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CompTIA Security+ Exam 2026

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Question # 221

A user is attempting to patch a critical system, but the patch fails to transfer. Which of the following access controls is most likely inhibiting the transfer?

A.

Attribute-based

B.

Time of day

C.

Role-based

D.

Least privilege

Question # 222

Which of the following agreements defines response time, escalation, and performance metrics?

A.

BPA

B.

MOA

C.

NDA

D.

SLA

Question # 223

An organization plans to expand its operations internationally and needs to keep data at the new location secure. The organization wants to use the most secure architecture model possible. Which of the following models offers the highest level of security?

A.

Cloud-based

B.

Peer-to-peer

C.

On-premises

D.

Hybrid

Question # 224

Which of the following is the best safeguard to protect against an extended power failure?

A.

Off-site backups

B.

Batteries

C.

Uninterruptible power supplies

D.

Generators

Question # 225

Various company stakeholders meet to discuss roles and responsibilities in the event of a security breach affecting offshore offices. Which of the following is this an example of?

A.

Tabletop exercise

B.

Penetration test

C.

Geographic dispersion

D.

Incident response

Question # 226

An administrator implements web-filtering products but still sees that users are visiting malicious links. Which of the following configuration items does the security administrator need to review?

A.

Intrusion prevention system

B.

Content categorization

C.

Encryption

D.

DNS service

Question # 227

During a routine audit, an analyst discovers that a department at a high school uses a simul-ation program that was not properly vetted before deployment.

Which of the following threats is this an example of?

A.

Espionage

B.

Data exfiltration

C.

Shadow IT

D.

Zero-day

Question # 228

Company A jointly develops a product with Company B, which is located in a different country. Company A finds out that their intellectual property is being shared with unauthorized companies. Which of the following has been breached?

A.

SLA

B.

AUP

C.

SOW

D.

MOA

Question # 229

Which of the following is a reason an organization should use different CSPs for a critical financial application?

A.

Application overhead can be better load balanced across multiple providers.

B.

Platform diversity reduces the likelihood of losing access to resources.

C.

Parallel processing allows continued operations while deploying time-critical security updates.

D.

Selection of a hot site minimizes downtime and helps the organization meet its RTO.

Question # 230

After an audit, an administrator discovers all users have access to confidential data on a file server. Which of the following should the administrator use to restrict access to the data quickly?

A.

Group Policy

B.

Content filtering

C.

Data loss prevention

D.

Access control lists

Question # 231

Which of the following are the most important considerations when encrypting data? (Select two).

A.

Obfuscation

B.

Algorithms

C.

Data masking

D.

Key length

E.

Tokenization

F.

Salting

Question # 232

Which of the following vulnerabilities is exploited when an attacker overwrites a register with a malicious address?

A.

VM escape

B.

SQL injection

C.

Buffer overflow

D.

Race condition

Question # 233

Which of the following must be considered when designing a high-availability network? (Select two).

A.

Ease of recovery

B.

Ability to patch

C.

Physical isolation

D.

Responsiveness

E.

Attack surface

F.

Extensible authentication

Question # 234

During a penetration test in a hypervisor, the security engineer is able to inject a malicious payload and access the host filesystem. Which of the following best describes this vulnerability?

A.

VM escape

B.

Cross-site scripting

C.

Malicious update

D.

SQL injection

Question # 235

An organization failed to account for the right-to-be-forgotten regulations. Which of the following impacts might this action have on the company?

A.

Fines

B.

Data breaches

C.

Revenue loss

D.

Blackmail

Question # 236

Which of the following is an example of change management?

A.

Implementing an update after a board grants approval

B.

Setting a new password for a user

C.

Performing a penetration test before deploying a patch

D.

Auditing all system equipment before sending the list to the Chief Executive Officer

Question # 237

A security officer is implementing a security awareness program and is placing security-themed posters around the building and is assigning online user training. Which of the following would the security officer most likely implement?

A.

Password policy

B.

Access badges

C.

Phishing campaign

D.

Risk assessment

Question # 238

Which of the following concepts protects sensitive information from unauthorized disclosure?

A.

Integrity

B.

Availability

C.

Authentication

D.

Confidentiality

Question # 239

A new corporate policy requires all staff to use multifactor authentication to access company resources. Which of the following can be utilized to set up this form of identity and access management? (Select two)

A.

Authentication tokens

B.

Least privilege

C.

Biometrics

D.

LDAP

E.

Password vaulting

F.

SAML

Question # 240

A small business uses kiosks on the sales floor to display product information for customers. A security team discovers the kiosks use end-of-life operating systems. Which of the following is the security team most likely to document as a security implication of the current architecture?

A.

Patch availability

B.

Product software compatibility

C.

Ease of recovery

D.

Cost of replacement

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