Security+ performance-based questions (PBQ) practice

5 questions · Untimed · Notes after each question

Five performance-based questions: classify controls, read an authentication log, complete firewall rules, place systems in network zones, order incident response actions and calculate ALE, with a note on every row. Each question gives you a task and a dropdown for every row; check your answers to see a note on each row.

Line drawing of a monitor showing a blank table with an answer box at the end of each row, beside a mouse

Study notes for this drill: Security+ Performance-Based Questions (PBQ) Practice

Before you start

Multiple-choice questions have four options and one answer, or five options and two answers when the question says "Choose two." Performance-based questions give you a task with a dropdown for every row. After each answer you see why the key is right and why every other option is wrong.
Check each answer to see the notes before moving on. Checked answers cannot be changed.

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