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CompTIA Security+ Practice Tests SY0-501

By : Ian Neil
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CompTIA Security+ Practice Tests SY0-501

By: Ian Neil

Overview of this book

CompTIA Security+ is a core security certification that will validate your baseline skills for a career in cybersecurity. Passing this exam will not only help you identify security incidents but will also equip you to resolve them efficiently. This book builds on the popular CompTIA Security+ Certification Guide, which mirrors the SY0-501 exam pattern. This practice test-based guide covers all six domains of the Security+ SY0-501 exam: threats, attacks, and vulnerabilities; technologies and tools; architecture and design; identity and access management; cryptography and PKI; and risk management. You’ll take six mock tests designed as per the official Security+ certification exam pattern, each covering significant aspects from an examination point of view. For each domain, the book provides a dedicated cheat sheet that includes important concepts covered in the test. You can even time your tests to simulate the actual exam. These tests will help you identify gaps in your knowledge and discover answers to tricky exam questions. By the end of this book, you’ll have developed and enhanced the skills necessary to pass the official CompTIA Security+ exam.
Table of Contents (9 chapters)

Practice Test 1 – Open Questions – Threats, Attacks, and Vulnerabilities

Start off by answering the questions that you have the knowledge base to answer, then on a separate list write down the questions that you do not know the answers to, because you need to revise those areas before testing:

1. What type of virus produces a different hash as it replicates through your network?

2. What type of attack can use a hidden password that has been in place since the application was installed?

3. What type of attack involves an agent attacking a high‐level executive calling them on a telephone and leaving a voicemail?

4. What type of attack involves a huge fireman arriving in the reception area of your company and you letting him into your server room?

5. What type of attack involves downloading a performance-enhancing computer program that says that I have 20,000 exploits and that I should purchase the full version of the product to remove them?

6. What type of attack collects...