Security+ Exam

  • 90 minutes
  • up to 90 questions
    • Some may/will be seeded questions
  • scored on 100 to 900 scale
  • 750 score to pass
  • reddit post
    • “Percentages have very little meaning when it comes to CompTIA exams. CompTIA has never revealed the point value of the questions or of the performance-based questions. Since they appear to be significantly different, there is no easy way to apply percentage as a meaningful metric.”
    • “I got a report from a gent the other day who had one performance-based question and 81 multiple choice. I have also heard reports of seven performance-based questions with multiple choice question counts in the 50s and 60s.”

Domains

  1. General Security Concepts 12%
  2. Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Mitigations 22%
  3. Security Architecture 18%
  4. Security Operations 28%
  5. Security Program Management and Oversight 20%

Assessment Test (9/20) 45%

There’s plenty of room for improvement, and one was literally my dyslexia. Misread “A. A dictionary attack” as “directory attack” LOL. Will need to force myself to reread each question and answers.

Correct

3, 6, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20

Incorrect

1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 19