Are A+ Exams always up to date on technology

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The question is simple, as in the title.

I wonder about this after doing a flashcard question in the practice test and the question was what is the latest encryption standard that must be used for Wifi.

My answer was WPA3, the test itself gave WPA2 as the answer.

That made me wonder what i should answer if a question like that is given during an actual exam.

I assume the answer here will be just give the most accurate answer. But still for curiosity’s sake, i am interested in how these exams in general handle an ever developing tech world.

Edit: I also just remembered there are no open question during a exam, so i guess multiple choice question sort of solve this issue. But still wouldnt mind some reponse on how this is generally handled in the industry.

@Thomas-Chevalier,

Please take a screen shot of this and post it here so that we can take a look at flashcard question and the answer itself. I would have answered the same as you with this question...

The CompTIA A+ exam is updated periodically. In theory, it is to update to match the technology it is seeing in the field by the Subject Matter Experts it relies on. So there are 2 possibilities, right? It is right or wrong.

How could WPA 2 be considered the latest encryption standard according to the Flash card? I could only think of one way. Theis adoption of WPA3 in the real world is not super high yet due the fact that it would require every AP and ever client have a wireless access card that supports WPA3. Adoption rate always lags behind the technology development.

But in every sense of what you've written as being the latest is correct. I would answer the way you did. But please provide a screen shot. Also if there is any type of identification code or number of that question. please post that as well. We will evaluate and sort it out with the vendor for an answer. Thank you.

As requested.

I guess you could read the question as, what is the oldest encryption you can still acceptably use.

@Thomas-Chevalier,

Thank you for posting it.

So the question is trickier here. You bring up a good point. The wording is clearly designed to trick you to believing that the answer should be the latest (most up to date) standard you should use.

It now appears after reading it, your current take is a better take. It probably would have been more clear, if it was written to ask:

"What is the minimal encryption standard that must be used to protect data being transmitted over a wireless network?"