750 required to pass, roughly 83% weighted, though performance-based questions carry more weight than multiple choice. Aim for consistent 85%+ on practice sets before booking.
Is Security+ good for beginners?
Security+ is an early-career security cert, but it assumes networking fundamentals. If ports, protocols, and basic network architecture are new to you, study Network+ material first even if you skip that exam.
Are Security+ braindumps safe to use?
No. Dumps are leaked exam content, using them violates CompTIA's candidate agreement, risks decertification and exam bans, and fails to prepare you for performance-based questions that dumps can't capture. Original objective-based practice is both safer and more effective.
How long should I study for Security+?
With an IT background, 4-8 weeks of consistent practice is typical. Focus study time by domain weight: Security Operations (28%) and Threats & Mitigations (22%) are half the exam.