CySA+ exam prep: practice exams
With practice sets per domain, tool-output reading and linked scenario questions you measure whether you are ready for the CySA+ exam.
Level 301 · 12 lessons · 9 practice labs
Lessons
Domain sets
- The practice plan: scoring, timing and targets
- Practice set: security operations
- Practice set: vulnerability management
- Practice set: incident response
- Practice set: reporting and communication
- Short task: list your gaps by domain
Mixed mocks
- Reading tool output questions
- Linked scenario questions
- Mixed mock 1
- Mixed mock 2
- Reading your results: a score table by domain
- Capstone: a 165-minute mixed mock
Practice labs
- Recognise the tool output: You write in one line which tool each of ten output fragments comes from and what it shows.
- Choose the next step from the output: In eight questions built on scan, capture and log output you choose the analyst's next step with a reason.
- Linked scenario set: Across five linked questions on one incident you move from detection to reporting using your earlier answers.
- List your gaps by domain: You take ten-question tests from four domains and write each domain's score and your three weakest topics.
- Mixed vulnerability and incident response set: You answer twelve scenarios on prioritisation, containment and root cause and score them with a script.
- Close your gap in the lab: You do three hands-on tasks generated from your weakest topic in twenty-five minutes and get rescored.
- Measure your time per question: In a twenty-question round you record time per question and find the question type that slows you most.
- CVSS and metrics speed round: In ten minutes you solve ten questions on vector reading, time to remediate and time to detect.
- Mixed sprint across four domains: In twenty-five minutes you answer twenty weighted questions and get a per-domain result.
About this course
With practice sets per domain, tool-output reading and linked scenario questions you measure whether you are ready for the CySA+ exam.
What you will learn
Prerequisites
You should be comfortable with the level 101 and 201 topics of the same path.
Lab environment
Lessons run in your own Kali Linux terminal that opens in the browser. Nothing to install; the lab starts clean in every lesson.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this course right for my level?
- The course is at level 301; it assumes you know the topics of the lower-level courses.
- Is there anything to install?
- No. Every lesson runs in your own lab environment that opens in the browser.
- How do lessons work?
- Each lesson has 8 to 10 steps and a short quiz. Early steps show the command to type, later steps give less help; if two attempts fail, the solution opens.
- Can I try it for free?
- Yes. The first three lessons of every course are free.