PenTest+ exam prep: final mock exam
The last check before the PenTest+ exam: you measure your readiness, sit two full mocks, see the reasoning behind every wrong answer and take a final mock under real time conditions.
Level 401 · 12 lessons · 9 practice labs
Lessons
Readiness
- Are you ready: a self-assessment by domain
- The final week plan: focusing on weak areas
- Warm-up: three short tasks on a real target
- Short task: a 30-question quick scan exam
Full mocks
- Full mock A: a recon and attacks heavy exam
- Mock A answers and their reasoning
- Full mock B: a planning, post-exploitation and reporting heavy exam
- Mock B answers and their reasoning
- Short task: find and close the mistakes both mocks share
Final
- Exam day: check-in, environment, time budget and what to do when stuck
- After the exam: keeping the certification current and choosing your next step
- Capstone: the final mock exam (165 minutes, full question count)
Practice labs
- Warm-up: a target inventory in fifteen minutes: You write the in-scope lab server's open services and versions to an inventory file in fifteen minutes.
- Warm-up: validate two findings: You validate two findings from a given scan report by hand on the lab target and write the evidence and verdict.
- Warm-up: discover, validate, recommend: In twenty-five minutes you find a weak configuration on the lab target, evidence it and write it on a finding card with its lasting fix.
- Timed set: planning and scope: In fifteen minutes you complete a scope table, a stop decision and a contact sheet task.
- Timed set: recon and enumeration: In twenty minutes you do DNS records, live hosts and share listing tasks on the lab network and gather them in one report.
- Timed set: from finding to report: In twenty-five minutes you write three findings with evidence, impact and remediation, add an executive summary and submit the report.
- Extract the mistakes two mocks share: You run a script comparing two mock result files and listing the topics you got wrong in both.
- Solve four tasks from your weakest domain: You do four short lab-generated tasks for the lowest domain in your score table and record your new score.
- Time budget rehearsal: You plan your time across performance-based and multiple-choice questions and finish a twenty-five-minute mixed round within budget.
About this course
The last check before the PenTest+ exam: you measure your readiness, sit two full mocks, see the reasoning behind every wrong answer and take a final mock under real time conditions.
What you will learn
Prerequisites
You should have practised the topics of the same path up to level 301.
Lab environment
Lessons run in your own Kali Linux terminal in the browser, connected to a private lab network. Nothing to install.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this course right for my level?
- The course is at level 401; 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.