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CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) Practice Test

Security+ practice mapped to the current SY0-701 objectives: threats, architecture, operations, and governance.

  • SY0-701
  • maximum of 90 items
  • 90-minute limit
  • 750/900 to pass
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A security analyst is performing a vulnerability assessment on a web server. Which tool would BEST identify misconfigurations in the server settings?

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How many questions are on the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) test, and what score passes?

The CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) has 90 questions, scored on a scale of 100 to 900. A scaled score of 750 or higher passes.

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Scaled score · 750 to pass · up to 90 items

Questions written from the published CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 exam objectives; not official or recalled CompTIA items. Internal QuizCram practice target. CompTIA scores Security+ as a scaled 750 on a 100–900 scale, which is not a raw percentage and cannot be converted into one.

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The 5 areas of the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) and their weights

Share of scored questions per area, from the CompTIA blueprint (SY0-701). All 300 questions in this bank are filed under these areas.

  • General security concepts12% of the exam
  • Threats, vulnerabilities and mitigations22% of the exam
  • Security architecture18% of the exam
  • Security operations28% of the exam
  • Security program management and oversight20% of the exam

Source: CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701, V7) exam domains and weights, checked October 14, 2026.

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  1. Q1Operations

    A security team is implementing a vulnerability management program. Which step should immediately follow vulnerability scanning?

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  2. Q2Operations

    A system administrator needs to remove sensitive data from a decommissioned hard drive. Which method provides the MOST secure data destruction?

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  3. Q3Architecture

    A company wants to implement redundancy for its critical web servers. Which architecture provides automatic failover if one server becomes unavailable?

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How to pass the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701)

Learn each domain, drill until it’s automatic, then prove it in a timed mock exam.

  1. Step 1

    Work threats, vulnerabilities and mitigations first — the largest share of the objectives

  2. Step 2

    Learn cryptography by purpose: what each primitive protects and where it fails

  3. Step 3

    Know the governance, risk and compliance vocabulary precisely; items hinge on exact terms

  4. Step 4

    Practice reading scenario items for the single best control rather than any valid control

  5. Test day

    Book the real test once you clear the pass mark comfortably, twice in a row.

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Internal QuizCram practice target. CompTIA scores Security+ as a scaled 750 on a 100–900 scale, which is not a raw percentage and cannot be converted into one.

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CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) FAQ

SY0-701, the current Security+ exam. CompTIA states a maximum of 90 questions, a mix of multiple-choice and performance-based, in 90 minutes.

750 on a scale of 100–900. Because it is scaled, a practice percentage is a study signal rather than a predicted exam score.

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