CompTIA Security+
CompTIA Security+ practice questions from your own notes
Security+ SY0-701 is at most 90 questions in 90 minutes, and 750 on a 100 to 900 scale passes.
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- Code
- SY0-701
- Questions
- 90 maximum
- Duration
- 90 min
- Pass mark
- 750 of 100 to 900, scaled
- Price
- $425 to $439 by source
- Delivery
- Pearson VUE, or online proctored
- Format
- multiple choice and performance-based
Exam facts from CompTIA Security+ exam page. QuizPDF is not affiliated with the exam body.
- Readiness pass mark
- 72
- Gap
- −6
- To exam day
- 18 days
Readiness 66%. Security operations is the topic holding it down. 1 topic untested.
| Topic | Misses | Last seen |
|---|---|---|
| Security operations | 8 | Page 142 |
| Cryptographic solutions | 5 | Page 37 |
| Risk management | 3 | Page 210 |
| Third-party risk | — | Untested |
What SY0-701 tests
The official weightings. QuizPDF reads your syllabus and finds its own topics, then reports Readiness per topic.
| Domain | Weight | Covers |
|---|---|---|
| General security concepts | 12% | control types, CIA and non-repudiation, AAA, zero trust, deception technology, change management, PKI, encryption, hashing, digital signatures |
| Threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigations | 22% | threat actors and motivations, attack surfaces and vectors, application, cloud and supply-chain vulnerabilities, malware and password attacks, segmentation, hardening, patching |
| Security architecture | 18% | on-premises against cloud, virtualization, IoT and ICS, infrastructure as code, secure communication and access, data classification and protection, high availability, backups, continuity |
| Security operations | 28% | secure baselines and hardening, asset management, vulnerability management, alerting and monitoring, firewalls, IDS and IPS, DLP, NAC, EDR and XDR, IAM, automation, incident response, log data |
| Security program management and oversight | 20% | governance structures and policies, risk register, tolerance and appetite, business impact analysis, third-party and vendor risk, compliance and privacy, audits and penetration testing, awareness training |
Where candidates lose points
Self-reported, from candidate write-ups. Your own Miss list will disagree with this one, and it is the one that counts.
- 01
Incident response order
Containment, eradication and remediation in CompTIA's order, not the order your workplace uses. Prep guides name this the most common trip.
- 02
Performance-based questions
They come first, they take the longest, and candidates report losing the clock in them before reaching the multiple choice.
- 03
Reading logs and SIEM output
The answer is in the output, not in the definition. Recall of terms does not carry these items.
- 04
Picking the authentication protocol
SAML, OAuth, OIDC, RADIUS and TACACS+ all authenticate something. The item turns on which one fits the scenario.
- 05
Experience answering for you
Working practitioners report choosing what they would really do over what the framework expects. Security Operations is 28% of the exam and where that costs most.
Reported prep runs 8 to 12 weeks at 8 to 12 hours a week, and 14 to 20 weeks for candidates new to IT. Those are vendor and community figures, not CompTIA's.
How a readiness drill on your own syllabus works
- 01Upload the syllabusYour syllabus: the study guide, the course notes, the official PDF. Text PDF, up to 40 MB.
- 02Take the free diagnostic10 questions written from your pages. Each answer is revealed at once, with the page it came from.
- 03Read the scoreYour score, the topics you missed named from your own document, and Readiness beside the pass mark.
- 04Drill the Miss list$29 once unlocks that syllabus forever. Every drill after that is weighted toward what you keep getting wrong.
Questions about SY0-701
- How many questions are on the Security+ SY0-701?
- A maximum of 90 in 90 minutes, mixing multiple choice with performance-based questions. CompTIA states both on the exam page.
- What score do you need to pass Security+?
- 750 on a scale of 100 to 900. It is scaled, so it is not the same as answering 750 of 900 points' worth of questions correctly.
- What does Security+ cost?
- Sources differ between $425 and $439 for a single voucher. CompTIA's own page did not publish a figure we could quote, so check the store before you book.
- Can I drill my own Security+ notes instead of a question bank?
- Yes. That is what this is. Upload your syllabus as a text PDF and the questions are written from its pages.
- Does the free drill need a card?
- No. A free account, one upload, 10 questions, your score and your missed topics. No card.
- What does the $29 unlock buy?
- Unlimited drills on that one syllabus, forever, weighted to your Miss list, plus the Readiness number. One payment, no subscription.
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