Most people studying for Security+ use practice questions the wrong way. They take a 90 question set, score a 74, feel bad, take another set the next day, score a 76, and call that progress. Two weeks later the number has barely moved and they have no idea why.
The score is the least useful thing a practice exam gives you. What you actually want is a map of what you do not know yet. Here is the approach that worked for getting through SY0-701 without burning out on endless question sets.
Start cold, on purpose
Before you study a single domain, take a full practice exam and do not look anything up. It will feel bad. That is the point. A cold score tells you where you actually stand, not where your notes say you should be.
SY0-701 is split into five domains, and they are not weighted evenly:
