SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
certifications
,
cism
,
it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The most fundamental evaluation criteria for the appropriate selection of any security technology is ________________________.
Digital certificate
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
Single sign-on (SSO) product
Risk appetite
2. Involves the correction of software weaknesses and would necessarily follow change management procedures.
Patch management
The balanced scorecard
Stress testing
Use of security metrics
3. Adherence to local regulations must always be the priority. _______________________ is the most effective compromise in this situation.
All personnel
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
Negotiating a local version of the organization standards
The balanced scorecard
4. Lists only the threats that the information asset is exposed to. It does not consider the value of the asset and impact of the threat on the value.
Centralized structure
OBusiness case development
Audit objectives
Threat assessment
5. To improve the security governance framework and achieve a higher level of maturity _____________________ is most important.
Continuous analysis - monitoring and feedback
Trojan horse
Digital signatures
Decentralization
6. Change management controls the _____________________. This is often the point at which a weakness will be introduced.
Security risk
Alignment with business strategy
Process of introducing changes to systems
Vulnerability assessment
7. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.
Penetration testing
Applying the proper classification to the data
People
Single sign-on (SSO) product
8. Provides strong online authentication.
Undervoltage (brownout)
SWOT analysis
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Retention of business records
9. Determined by the business risk - i.e. - the potential impact on the business of the loss - corruption or disclosure of information. It must be applied to information in all forms - both electronic and physical (paper) - and should be applied by the
Data classification
Cross-site scripting attacks
Data isolation
Undervoltage (brownout)
10. The best indicator of the level of compliance with the service level agreement ( SLA ) data confidentiality clauses.
Threat assessment
Prioritization
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
Access control matrix
11. Primarily reduce risk and are most effective for the protection of information assets.
Confidentiality
A network vulnerability assessment
Is willing to accept
Key controls
12. Legal document to be signed by all employees - suppliers etc before they 'touch' the organization - to protect the organization's intellectual property.
All personnel
Conduct a risk assessment
Personal firewall
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
13. The MOST important element of the request for proposal (RFP) ro assess the maturity level of the organization's information security management is _______________________.
Classification of assets needs
Support the business objectives of the organization
Methodology used in the assessment
Examples of containment defenses
14. Lists only the vulnerabilities inherent in the information asset that can attract threats. It does not consider the value of the asset and the impact of perceived threats on the value.
Retention of business records
Vulnerability assessment
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
Methodology used in the assessment
15. A Successful risk management should lead to a ________________.
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
16. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.
Vulnerability assessment
Phishing
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
Deeper level of analysis
17. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps
Assess the risks to the business operation
Performing a risk assessment
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
Data isolation
18. Whenever personal data are transferred across national boundaries; ________________________ are required.
Resource dependency assessment
Skills inventory
Audit objectives
The awareness and agreement of the data subjects
19. Most effective for evaluating the degree to which information security objectives are being met.
Gain unauthorized access to applications
The data owner
The balanced scorecard
Increase business value and confidence
20. The starting point for driving management's attention to information security. All other choices will follow the risk assessment.
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
Worm
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
Knowledge management
21. Useful but only with regard to specific technical skills.
Total cost of ownership (TCO)
Compliance with the organization's information security requirements
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
Proficiency testing
22. Culture has a significant impact on how information security will be implemented in a ______________________.
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
Multinational organization
Data isolation
Phishing
23. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.
Internal risk assessment
Safeguards over keys
Malicious software and spyware
Security code reviews for the entire software application
24. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.
The information security officer
Methodology used in the assessment
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Access control matrix
25. Risk should be reduced to a level that an organization _____________.
Information security manager
Increase business value and confidence
Is willing to accept
Alignment with business strategy
26. A notice that guarantees a user or a web site is legitimate
Digital certificate
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
Assess the risks to the business operation
Single sign-on (SSO) product
27. Potentially damaging computer program that affects - or infects a computer negatively by altering the way the computer works
Virus
include security responsibilities in a job description
Performing a risk assessment
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
28. Allows you to use field security personnel as security missionaries or ambassadors to spread the security awareness message. It allows security administrators to be more responsive.
Decentralization
Resource dependency assessment
Retention of business records
Support the business objectives of the organization
29. Effective and efficient in large user communities because it controls system access by the roles defined for groups of users. Users are assigned to the various roles and the system controls the access based on those roles.
Use of security metrics
Role-based access control
Penetration testing
Internal risk assessment
30. Same intent as a cracker but does not have the technical skills and knowledge
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
What happened and how the breach was resolved
Script kiddie
Logon banners
31. A function of the session keys distributed by the PKI.
Inherent risk
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
Confidentiality
Is willing to accept
32. btaining senior management support for establishing a warm site can BEST be accomplished by ____________________ - including a cost-benefit analysis - will be most persuasive to management. A risk assessment may be included in the business case - but
Security risk
OBusiness case development
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
Asset classification
33. If the firewall allows source routing - any outsider can carry out _________________ by stealing the internal (private) IP addresses of the organization.
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
Spoofing attacks
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Role-based policy
34. Has to be integrated into the requirements of every software application's design.
Role-based policy
Requirements of the data owners
Worm
Encryption key management
35. The BEST way to justify the implementation of a _____________________ is to use a business case. Return on investment (ROI) would only provide the costs needed to preclude specific risks - and would not provide other indirect benefits such as process
Resource dependency assessment
Increase business value and confidence
The authentication process is broken
Single sign-on (SSO) product
36. Should PRIMARILY be based on regulatory and legal requirements.
Increase business value and confidence
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
Retention of business records
37. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.
Examples of containment defenses
Encryption
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
Patch management process
38. In biometric systems where the possibility of false rejects is a problem - it may be necessary to reduce sensitivity and thereby increase the number of false accepts.
Prioritization
Equal error rate (EER)
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
People
39. Also required to guarantee fulfillment of laws and regulations of the organization and - therefore - the information security manager will be obligated to comply with the law.
Monitoring processes
Properly aligned with business goals and objectives
Normalization
Proficiency testing
40. S small warehouse - designed for the end-user needs in a strategic business unit
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
Transmit e-mail messages
Continuous analysis - monitoring and feedback
Data mart
41. Awareness training would most likely result in any attempted ____________ being challenged by the authorized employee
Tailgating
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Return on security investment (ROSI)
Role-based access control
42. Warranted in circumstances where compliance may be difficult or impossible and the risk of noncompliance is outweighed by the benefits.
Security code reviews for the entire software application
Trojan horse
Exceptions to policy
A network vulnerability assessment
43. Are not infallible. When tuning the solution - one has to adjust the sensitivity level to give preference either to false reject rate (type I error rate) where the system will be more prone to err denying access to a valid user or erring and allowing
Control risk
Regular review of access control lists
Logon banners
Biometric access control systems
44. The information security manager needs to prioritize the controls based on ________________________.
Tailgating
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
Properly aligned with business goals and objectives
Continuous analysis - monitoring and feedback
45. The best strategy for risk management is to ___________________- as this will take into account the organization's appetite for risk and the fact that it would not be practical to eliminate all risk.
Normalization
Cost of control
Examples of containment defenses
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
46. __________________________ is of utmost importance. Understanding business objectives is critical in determining the security needs of the organization.
The authentication process is broken
Tie security risks to key business objectives
Alignment with business strategy
Data owners
47. Occurs when the electrical supply drops
Data owners
Requirements of the data owners
Undervoltage (brownout)
Encryption key management
48. Provides process needs but not impact.
Defined objectives
Resource dependency assessment
include security responsibilities in a job description
Comparison of cost of achievement
49. New security ulnerabilities should be managed through a ________________.
Patch management process
Internal risk assessment
Classification of assets needs
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
50. An internal review of a web-based application system finds the ability to gain access to all employees' accounts by changing the employee's ID on the URL used for accessing the account. It means _____________.
The authentication process is broken
Service level agreements (SLAs)
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
Undervoltage (brownout)