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CompTIA Security+ Exam 2026

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Question # 211

Which of the following actions would reduce the number of false positives for an analyst to manually review?

A.

Create playbooks as part of a SOAR platform

B.

Redefine the patch management process

C.

Replace an EDR tool with an XDR solution

D.

Disable AV heuristics scanning

Question # 212

Which of the following outlines the configuration, maintenance, and security roles between a cloud service provider and the customer?

A.

Service-level agreement

B.

Responsibility matrix

C.

Memorandum of understanding

D.

Non-disclosure agreement

Question # 213

A client asked a security company to provide a document outlining the project, the cost, and the completion time frame. Which of the following documents should the company provide to the client?

A.

MSA

B.

SLA

C.

BPA

D.

SOW

Question # 214

A user downloads a patch from an unknown repository… FIM alerts indicate OS file hashes have changed. Which attack most likely occurred?

A.

Logic bomb

B.

Keylogger

C.

Ransomware

D.

Rootkit

Question # 215

A network manager wants to protect the company ' s VPN by implementing multifactor authentication that uses:

. Something you know

. Something you have

. Something you are

Which of the following would accomplish the manager ' s goal?

A.

Domain name, PKI, GeolP lookup

B.

VPN IP address, company ID, facial structure

C.

Password, authentication token, thumbprint

D.

Company URL, TLS certificate, home address

Question # 216

A forensic engineer determines that the root cause of a compromise is a SQL injection attack. Which of the following should the engineer review to identify the command used by the threat actor?

A.

Metadata

B.

Application log

C.

System log

D.

Netflow log

Question # 217

An unexpected and out-of-character email message from a Chief Executive Officer’s corporate account asked an employee to provide financial information and to change the recipient ' s contact number. Which of the following attack vectors is most likely being used?

A.

Business email compromise

B.

Phishing

C.

Brand impersonation

D.

Pretexting

Question # 218

While reviewing a recent compromise, a forensics team discovers that there are hard-coded credentials in the database connection strings. Which of the following assessment types should be performed during software development to prevent this from reoccurring?

A.

Vulnerability scan

B.

Penetration test

C.

Static analysis

D.

Quality assurance

Question # 219

An employee recently resigned from a company. The employee was responsible for managing and supporting weekly batch jobs over the past five years. A few weeks after the employee resigned. one of the batch jobs talked and caused a major disruption. Which of the following would work best to prevent this type of incident from reoccurring?

A.

Job rotation

B.

Retention

C.

Outsourcing

D.

Separation of duties

Question # 220

Which of the following cryptographic methods is preferred for securing communications with limited computing resources?

A.

Hashing algorithm

B.

Public key infrastructure

C.

Symmetric encryption

D.

Elliptic curve cryptography

Question # 221

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 # 222

A company is discarding a classified storage array and hires an outside vendor to complete the disposal. Which of the following should the company request from the vendor?

A.

Certification

B.

Inventory list

C.

Classification

D.

Proof of ownership

Question # 223

Which of the following describes the process of concealing code or text inside a graphical image?

A.

Symmetric encryption

B.

Hashing

C.

Data masking

D.

Steganography

Question # 224

A security analyst is reviewing logs to identify the destination of command-and-control traffic originating from a compromised device within the on-premises network. Which of the following is the best log to review?

A.

IDS

B.

Antivirus

C.

Firewall

D.

Application

Question # 225

During an investigation, an incident response team attempts to understand the source of an incident. Which of the following incident response activities describes this process?

A.

Analysis

B.

Lessons learned

C.

Detection

D.

Containment