CompTIA Security+ Practice Test of the Day 260619

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Today’s practice test is based on Subdomain 4.7 (Explain the importance of automation and orchestration related to secure operations) from the CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 objectives.

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CompTIA Security+ Practice Test of the Day 260619

10 questions • Single best answer

Question 1

A DevSecOps engineer at a cloud startup builds scripts that automatically create new user accounts and assign access whenever HR onboards staff. Which automation use case is this?

A. User provisioning B. Escalation C. Guard rails D. Ticket creation

Question 2

A security team applies automated policy checks that prevent engineers from deploying resources violating defined security boundaries. Which use case describes these enforced limits?

A. Escalation B. Guard rails C. Ticket creation D. Workforce multiplier

Question 3

Management worries an automated pipeline could become a critical dependency whose failure halts all deployments. Which automation consideration does this describe?

A. Cost B. Technical debt C. Single point of failure D. Complexity

Question 4

By automating repetitive tasks, a small security team handles far more work than its headcount would normally allow. Which benefit does this illustrate?

A. Cost B. Workforce multiplier C. Single point of failure D. Technical debt

Question 5

An organization automates deployment so every new server is built from an identical hardened image. Which benefit best describes this outcome?

A. Employee retention B. Standard infrastructure configurations C. Reaction time D. Cost

Question 6

A platform automatically opens a tracking record in the helpdesk system whenever a vulnerability scan finds a critical issue. Which use case is this?

A. Escalation B. Guard rails C. User provisioning D. Ticket creation

Question 7

A code pipeline automatically builds and runs security tests on every commit before merging. Which automation use case does this represent?

A. Resource provisioning B. Escalation C. Continuous integration and testing D. Guard rails

Question 8

A manager notes that over time the team's many ad hoc automation scripts have become hard to maintain and poorly documented. Which consideration is this?

A. Enforcing baselines B. Workforce multiplier C. Reaction time D. Technical debt

Question 9

Automation lets the SOC contain a detected threat within seconds rather than waiting for an analyst. Which benefit does this demonstrate?

A. Reaction time B. Cost C. Single point of failure D. Complexity

Question 10

A team connects its ticketing, scanning, and chat tools so they exchange data automatically through programmatic interfaces. Which use case enables this connectivity?

A. Escalation B. User provisioning C. Integrations and APIs D. Guard rails

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