Welcome to today’s practice test!
This beginner-level practice test is inspired by the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) exam and is designed to help you reinforce key cybersecurity concepts on a daily basis.
These questions are not official exam questions, but they reflect topics and scenarios relevant to the Security+ certification. Use them to test your knowledge, identify areas for improvement, and build daily cybersecurity habits.
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#1. An analyst in a SOC observes that multiple hosts have downloaded an unsigned executable from an external IP and initiated outbound traffic to unknown domains. What type of malware is most likely involved?
#2. An attacker is attempting to exploit a web application by entering JavaScript into a form field to execute commands in a user’s browser. What is the attacker trying to exploit?
#3. A security administrator at a healthcare provider is implementing role-based access controls (RBAC) to limit data exposure. What principle is the administrator applying?
#4. An attacker intercepts and modifies communication between a user and a web server, presenting the user with a fake login page. What type of attack is this?
#5. A company enforces full-disk encryption on all employee laptops. What security principle does this best support?
#6. A system administrator notices that a legacy application cannot support multifactor authentication. Which control should be implemented to minimize risk?
#7. A security engineer deploys a honeynet within a segmented portion of the network. What is the primary purpose of this setup?
#8. A company needs to securely transfer files containing large amounts of PII to an external partner weekly. Which is the BEST solution for this purpose?
#9. A web server is under a reflected DDoS attack using DNS amplification. Select the two BEST mitigations:
#10. An attacker sends malformed input to a server, causing it to crash. Which vulnerability is being exploited?
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