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Table of ContentsCoverTable of ContentsTitle PageCopyrightDedicationAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorAbout the Technical EditorIntroductionThe Security+ ExamUsing This Book to PracticeExam SY0 701 Exam ObjectivesSY0 701 Certification Exam Objective MapHow to Contact the PublisherChapter 1: Domain 1.0: General Security ConceptsChapter 2: Domain 2.0: Threats, Vulnerabilities, and MitigationsChapter 3: Domain 3.0: Security ArchitectureChapter 4: Domain 4.0: Security OperationsChapter 5: Domain 5.0: Security Program Management andOversightAppendix: Answers to Review QuestionsChapter 1: Domain 1.0: General Security ConceptsChapter 2: Domain 2.0: Threats, Vulnerabilities, andMitigationsChapter 3: Domain 3.0: Security ArchitectureChapter 4: Domain 4.0: Security OperationsChapter 5: Domain 5.0: Security Program Management and

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OversightIndexEnd User License Agreement

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CompTIA®Security+®Practice TestsExam SY0-701Third EditionDavid Seidl

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Copyright © 2024 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.Published simultaneously in Canada and the United Kingdom.ISBNs: 9781394211388 (Paperback), 9781394211401 (ePDF), 9781394211395 (ePub)No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted inany form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, orotherwise, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States CopyrightAct, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization throughpayment of the appropriate per copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750 8400, fax (978) 750 4470, or on the web atwww.copyright.com. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to thePermissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030,(201) 748 6011, fax (201) 748 6008, or online atwww.wiley.com/go/permission.Trademarks:WILEY, the Wiley logo, and the Sybex logo are trademarks or registeredtrademarks of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and/or its affiliates, in the United States and othercountries, and may not be used without written permission. CompTIA and Security+ areregistered trademarks of CompTIA, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of theirrespective owners. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. is not associated with any product or vendormentioned in this book.Limit of Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty:While the publisher and author have usedtheir best efforts in preparing this book, they make no representations or warranties withrespect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this book and specifically disclaimany implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. No warrantymay be created or extended by sales representatives or written sales materials. The advice andstrategies contained herein may not be suitable for your situation. You should consult with aprofessional where appropriate. Further, readers should be aware that websites listed in thiswork may have changed or disappeared between when this work was written and when it isread. Neither the publisher nor author shall be liable for any loss of profit or any othercommercial damages, including but not limited to special, incidental, consequential, or otherdamages.For general information on our other products and services or for technical support, pleasecontact our Customer Care Department within the United States at (800) 762 2974, outsidethe United States at (317) 572 3993 or fax (317) 572 4002.Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears inprint may not be available in electronic formats. For more information about Wiley products,visit our web site atwww.wiley.com.Library of Congress Control Number:2023943511Cover image: © Jeremy Woodhouse/Getty Images, Inc.Cover design: Wiley

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This book is dedicated to Mike Chapple, who helped me get my startin the writing field. After most of a decade writing together, this wasmy first entirely solo project. Mike, as always, thank you for helpingme get my start almost a decade ago, for encouraging me along theway, and for continuing to challenge me to do more each time wetake on another book.—David

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AcknowledgmentsBooks like this involve work from many people who put countlesshours of time and effort into producing them from concept to finalprinted and electronic copies. The hard work and dedication of theteam at Wiley always shows. I especially want to acknowledge andthank senior acquisitions editor, Kenyon Brown, who continues to be awonderful person to work with on book after book.I also greatly appreciate the editing and production team for the book,including Lily Miller, the project editor, who is not only an absolutepleasure to work with, but who also brings deep expertise to all aspectsof the effort; Chris Crayton, the technical editor, who providedinsightful advice and gave wonderful feedback throughout the book;and Archana Pragash, the production editor, who guided me throughlayouts, formatting, and final cleanup to produce a great book. I wouldalso like to thank the many behind the scenes contributors, includingthe graphics, production, and technical teams who make the book andcompanion materials into a finished product.My agent, Carole Jelen of Waterside Productions, continues to provideme with wonderful opportunities, advice, and assistance throughoutour writing careers.Finally, I want to thank my friends and family, who have supported methrough the late evenings, busy weekends, and long hours that a booklike this requires to write, edit, and get to press.

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About the AuthorDavid Seidlis vice president for information technology and CIO atMiami University, where he is responsible for IT across the institution.During his IT career, he has served in a variety of technical andinformation security roles, including serving as the senior director forCampus Technology Services at the University of Notre Dame, wherehe co led Notre Dame's move to the cloud and oversaw cloudoperations, ERP, databases, identity management, and a broad rangeof other technologies and service. Prior to his senior leadership rolesat Notre Dame, he served as Notre Dame's director of informationsecurity and led Notre Dame's information security program. Hetaught information security and networking undergraduate courses asan instructor for Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business and haswritten 21 books on security certification and cyberwarfare, includingcoauthoringCISSP (ISC)2Official Practice Tests(Sybex, 2021) as wellas the current and previous editions of theCompTIA CySA+ StudyGuide: Exam CS0 003(Wiley, 2023, Chapple/Seidl) andCompTIACySA+ Practice Tests: Exam CS0 003(Wiley, 2023, Chapple/Seidl).David holds a bachelor's degree in communication technology and amaster's degree in information security from Eastern MichiganUniversity, as well as CISSP, CySA+, Pentest+, GPEN, and GCIHcertifications.

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About the Technical EditorChris Crayton, MCSE, CISSP, CASP+, CySA+, Cloud+, S+, N+, A+,is a technical consultant, trainer, author, and industry leadingtechnical editor. He has worked as a computer technology andnetworking instructor, information security director, networkadministrator, network engineer, and PC specialist. Chris has servedas technical editor and content contributor on numerous technicaltitles for several of the leading publishing companies. He has also beenrecognized with many professional and teaching awards.

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IntroductionCompTIA® Security+® Practice Tests: Exam SY0 701, Third Editionis the perfect companion volume to theCompTIA® Security+® StudyGuide: Exam SY0 701, Ninth Edition(Wiley, 2023, Chapple/Seidl). Ifyou're looking to test your knowledge before you take the Security+exam, this book will help you by providing a combination of over1,000 questions that cover the Security+ domains along with easy tounderstand explanations of both right and wrong answers.If you're just starting to prepare for the Security+ exam, we highlyrecommend that you use theCompTIA Security+ Study Guide, NinthEditionto help you learn about each of the domains covered by theSecurity+ exam. Once you're ready to test your knowledge, use thisbook to help find places where you may need to study more or topractice for the exam itself.Since this is a companion to theSecurity+ Study Guide, this book isdesigned to be similar to taking the Security+ exam. The book itself isbroken up into five domain centric chapters with questions about eachdomain.If you can answer 90 percent or more of the questions for a domaincorrectly, you can feel safe moving on to the next chapter. If you'reunable to answer that many correctly, reread the chapter and try thequestions again. Your score should improve.Don't just study the questions and answers! Thequestions on the actual exam will be different from the practicequestions included in this book. The exam is designed to test yourknowledge of a concept or objective, so use this book to learn theobjectives behind the questions.

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The Security+ ExamThe Security+ exam is designed to be a vendor neutral certification forcybersecurity professionals and those seeking to enter the field.CompTIA recommends this certification for those currently working,or aspiring to work, in roles, including:Systems administratorSecurity administratorTier II support technicianIT support managerCybersecurity analystBusiness analystThe exam covers five major domains:Domain 1.0 General Security ConceptsDomain 2.0 Threats, Vulnerabilities, and MitigationsDomain 3.0 Security ArchitectureDomain 4.0 Security OperationsDomain 5.0 Security Program Management and OversightThese five areas include a range of topics, from firewall design toincident response and forensics, while focusing heavily on scenariobased learning. That's why CompTIA recommends that thoseattempting the exam have both the CompTIA Network+ certificationand at least two years of hands on work experience, although manyindividuals pass the exam before moving into their first cybersecurityrole.The Security+ exam is conducted in a format that CompTIA calls“performance based assessment.” This means that the exam combinesstandard multiple choice questions with other, interactive questionformats. Your exam may include multiple types of questions, such asmultiple choice, fill in the blank, multiple response, drag and drop,and image based problems.

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The exam costs $392 in the United States, with roughly equivalentprices in other locations around the globe. More details about theSecurity+ exam and how to take it can be found here:www.comptia.org/certifications/securityIf you're a student, note that CompTIA provides a student discount ifyou can provide a valid student ID and an .edu email address.This book includes a discount code for theSecurity+ exam—make sure you use it!You'll have 90 minutes to take the exam and will be asked to answerup to 90 questions during that time period. Your exam will be scoredon a scale ranging from 100 to 900, with a passing score of 750.You should also know that CompTIA is notorious for including vaguequestions on all of its exams. You might see a question for which twoof the possible four answers are correct—but you can choose only one.Use your knowledge, logic, and intuition to choose the best answer andthen move on. Sometimes, the questions are worded in ways thatwould make English majors cringe—a typo here, an incorrect verbthere. Don't let this frustrate you; answer the question and move on tothe next one.CompTIA frequently does what is calleditemseeding, which is the practice of including unscored questions onexams. It does so to gather psychometric data, which is then usedwhen developing new versions of the exam. Before you take theexam, you will be told that your exam may include these unscoredquestions. So, if you come across a question that does not appearto map to any of the exam objectives—or for that matter, does notappear to belong in the exam—it is likely a seeded question. You

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never know whether or not a question is seeded, however, soalways make your best effort to answer every question.Taking the ExamOnce you are fully prepared to take the exam, you can visit theCompTIA website to purchase your exam voucher:www.comptia.org/testing/exam-vouchers/buy-examCompTIA offers both on site proctored exams and online exams.Online exams are available 24/7 using remote proctoring. If you optfor the online exam, you'll want to make sure your system meets thetechnical requirements described by Pearson VUE, run a system test,ensure you have a distraction free test location, and make sure youhave appropriate ID ready.Things can go wrong during an exam, includingtechnical failures and other issues. If something does go wrong,your best bet is to follow up directly with Pearson VUE todetermine what can be done to resolve the problem.CompTIA partners with Pearson VUE's testing centers for in personexams, so if you intend to take one your next step will be to locate atesting center near you. In the United States, you can do this based onyour address or your ZIP code, whereas non U.S. test takers may findit easier to enter their city and country. You can search for a test centernear you at the Pearson Vue website, where you will need to navigateto “Find a Test Center.”www.pearsonvue.com/comptiaOnce you know where you'd like to take the exam, you'll need to createa CompTIA single sign on account. Once you've done so, you'll be ableto follow the link to scheduling exams via Pearson VUE. If you alreadyhave an account, you can visit Pearson VUE directly at:

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http://home.pearsonvue.com/comptia/onvueOn the day of the test, take two forms of identification that meet theidentification requirements found on the Pearson VUE site, and makesure to show up with plenty of time before the exam starts. Rememberthat you will not be able to take your notes, electronic devices(including smartphones and watches), or other materials in with you,and that other requirements may exist for the test. Make sure youreview those requirements before the day of your test so you're fullyprepared for both the test itself, as well as the testing process andfacility rules.After the Security+ ExamOnce you have taken the exam, you will be notified of your scoreimmediately, so you'll know if you passed the test right away. Youshould keep track of your score report with your exam registrationrecords and the email address you used to register for the exam.Maintaining Your CertificationCompTIA certifications must be renewed on a periodic basis. To renewyour certification, you can pass the most current version of the exam,earn a qualifying higher level CompTIA or industry certification,complete the CompTIA CertMaster CE course, or complete sufficientcontinuing education activities to earn enough continuing educationunits (CEUs) to renew it.CompTIA provides information on renewals via their website at:www.comptia.org/continuing-educationInformation about the CertMaster CE course can be found at:www.comptia.org/continuing-education/choose/renew-with-a-single-activity/complete-a-comptia-certmaster-ce-courseWhen you sign up to renew your certification, you will be asked toagree to the CE program's Candidate Agreement, to pay a renewal fee,and to submit the materials required for your chosen renewal method.A full list of the industry certifications you can use to acquire CEUstoward renewing the Security+ certification can be found at:

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