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CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-003) Exam Cram Sheet (2026)
The highest-yield points on the CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-003)exam, grouped by the exam's real content areas. Print it, review the ones you keep missing, then drill them with free practice questions.
165 mintime limit
750/900to pass
5content areas
Engagement Management
13% of the exam- Scoping and rules of engagement
- Authorization and legal considerations
- Communication and escalation triggers
- Reporting and remediation
Reconnaissance and Enumeration
21% of the exam- Passive versus active reconnaissance
- Open-source intelligence (OSINT)
- DNS and network enumeration
- Port scanning and fingerprinting
Vulnerability Discovery and Analysis
17% of the exam- Vulnerability scanning
- Validation and false positives
- Severity scoring with CVSS
- Prioritization
Attacks and Exploits
35% of the exam- Application attacks
- Network attacks
- Social engineering
- Credential attacks, tools, and privilege escalation
Post-exploitation and Lateral Movement
14% of the exam- Lateral movement and pivoting
- Persistence
- Data exfiltration concepts
- Cleanup and restoration
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