Validates practical skills in planning, performing and reporting penetration tests, from scoping and reconnaissance to exploitation and post-exploitation.
PenTest+ PT0-003 is up to 90 questions in 165 minutes: multiple choice plus a few performance-based questions (PBQs). Many hand you a command, log or script and ask what it does or what to run next. We compared the main options on question style, PBQ coverage and price.
Start with CompTIA's free five-question sample, then use Jason Dion's six timed exams for volume and Pocket Prep for short drills. Pair them with hands-on tool practice, because candidates say the real exam goes further than the practice sets.
| Practice test | Best for | Questions | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
 PenTest+ (V3) Practice Test | Free first look | 5 | Free |
 CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-003) 6 Practice Exams | Timed full exams | 540 | $70 |
 PenTest+ PT0-003 Question Bank | Study on your phone | 1,030 | $21/month |
Five questions from CompTIA with an answer key but no explanations. They show the real style: reading Nmap options, interpreting a CVSS and EPSS table, and completing a short script.
Great fit if you want to see CompTIA's own PT0-003 wording and tool-and-script style before spending anything.
Poor fit if you need volume, explanations or a timed full run; use Dion or Pocket Prep.
The set most candidates name first: six timed, multiple-choice exams with feedback on every question and a score by domain. Questions run wordier than the real exam, and the real exam leans harder on commands and code.
Great fit if you want many full-length timed questions with feedback and a domain breakdown to find weak areas.
Poor fit if you want PBQ practice or wording close to CompTIA's; add the free CompTIA sample and the Sybex questions.
A large bank of short quizzes and a mock exam in an app, with progress shown by domain. Candidates use it to refresh tools and attacks, not as their only source.
Great fit if you study in short sessions on your phone and want lots of questions to drill by domain.
Poor fit if you want a one-time purchase or PBQ practice; use Dion's exams and CompTIA's sample.
A study guide with end-of-chapter questions, practice exams and access to Sybex's online test bank, so you learn and practise from one source.
Great fit if you want one purchase that gives you a reference book and exam-style questions.
Poor fit if you want a large timed question volume; use Dion or Pocket Prep.
CompTIA's own practice tool with timed and untimed tests, objective assessments and mastery scores for each domain. Candidates who passed used it together with other question banks, not alone.
Great fit if your school or employer provides it, or you buy CompTIA's practice-and-voucher bundle, where it costs $14 more than the voucher with retake alone.
Poor fit if you would pay $209 on its own; Dion and Pocket Prep cost far less.
CompTIA: PenTest+ exam ↗CompTIA: free PenTest+ practice questions ↗CompTIA: performance-based questions ↗Reddit: passed 778, resources compared ↗Reddit: passed 759, commands and PBQs ↗
Yes. CompTIA publishes five free PenTest+ (V3) questions with an answer key, and Pocket Prep lets you try 30 questions free after you create an account. Neither is a full-length exam.
Candidates mostly say the real exam is harder on commands, scripts and tool output than the practice sets, which are easier on that but wordier. Dion's tests are the ones most often called verbose.
There is no official number. Candidates in Reddit threads commonly work through Dion's six exams plus one question bank such as Pocket Prep or the Sybex questions, and review every miss before retesting.
Dion's Udemy set is multiple choice, and CompTIA's sample has none, so none of these gives you real PBQ practice. Candidates report 5 or 6 PBQs on the exam, often on HTTP requests, tool output and scripts.