CompTIA Security+ (SY0-401) Free Practice Exam Questions

36 real CompTIA Security+ (SY0-401) exam questions with answers and AI explanations. CompTIA certification prep — page 2 of 4.

1. Question 12: Mike, a network administrator, has been asked to passively monitor network traffic to the companys sales websites. Which of the following would be BEST suited…
2. Question 13: A security administrator must implement a network authentication solution which will ensure encryption of user credentials when users enter their username and…
3. Question 14: A server administrator discovers the web farm is using weak ciphers and wants to ensure that only stronger ciphers are accepted. Which of the following ciphers…
4. Question 15: Which of the following is the best practice when securing a switch from physical access?
5. Question 16: Pete, the system administrator, wishes to monitor and limit users access to external websites. Which of the following would BEST address this?
6. Question 17: Which of the following components of an all-in-one security appliance would MOST likely be configured in order to restrict access to peer-to-peer file sharing…
7. Question 19: Which of the following network architecture concepts is used to securely isolate at the boundary between networks?
8. Question 20: An administrator would like to review the effectiveness of existing security in the enterprise. Which of the following would be the BEST place to start?
9. Question 21: While testing a new host based firewall configuration a security administrator inadvertently blocks access to localhost which causes problems with applications…
10. Question 22: A network administrator wants to block both DNS requests and zone transfers coming from outside IP addresses. The company uses a firewall which implements an i…