SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
CISSP Physical Security
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
certifications
,
it-skills
,
cissp
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. Device locks intended to protect hardware from theft. Use for mobile devices and lock them to a secure feature of an environment.
Administrative Controls
Standby lighting
Acoustical Detection System - aka seismic - or vibrational detection
Cable Trap
2. What can cause corrosion?
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
High Humidity
Normal industry security fence
Fail-Safe Mode
3. 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.
Interior Partition
Tumbler Lock
Short focal length
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
4. Space used for wires and cables. Typically an area above dropped ceilings and below raised floors. This location is where fires can easily start.
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
Plenum Space
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
Power Regulators
5. The temperature at which most computers will experience major damage?
175 degrees F
Extremely high security fence
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
Gases
6. 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.
Fault
Top guard fence
Deluge System
Tumbler Lock
7. Prolonged loss of power
Proximity Systems
Blackout
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
Physical Security
8. 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
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
Plenum Space
Blackout
Human Life
9. These controls can be time consuming and error prone and and require constant attention.
Manual controls
Surge
Gases
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
10. 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.
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
Water - stream - and gas lines
Cipher Lock
11. Type of iris lens that would be used in an area where light changes.
Brownouts
Exterior Fencing
Automatic Iris Lens
Dry Pipe Systems
12. Why does the value of property with the facility and the value of the facility itself need to be ascertained?
To determine the proper budget for physical security so that security controls are cost-effective
Cipher Lock
Exterior Fencing
Surge
13. What is used to measure humidity levels?
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Tempered windows
Hydrometer
Physical security
14. This should be protected from destruction - modification - theft - unauthorized copying - and disclosure.
CO2
Acoustical Detection System - aka seismic - or vibrational detection
Gases
Media
15. These need to have shutoff valves and positive drains (substance flows out instead of in).
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
Normal industry security fence
Tumbler Lock
Water - stream - and gas lines
16. This is a colorless - odorless - and potentially lethal substance because it removes oxygen from the air in order to suppress fires.
People working inside the facility.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Soda Acid
17. This should be turned off before activation of a fire suppressant to ensure it stays in the needed area and that smoke is not distributed to different areas of the facility.
Pre-action Pipe System
Construction materials and structure composition
Short focal length
HVAC System
18. 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.
Administrative Controls
Interior Partition
Human Life
Acoustical Detection System - aka seismic - or vibrational detection
19. These should be located on and above suspended ceilings - below raised floors - and in air ducts to provide maximum fire detection.
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
Photoelectric System
Smoke Detectors
20. Type of light that is programmed to turn on and off a predetermined times?
Glare Protection
Class D
Standby lighting
2 foot candles
21. This focal length provides a narrower view.
4 foot fence
Long focal length
Construction materials and structure composition
Plenum Space
22. This is when unauthorized access is achieved to a facility via another individual's legitimate access - and is a common concern with physical security.
Piggybacking
Blackout
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
Electromechanical system
23. These condition an electrical line to keep voltage steady and clean.
Acoustical Detection System - aka seismic - or vibrational detection
Electronic Access Control (EAC)
Power Regulators
Perimeter Protection
24. 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
Pre-action Pipe System
People working inside the facility.
Water
25. 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.
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Standby lighting
Class K
Company Property
26. The estimated time it will take to repair a device and get it back into production
Fire Extinguisher
Water - stream - and gas lines
Class K
Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
27. Class of fire that is combustible metals (magnesium - sodium - potassium). Suppressed with dry powder.
Class D
Spike
Security Guards
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
28. The following are examples of what type of control? Drills and exercises of emergency procedures - simulation testing - documentation - inspections and reports - pre-screening of employees - post-employment procedures - delegation of responsibility a
Depth of Field
Proximity Identification
Manual Iris Lens
Administrative Controls
29. This focal length provides wide-angle views.
Fire Extinguisher
Construction materials and structure composition
Fail-Secure Mode
Short focal length
30. If an electrical supply fails and a door defaults to closed and unlocked - which mode is this?
Standby lighting
Fail-Safe Mode
Mantrap
Company Property
31. This concept combines the physical environment and sociology issues that surround it to reduce crime rates and the fear of crime.
4 foot fence
Company Property
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Physical Security
32. This refers to the portion of the environment that is in focus when shown on a monitor. This increases as the size of the lens opening decreases - the subject distance increases - or the focal length of the lens decreases.
Mantrap
When looking for locations for an office
Depth of Field
Soda Acid
33. Type of fence that will deter a casual intruder?
Soda Acid
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
Interior Partition
4 foot fence
34. The last line of defense in physical security?
Administrative Controls
Manual Iris Lens
People working inside the facility.
Fail-Safe Mode
35. Items that a fire needs to burn? To suppress it - one of them should be reduced or eliminated.
Interior Partition
Dry Pipe Systems
Warded Lock
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
36. This type of interference can be caused by lightning - motors - and the current difference between wires.
Power Regulators
Critical Path Analysis
HVAC System
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
37. Tokens used in physical security to authentication subjects?
Electronic Access Control (EAC)
Intrusion Detection Devices
Acoustical Detection System - aka seismic - or vibrational detection
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
38. An electrical circuit that receives input light from the lens and converts it into an electronic signal - which is then displayed on a monitor. Allows the capture of extraordinary details of objects because its sensors work in the infrared range. Doe
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
CCTV
Plenum Space
Piggybacking
39. These can be user activated (action needs to be taken by a user) or system sensing (no action needs to be taken by the user)
Proximity Identification
Tumbler Lock
Physical Security
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
40. These are usually planned and implemented by power companies when they are experiencing high demand.
175 degrees F
Class D
Gases
Brownouts
41. Type of iris lens that would be used in an area of fixed lighting.
Manual Iris Lens
Spike
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Dry Pipe Systems
42. This is a double door facility used for physical access control.
Physical security
Interior Partition
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
Mantrap
43. 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.
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Critical Path Analysis
Proximity Identification
Human Life
44. What needs to be evaluated for their protective characteristics - their utility - and their cost and benefits.
Construction materials and structure composition
Low Humidity
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
Dry Pipe Systems
45. This is a specific type of smoke-activate fire alarm that detects changes in light intensity.
Class A
Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
Mantrap
46. Momentary high voltage
Spike
Piggybacking
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
47. Type of fence that will protect a top level security area?
Hydrometer
Standby lighting
Top guard fence
Primary Power Source
48. 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.
When looking for locations for an office
Dry Pipe Systems
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
49. 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.
Top guard fence
Acoustical Detection System - aka seismic - or vibrational detection
Deluge System
Critical Path Analysis
50. Fire suppressant that reduces the oxygen of a fire?
2 foot candles
CO2
Fire Extinguisher
Surge