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CISSP Physical Security
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Prolonged high voltage power loss
Surge
HVAC
Dry Pipe Systems
Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
2. Type of fence that will protect a top level security area?
Wave-pattern Motion Detector
Normal industry security fence
Top guard fence
Halon
3. When should the following items be evaluated? Local crime - natural disaster possibilities - distance to hospitals - police - fire stations - airports - and railroads.
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
Top guard fence
When looking for locations for an office
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
4. 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.
Cipher Lock
Gases
Glare Protection
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
5. Type of fence that uses 2 inch mesh - 9 gauge wiring
Alternate Power Source
High security fence
Low Humidity
Normal industry security fence
6. What system should maintain the appropriate temperature and humidity levels and provide closed-loop recirculating air-conditioning and positive pressurization and ventilation.
Fail-Safe Mode
Dry Pipe Systems
High security fence
HVAC
7. Type of fence that uses 1 inch mesh and 11 gauge wiring
High security fence
Spike
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
When looking for locations for an office
8. Type of window that is the strongest window available today. Resistant to breakage - chemicals - fires - and abrasions. They are also extremely expensive.
Wave-pattern Motion Detector
Smoke Detectors
Company Property
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
9. Fire suppressant that reduces the temperature of the fire?
Alternate Power Source
Deluge System
Class C
Water
10. These should go all the way up to the true ceiling. Otherwise - an intruded can remove a ceiling tile and climb over this into a critical portion of the facility.
8 foot fence
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Interior Partition
11. What should dust and other air contaminants be kept to an appropriate level?
Interior Partition
Manual controls
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
12. This type of lock is a basic padlock with a spring loaded bolt with a notch cut in it. Cheapest lock - because of their lack of any real sophistication - and also the easiest to pick.
Warded Lock
Electromechanical system
Hydrometer
Physical security
13. 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.
Halon
Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
Class K
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
14. 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.
Proximity Systems
Smoke Detectors
Power Regulators
Brownouts
15. This is used to deter trespassing and to enable people to enter a facility through a few controlled entrances.
Perimeter Protection
Critical Path Analysis
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
Fail-Secure Mode
16. This is a proximity identification device that does not require action by the user. The reader transmits signals to the device - and the device responds with an access code.
Automated environmental controls
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
2 foot candles
Transponder
17. Why does the value of property with the facility and the value of the facility itself need to be ascertained?
Fail-Secure Mode
Smoke Detectors
To determine the proper budget for physical security so that security controls are cost-effective
Perimeter Protection
18. Type of fence that will deter a casual intruder?
Mantrap
4 foot fence
Gases
When looking for locations for an office
19. 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.
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
Dry Pipe Systems
Glare Protection
20. Type of light that is activated when a motion sensor (or some other IDS) is activated?
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
Class K
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Interior Partition
21. The temperature at which most computers will experience major damage?
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
175 degrees F
Electromechanical system
Fail-Safe Mode
22. Momentary power outage
Fault
Soda Acid
Hydrometer
Administrative Controls
23. Type of iris lens that would be used in an area of fixed lighting.
Continuous lighting
Manual Iris Lens
High security fence
Blackout
24. What can cause static electricity?
Human Life
Alternate Power Source
Low Humidity
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
25. This is when unauthorized access is achieved to a facility via another individual's legitimate access - and is a common concern with physical security.
Standby lighting
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
Passive Infrared System (PIR)
Piggybacking
26. Type of fence that uses 3/8 inch mesh and 11 gauge wiring
Extremely high security fence
Automatic Iris Lens
Fail-Secure Mode
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
27. If an electrical supply fails and a door defaults to closed and unlocked - which mode is this?
Fail-Safe Mode
Media
Fire Extinguisher
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
28. What needs to be evaluated for their protective characteristics - their utility - and their cost and benefits.
Media
Intrusion Detection Devices
Construction materials and structure composition
Tempered windows
29. Class of fire that is liquid (petroleum - coolants). Suppressed with gas - CO2 - form - dry powders.
Passive Infrared System (PIR)
Construction materials and structure composition
Class B
High Humidity
30. 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.
Administrative Controls
Acoustical Detection System - aka seismic - or vibrational detection
Power Regulators
Perimeter Protection
31. What documentation should be readily available and periodically reviewed and updated.
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
Short focal length
Emergency Procedure Documentation
8 foot fence
32. These are usually planned and implemented by power companies when they are experiencing high demand.
Deluge System
Manual Iris Lens
Brownouts
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
33. What can cause corrosion?
High Humidity
Surge
Hydrometer
Pre-action Pipe System
34. Enhanced boundary fencing with motion detectors. Used at facilities that require a high level of protection.
Soda Acid
To determine the proper budget for physical security so that security controls are cost-effective
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
35. This should be clearly marked - and security guards should be trained how to identify when these items leave the facility in an improper manner.
Dry Pipe Systems
Cipher Lock
Company Property
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
36. This is a specific type of smoke-activate fire alarm that detects changes in light intensity.
Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
Halon
Class C
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
37. Items that a fire needs to burn? To suppress it - one of them should be reduced or eliminated.
Class K
HVAC
Spike
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
38. Type of light that is programmed to turn on and off a predetermined times?
HVAC System
Warded Lock
Standby lighting
Low Humidity
39. These are expensive but provide flexibility in response to security breaches and can deter intruders from attempting an attack.
Tumbler Lock
Security Guards
Depth of Field
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
40. Class of fire that is electrical (electrical equipment - wires). Suppressed with gas - CO2 - dry powders.
High security fence
Fire Extinguisher
Human Life
Class C
41. Space used for wires and cables. Typically an area above dropped ceilings and below raised floors. This location is where fires can easily start.
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
Plenum Space
Class B
Fault
42. This should be protected from destruction - modification - theft - unauthorized copying - and disclosure.
Media
Critical Path Analysis
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
43. 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.
Low Humidity
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Tumbler Lock
Alternate Power Source
44. Fire suppressant that reduces the oxygen of a fire?
CO2
Power Noise
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
Construction materials and structure composition
45. What is the more important than protecting a facility or the assets it contains?
Dry Pipe Systems
Exterior Fencing
Cable Trap
Human Life
46. 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.
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
Proximity Identification
Long focal length
Dry Pipe Systems
47. 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.
Deluge System
2 foot candles
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
Top guard fence
48. This focal length provides wide-angle views.
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
Physical security
Power Transient Noise
Short focal length
49. Type of iris lens that would be used in an area where light changes.
Automatic Iris Lens
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
Physical security
Wave-pattern Motion Detector
50. Type of IDS that detects changes or breaks in a circuit. Examples are window strips;vibration detectors on walls - screens - ceilings - etc; pressure pads under a rug.
Electromechanical system
Long focal length
Fail-Safe Mode
Power Regulators