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CISSP Physical Security
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1. Type of IDS that detects changes in heat waves in an area.
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Passive Infrared System (PIR)
Physical security
Water
2. These controls can be time consuming and error prone and and require constant attention.
Cipher Lock
Manual controls
Hydrometer
CCTV
3. Class of fire that is electrical (electrical equipment - wires). Suppressed with gas - CO2 - dry powders.
Power Regulators
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
Class C
Proximity Systems
4. These use battery packs that range in size and capacity to provide power backup and protection. These factors should be reviewed: size of the electrical load it can support - the speed with which it can assume the load when the primary source fails -
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
Fail-Safe Mode
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
5. This is a colorless - odorless - and potentially lethal substance because it removes oxygen from the air in order to suppress fires.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Transponder
Long focal length
Floors - ceilings - and walls
6. This type of lock is programmable and uses a keypad. Can contain a specific code that will open the door and initiate a remote alarm if an employee is under duress.
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
Media
4 foot fence
Cipher Lock
7. What documentation should be readily available and periodically reviewed and updated.
HVAC System
Short focal length
Water - stream - and gas lines
Emergency Procedure Documentation
8. What should dust and other air contaminants be kept to an appropriate level?
8 foot fence
CCTV
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
When looking for locations for an office
9. This type of water system has its sprinkler systems wide open to allow a larger volume of water to be released in a short period. These systems are typically not used in data processing environments.
Long focal length
Dry Pipe Systems
Deluge System
Pre-action Pipe System
10. Device locks intended to protect hardware from theft. Use for mobile devices and lock them to a secure feature of an environment.
Perimeter Protection
Cable Trap
Automatic Iris Lens
HVAC System
11. Tokens used in physical security to authentication subjects?
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
Proximity Identification
Soda Acid
Electronic Access Control (EAC)
12. These reduce the accidental discharge of water because the water does not enter the pipes until an automatic fire sensor indicates there is an actual fire. Should be used in location with freezing temperatures.
Physical Security
Class D
Water
Dry Pipe Systems
13. If an electrical supply fails and a door defaults to closed and unlocked - which mode is this?
Soda Acid
Class A
Fail-Safe Mode
Fire Extinguisher
14. Type of window that is the strongest window available today. Resistant to breakage - chemicals - fires - and abrasions. They are also extremely expensive.
Media
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
Security Guards
15. When should the following items be evaluated? Local crime - natural disaster possibilities - distance to hospitals - police - fire stations - airports - and railroads.
Short focal length
Class D
175 degrees F
When looking for locations for an office
16. These are threats to what? Interruption of services - theft - physical damage - unauthorized disclosure - and loss of system integrity.
Company Property
Power Regulators
Physical Security
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
17. The temperature at which most computers will experience major damage?
Electronic Access Control (EAC)
175 degrees F
Perimeter Protection
Emergency Procedure Documentation
18. This is a disturbance of power and can be cause by electromagnetic interference (EMI) or radio frequency interference (RFI)
Alternate Power Source
Transponder
Proximity Identification
Power Noise
19. Type of fence that uses 1 inch mesh and 11 gauge wiring
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
Floors - ceilings - and walls
High security fence
Proximity Systems
20. Enhanced boundary fencing with motion detectors. Used at facilities that require a high level of protection.
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
Human Life
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
Tumbler Lock
21. If an electrical supply fails and a door defaults to closed and locked - which mode is this?
Fail-Secure Mode
Halon
Automatic Iris Lens
4 foot fence
22. This type of lock has more pieces and parts that a warded lock. It uses spring-loaded pins that need to be in the right position to open the lock.
Automatic Iris Lens
Dry Pipe Systems
Tumbler Lock
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
23. Class of fire that is liquid (petroleum - coolants). Suppressed with gas - CO2 - form - dry powders.
Class B
Blackout
Media
Interior Partition
24. What is the more important than protecting a facility or the assets it contains?
Media
Human Life
Surge
Security Guards
25. This is a double door facility used for physical access control.
Construction materials and structure composition
CO2
Mantrap
Water - stream - and gas lines
26. This power source is used in day-to-day operations.
Power Transient Noise
Primary Power Source
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
Fail-Safe Mode
27. Prolonged loss of power
Blackout
Fire Extinguisher
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
28. Type of IDS that generates a pattern that is sent over a sensitive area and reflected back to a receiver.
Class K
CCTV
Wave-pattern Motion Detector
Emergency Procedure Documentation
29. Type of window that is stronger than standard glass and acrylic windows - but produces a toxic gas if burned.
Pre-action Pipe System
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
Short focal length
Blackout
30. This type of water system delays the water release similar to a dry pipe system. However - the water is not released until a thermal-fusible link on the sprinkler head has melted. Typically used in only in data processing environments rather than a w
Fault
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
Pre-action Pipe System
Perimeter Protection
31. Type of IDS that uses microphones installed on floors - walls - or ceilings to detect any should made during a forced entry. Can be subject to a large amount of false positives.
Deluge System
Shielded Lines
Acoustical Detection System - aka seismic - or vibrational detection
When looking for locations for an office
32. Momentary high voltage
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Spike
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
33. Type of window that contains glass that was heated and cooled to improve integrity and strength?
Shielded Lines
Power Regulators
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
Tempered windows
34. This gas is no longer available because it depletes the ozone. Becomes toxic in temperatures greater than 900 degrees F in concentrations greater than 10%. Existing fire extinguishers can be refilled with FM-200 - NAF-S-III - CEA-410 - FE-13 - Water
Shielded Lines
To determine the proper budget for physical security so that security controls are cost-effective
Mantrap
Halon
35. Type of fence that uses 3/8 inch mesh and 11 gauge wiring
Exterior Fencing
Fault
Low Humidity
Extremely high security fence
36. The first line of defense against environmental risks and unpredictable human behavior
Electronic Access Control (EAC)
Physical security
Automated environmental controls
Fail-Safe Mode
37. This type of noise is disturbance imposed on a power line that causes electrical interference.
175 degrees F
Dry Pipe Systems
Power Transient Noise
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
38. Type of fence that will deter a casual intruder?
People working inside the facility.
Alternate Power Source
4 foot fence
Hydrometer
39. These need to be able to hold the necessary load and provide the required fire rating.
People working inside the facility.
Floors - ceilings - and walls
HVAC System
Fire Extinguisher
40. Type of light that provides an even amount of light across an area?
Continuous lighting
Plenum Space
Proximity Identification
Depth of Field
41. Class of fire that is assigned to commercial kitchens and the fire dangers that exist within them. Suppressing agent used in class K fires is wet chemicals.
Deluge System
Low Humidity
Perimeter Protection
Class K
42. These types of lines protect from electrical and magnetic induction - which causes interference to the power voltage.
Transponder
Class D
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Shielded Lines
43. This concept combines the physical environment and sociology issues that surround it to reduce crime rates and the fear of crime.
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
Class K
Water
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
44. Fire suppressant that reduces the temperature of the fire?
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Standby lighting
Water
Tumbler Lock
45. Type of iris lens that would be used in an area of fixed lighting.
Power Regulators
Manual Iris Lens
CCTV
People working inside the facility.
46. Type of light that is activated when a motion sensor (or some other IDS) is activated?
Continuous lighting
People working inside the facility.
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
Automated environmental controls
47. Concept of installing lighting to be directed towards where potential intruders would be coming from. Example - entrance to military base with bright lights pointing outward to entrance.
Shielded Lines
Dry Pipe Systems
Power Noise
Glare Protection
48. These systems require human response - can cause false alarms - and depend on a constant power supply - so these protection systems should be backed up by other types of security systems.
Exterior Fencing
Short focal length
Hydrometer
Proximity Systems
49. Type of IDS that emits a measurable magnetic field and detects changes in capacitance. This allows it to detect when something/someone comes within a certain range of an object. Usually used to protect specific objects (artwork - cabinets - or a safe
Passive Infrared System (PIR)
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
HVAC
175 degrees F
50. Type of task that identifies how data flows through the company. Lists all pieces of an environment and how they interact. Redundant paths should be shown.
Plenum Space
Critical Path Analysis
Hydrometer
Low Humidity