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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 4 – Mock Exam 1

Start off the mock exam with a clean sheet of paper and note down the questions that you cannot answer or are guessing at, because you need to revise those areas. When you take this test, follow these instructions:

DO:

  • Read the questions carefully; do not scan. Draw diagrams on questions you are unsure of.
  • Rule out the wrong answers to leave the correct answer.
  • When you narrow the answers down to two possible answers, you have a 50–50 chance of being right. Read the question again and look for the finer details that will give one of those options a 60–40 chance of being right.
  • Flag up for review (in the top-right of the screen) the questions that you don't like. Do not answer them, as the review screen will show those items in red. Don't waste time trying to work them out at this stage.
  • Before ending your review, go down the columns from left to right and ensure that all questions have an answer.
  • At the end, check all of...