Question 1Objective 1.3
Two users choose the same password, but their stored password hashes are different. What explains this?
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The five domains
Up to 90 questions in 90 minutes; 750 on a 100 to 900 scale passes. Weights are for SY0-801.
1. General Security Concepts
Controls, change management and cryptography.
16% of the exam
2. Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Attacks
Actors, vectors, vulnerabilities, attack indicators and AI threats.
24% of the exam
3. Security Architecture
Cloud and network design, data protection and recovery.
19% of the exam
4. Security Operations
Hardening, identity, monitoring and incident response.
27% of the exam
5. Security Program Management and Oversight
Risk, vendors, policies, compliance and audits.
14% of the exam
Start with a free 20-minute diagnostic
20 questions across all five domains, no account. You get your score in each domain and a short lesson on the one to fix first.
Performance-based labs
Fix a firewall ruleset, find the attack in a log, stop email spoofing. The hands-on tasks, in your browser.
Try one question from each domain
Question 2Objective 2.5
A user receives 30 push notifications asking her to approve a sign-in she did not start, until she taps Approve to make them stop. What attack is this?
Question 3Objective 3.3
A store replaces each card number with a random value and keeps the real numbers in a separate secure vault. Which method is this?
Question 4Objective 4.8
A responder must collect evidence from a running compromised server. Which should be captured first?
Question 5Objective 5.2
A company buys cyber insurance to cover the costs of a data breach. Which risk treatment is this?
In the course
- 25 interactive lessons and labs
- 134 practice questions
- 2 full practice exams
SY0-801 or SY0-701?
SY0-801 launches 17 November 2026; SY0-701 retires in English on 11 June 2027. The course follows the SY0-801 objectives, and the skills it teaches are the ones both versions test.
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- 25 interactive lessons
- 134 practice questions
- 2 full 70-question practice exams
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