PenTest+ exam prep: practice exams
With practice sets per domain and tool- and code-reading questions you measure whether you are ready for the PenTest+ exam.
Level 301 · 12 lessons · 9 practice labs
Lessons
Domain sets
- The practice plan: scoring, timing and targets
- Practice set: planning and scoping
- Practice set: reconnaissance and enumeration
- Practice set: vulnerability discovery
- Practice set: attacks and exploits
- Practice set: post-exploitation and reporting
- Short task: make comparison cards for tools you mix up
Mixed mocks
- Tool output and code reading questions
- Mixed mock 1
- Mixed mock 2
- Reading your results: a score table by domain
- Capstone: a 165-minute mixed mock
Practice labs
- Make comparison cards for tools you mix up: You prepare a card file comparing twelve tools by purpose, typical output and test phase.
- Recognise the tool from its output: You write in short answers which tool ten output fragments came from and what each tells you.
- Sort activities into test phases against the clock: In fifteen minutes you sort thirty activities into planning, recon, validation, post-test and reporting phases.
- Match planning and scoping terms: You match contract, scope and rules terms with their definitions and mark those you confuse.
- Put report sections in the right order: You arrange shuffled report pieces into executive summary, method, findings and appendices and identify the missing section.
- Mixed scenario set across five domains: In twenty-five minutes you choose the best answer with reasons in fifteen scenarios drawn from five domains and get a per-domain score.
- Keep a wrong-answer log: You enter mistakes from mock results into a table with topic, cause and correct answer columns.
- Interpret your score by domain: You combine two mocks' results with domain weights and choose the study area that would gain the most.
- Check three missed topics in the lab: You prove the right answer for three technical topics you missed by doing them on the authorised lab target and update your notes.
About this course
With practice sets per domain and tool- and code-reading questions you measure whether you are ready for the PenTest+ 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.