Free Security+ Practice Test — 405 Original SY0-701 Questions
405 original Security+ practice questions, free through August 30, 2026 — no signup, no email, nothing to install. Answer a few questions or run the full domain-weighted exam simulator; every item ties to a current SY0-701 objective and explains itself the moment you answer.
Honest note. Every question here is original, written to the SY0-701 exam objectives for study purposes — none are copied, paraphrased, or “reconstructed from memory” from a real CompTIA exam, official practice test, or braindump site. Our full originality policy and question rubric are public in CONTENT-STANDARDS.md. CertPrep is not affiliated with, authorized by, or endorsed by CompTIA.
What's actually free
Not a locked preview — the whole thing. 405 original Security+ questions spread across the five current SY0-701 domains, 160 spaced-repetition flashcards on the highest-yield terms and easily-confused pairs, 63 curated video lessons organized by domain, a full study guide, printable cheat sheets, and a progress dashboard that tracks your mastery per domain. It's part of a 1,205-question library that also covers CISM and PMP, in case your next stop after Security+ is a management-track cert.
How the exam simulator matches the real SY0-701
CompTIA's SY0-701 is 90 questions in 90 minutes, and it doesn't spread those questions evenly across domains — it weights them to its published blueprint. CertPrep's exam simulator copies that structure exactly: 90 questions, a 90-minute clock, and a domain mix that matches the real weighting below, so a mock score here means something.
| # | Domain | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | General Security Concepts | 12% |
| 2.0 | Threats, Vulnerabilities & Mitigations | 22% |
| 3.0 | Security Architecture | 18% |
| 4.0 | Security Operations | 28% |
| 5.0 | Security Program Management & Oversight | 20% |
When you finish, you get a per-domain breakdown instead of one flat number — so you know whether you're actually weak in Operations (the biggest slice, 28%) or just had a rough run of Concepts questions.
How the explanations actually teach you something
Every item passes the same rubric before it ships: one defensible answer a domain expert wouldn't dispute, distractors that are plausible enough that a half-prepared candidate would genuinely consider them, and an explanation that states why the key is right and why each distractor fails — not a bare restatement of the answer. New items get reviewed in a separate pass by someone trying to refute the key; anything that survives that goes into the bank. You can see the full rubric yourself in CONTENT-STANDARDS.md.
Private by default
No account, no email capture, no analytics or ad pixels watching how you study. Every answer, score, and flashcard review lives in your browser's local storage — there's no server copy, and nothing leaves your device unless you export it yourself.
How it compares
- Exam-dump / braindump sites. These claim to be leaked or reconstructed real questions. Aside from the legal and certification-integrity risk, they teach you to recognize specific items, not the underlying judgment CompTIA is actually testing — and CompTIA does rotate items.
- Free question dumps and forum posts. Often stale, sometimes wrong, and rarely explained beyond a bare answer key. Fine for a gut check, weak for actually building understanding.
- Paid question-bank subscriptions. Solid quality, generally well-explained, but licensed per exam and often time-limited or subscription-based.
- Official CompTIA CertMaster practice. The gold standard for representativeness — and priced accordingly. Worth using alongside a free tool like this one, not instead of it.
The short version: question dumps teach recall of specific items; scenario-based practice like CertPrep's teaches the judgment the real SY0-701 actually tests — free, for now, without an account.
Try 4 real sample questions
These are pulled directly from the live question bank, quoted verbatim with their real explanations. Pick an answer, then reveal it.
A legacy application cannot support multifactor authentication. To reduce risk, the organization places it behind a jump server that requires MFA before access is granted. The jump server requirement is an example of which control type?
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: A — Compensating. A compensating control is an alternative measure used when the primary or required control cannot be implemented, such as fronting a legacy app with an MFA-protected jump server. Directive controls instruct behavior, and detective controls only identify events.
An attacker registers 'paypa1.com' (with the digit one) hoping users mistype the legitimate domain. Which attack technique is this?
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: B — Typosquatting. Typosquatting registers domains resembling legitimate ones to catch users' typos. While brand impersonation may accompany it, the defining technique here is the look-alike/misspelled domain. Watering hole and pretexting describe different methods.
A developer deploys functions to a serverless platform that run only when triggered by events. Which statement BEST describes a security consideration of serverless computing?
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: B. In serverless, the provider manages servers and the OS, so the customer's security focus shifts to the function code, its dependencies, permissions, and the events that invoke it. The customer does not patch the host, still owns application logic, and functions routinely call other services.
A security team distinguishes between three governance document types. Which document provides mandatory, specific technical requirements such as 'passwords must be at least 14 characters and use AES-256 for encryption'?
Reveal answer & explanation
Correct answer: C — Standard. Standards specify mandatory, measurable requirements (key lengths, algorithms, password length) that support a policy. Policies state high-level intent, guidelines are recommended best practices that are not mandatory, and procedures are step-by-step instructions for performing a task.
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Questions people ask
Is this a real Security+ SY0-701 practice test?
No — every question is original, written to CompTIA's published SY0-701 objectives. Nothing is copied, paraphrased, or reconstructed from memory from a real exam, official practice test, or braindump site. The scenarios and judgment they test mirror the real SY0-701 style; the specific items are ours. CertPrep is not affiliated with, authorized by, or endorsed by CompTIA.
How many free Security+ practice questions does CertPrep have?
405 original questions across all five current SY0-701 domains, plus 160 spaced-repetition flashcards and 63 curated video lessons. Everything is free through August 30, 2026, with no signup required.
Do I need to make an account or pay anything?
No. Open the page and start practicing — nothing to install, no email, no account. After August 30, 2026, full access becomes a one-time $99 payment covering lifetime access to Security+, CISM, and PMP together, but everything is free to use until then.