CompTIA PenTest+ Exam Prep

What you will be able to do

• You will be able to plan and scope a penetration test, including rules of engagement, legal agreements, and threat-modeling considerations.
• You will be able to perform passive and active reconnaissance and enumerate hosts, services, and users to build an attack picture.
• You will be able to conduct vulnerability scans, analyze the output, and prioritize findings while accounting for false positives.
• You will be able to select and apply appropriate attacks across networks, applications, cloud, wireless, and social-engineering vectors.
• You will be able to perform post-exploitation actions such as lateral movement, persistence, and privilege escalation while maintaining safety.
• You will be able to write and communicate a penetration test report with prioritized findings and actionable remediation guidance.
• You will be able to use common penetration-testing tools and interpret short scripts in Bash, PowerShell, and Python.
• You will be able to interpret BEST, MOST, and FIRST exam phrasing and choose the strongest answer from close distractors.

What is inside

6 modules, 26 lessons. Each module ends in a graded quiz.

1. 01

   Engagement Management

   Covers the CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-003) Engagement Management domain (about 13% of the exam), spanning 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5. Each objective is taught as its own lesson with worked examples and exam-style checks.

   5 lessons · 15 quiz questions

2. 02

   Reconnaissance and Enumeration

   Covers the CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-003) Reconnaissance and Enumeration domain (about 21% of the exam), spanning 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4. Each objective is taught as its own lesson with worked examples and exam-style checks.

   4 lessons · 15 quiz questions

3. 03

   Vulnerability Discovery and Analysis

   Covers the CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-003) Vulnerability Discovery and Analysis domain (about 17% of the exam), spanning 3.1, 3.2, 3.3. Each objective is taught as its own lesson with worked examples and exam-style checks.

   3 lessons · 15 quiz questions

4. 04

   Attacks and Exploits

   Covers the CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-003) Attacks and Exploits domain (about 35% of the exam), spanning 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9. Each objective is taught as its own lesson with worked examples and exam-style checks.

   9 lessons · 15 quiz questions

5. 05

   Post-exploitation and Lateral Movement

   Covers the CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-003) Post-exploitation and Lateral Movement domain (about 14% of the exam), spanning 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4. Each objective is taught as its own lesson with worked examples and exam-style checks.

   4 lessons · 15 quiz questions

6. 06

   Exam Readiness & Practice Exam

   Pulls the whole exam together: an exam-day strategy and key-term glossary, then a timed, domain-weighted practice exam written in the real exam style.

   1 lessons · 52 quiz questions