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CISSP Physical Security
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Type of IDS that detects changes in heat waves in an area.
Passive Infrared System (PIR)
Pre-action Pipe System
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
Administrative Controls
2. Type of iris lens that would be used in an area where light changes.
Low Humidity
Acoustical Detection System - aka seismic - or vibrational detection
Automatic Iris Lens
Depth of Field
3. This is used to deter trespassing and to enable people to enter a facility through a few controlled entrances.
Perimeter Protection
Plenum Space
Soda Acid
High Humidity
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
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
When looking for locations for an office
5. This concept combines the physical environment and sociology issues that surround it to reduce crime rates and the fear of crime.
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Primary Power Source
Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
6. 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
Perimeter Protection
175 degrees F
Plenum Space
Administrative Controls
7. These should be located on and above suspended ceilings - below raised floors - and in air ducts to provide maximum fire detection.
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
Smoke Detectors
Class D
Media
8. Fire suppressant that reduces the temperature of the fire?
Water
Plenum Space
Cipher Lock
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
9. 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.
Depth of Field
Extremely high security fence
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
Photoelectric System
10. These are usually planned and implemented by power companies when they are experiencing high demand.
CO2
Class D
Construction materials and structure composition
Brownouts
11. These are expensive but provide flexibility in response to security breaches and can deter intruders from attempting an attack.
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
Security Guards
Gases
Standby lighting
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.
Proximity Systems
Warded Lock
Blackout
Halon
13. Items that a fire needs to burn? To suppress it - one of them should be reduced or eliminated.
Automatic Iris Lens
Short focal length
Fail-Secure Mode
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
14. Type of light that is programmed to turn on and off a predetermined times?
Pre-action Pipe System
Dry Pipe Systems
Standby lighting
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
15. This focal length provides a narrower view.
Class B
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
Long focal length
Low Humidity
16. Type of window that is stronger than standard glass and acrylic windows - but produces a toxic gas if burned.
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
Normal industry security fence
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
Media
17. The first line of defense against environmental risks and unpredictable human behavior
Fail-Secure Mode
Extremely high security fence
Wave-pattern Motion Detector
Physical security
18. These controls can be time consuming and error prone and and require constant attention.
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
Pre-action Pipe System
CO2
Manual controls
19. This should be protected from destruction - modification - theft - unauthorized copying - and disclosure.
Class B
Media
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
Human Life
20. Fire suppressant that reduces the oxygen of a fire?
Media
Wave-pattern Motion Detector
Power Regulators
CO2
21. What can cause static electricity?
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Low Humidity
Fail-Secure Mode
Fail-Safe Mode
22. 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)
Plenum Space
Proximity Identification
Acoustical Detection System - aka seismic - or vibrational detection
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
23. Type of window that contains glass that was heated and cooled to improve integrity and strength?
Power Noise
Fire Extinguisher
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
Tempered windows
24. 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.
Class K
Long focal length
Gases
Class C
25. These are threats to what? Interruption of services - theft - physical damage - unauthorized disclosure - and loss of system integrity.
Primary Power Source
Shielded Lines
Physical Security
High Humidity
26. This focal length provides wide-angle views.
Floors - ceilings - and walls
To determine the proper budget for physical security so that security controls are cost-effective
Normal industry security fence
Short focal length
27. This type of interference can be caused by electrical system mechanisms - fluorescent lighting - and electrical cables.
Surge
Fail-Secure Mode
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
CO2
28. Prolonged loss of power
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Blackout
Gases
29. Type of light that provides an even amount of light across an area?
Smoke Detectors
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Top guard fence
Continuous lighting
30. These need to be able to hold the necessary load and provide the required fire rating.
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
Perimeter Protection
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Standby lighting
31. 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 -
Cable Trap
8 foot fence
People working inside the facility.
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
32. 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.
Water
Continuous lighting
Dry Pipe Systems
Construction materials and structure composition
33. 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.
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Top guard fence
Acoustical Detection System - aka seismic - or vibrational detection
Class C
34. Device locks intended to protect hardware from theft. Use for mobile devices and lock them to a secure feature of an environment.
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
Power Transient Noise
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
Cable Trap
35. 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.
Tumbler Lock
Electronic Access Control (EAC)
Water - stream - and gas lines
Administrative Controls
36. Class of fire that is liquid (petroleum - coolants). Suppressed with gas - CO2 - form - dry powders.
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Class B
37. What system should maintain the appropriate temperature and humidity levels and provide closed-loop recirculating air-conditioning and positive pressurization and ventilation.
Physical Security
Warded Lock
Depth of Field
HVAC
38. These types of lines protect from electrical and magnetic induction - which causes interference to the power voltage.
Plenum Space
Acoustical Detection System - aka seismic - or vibrational detection
Shielded Lines
Automatic Iris Lens
39. This is when unauthorized access is achieved to a facility via another individual's legitimate access - and is a common concern with physical security.
Low Humidity
Extremely high security fence
Piggybacking
Blackout
40. When should the following items be evaluated? Local crime - natural disaster possibilities - distance to hospitals - police - fire stations - airports - and railroads.
Tempered windows
Class K
Security Guards
When looking for locations for an office
41. 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
Gases
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
Manual Iris Lens
42. 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.
Interior Partition
Company Property
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
Physical security
43. What needs to be evaluated for their protective characteristics - their utility - and their cost and benefits.
Media
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
Construction materials and structure composition
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
44. 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
Brownouts
Halon
Transponder
Construction materials and structure composition
45. Type of fence that will protect a critical are?
Class B
Deluge System
Class A
8 foot fence
46. Prolonged high voltage power loss
Class K
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
Electronic Access Control (EAC)
Surge
47. If an electrical supply fails and a door defaults to closed and locked - which mode is this?
Brownouts
Fail-Secure Mode
Normal industry security fence
Fire Extinguisher
48. Type of IDS that generates a pattern that is sent over a sensitive area and reflected back to a receiver.
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
Wave-pattern Motion Detector
Power Transient Noise
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
49. These controls help minimize the resulting damage and speed the recovery process
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Automated environmental controls
Critical Path Analysis
Depth of Field
50. What documentation should be readily available and periodically reviewed and updated.
Low Humidity
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
Mantrap