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General Security Concepts
12%
Security controls, CIA, AAA, zero trust, change management, and cryptographic concepts.
CertVectorCompTIA Security+ SY0-701
A practical early-career cybersecurity exam covering threats, architecture, operations, risk, governance, and security concepts.
Exam facts
Exam code
SY0-701
Questions
Maximum of 90
Duration
90 minutes
Format
Multiple-choice and performance-based questions
Passing score
750 on a 100-900 scale
Recommended experience
CompTIA Network+ and two years in a security or systems administrator role
CertVector bank: 637 managed questions.
Last updated: May 29, 2026
Last reviewed: May 29, 2026
SY0-701 domains
2.0
Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Mitigations
22%
Threat actors, attack surfaces, vulnerabilities, malicious activity, and mitigation techniques.
3.0
Security Architecture
18%
Secure infrastructure, cloud, virtualization, data protection, resilience, and recovery.
4.0
Security Operations
28%
Hardening, asset management, vulnerability management, monitoring, IAM, automation, and incident response.
5.0
Security Program Management and Oversight
20%
Governance, risk, third-party risk, compliance, audits, assessments, and security awareness.
Public demo
Security+ demo scenario
This is an original sample format preview. It is not pulled from the live question bank.
A help desk technician needs temporary access to reset MFA for a locked-out employee. The access should expire automatically after the ticket is resolved. Which approach best supports least privilege?
A. Add the technician to a permanent global admin group.
B. Use just-in-time privileged access with approval and automatic expiration.
C. Share a senior administrator account for the reset window.
D. Disable MFA for the department until the issue is fixed.
Show answer and rationale
Answer: B
Just-in-time privileged access grants only the needed role, for a limited period, with an approval trail. That matches least privilege better than permanent or shared admin access.
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