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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 a light beam. Can only be used in windowless rooms.
Photoelectric System
Proximity Systems
Water
Fire Extinguisher
2. The last line of defense in physical security?
People working inside the facility.
Acoustical Detection System - aka seismic - or vibrational detection
Low Humidity
Primary Power Source
3. 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
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
Fail-Safe Mode
Extremely high security fence
Pre-action Pipe System
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.
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
Class B
Cipher Lock
Cable Trap
5. These are threats to what? Interruption of services - theft - physical damage - unauthorized disclosure - and loss of system integrity.
Physical Security
Class A
Continuous lighting
Smoke Detectors
6. Type of window that is the strongest window available today. Resistant to breakage - chemicals - fires - and abrasions. They are also extremely expensive.
Media
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Fault
7. Device locks intended to protect hardware from theft. Use for mobile devices and lock them to a secure feature of an environment.
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
Cable Trap
Fire Extinguisher
Blackout
8. 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 -
Manual controls
Perimeter Protection
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
Security Guards
9. What should dust and other air contaminants be kept to an appropriate level?
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
Company Property
Transponder
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
10. What documentation should be readily available and periodically reviewed and updated.
HVAC System
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Shielded Lines
11. 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.
Standby lighting
Warded Lock
Water
Shielded Lines
12. These need to have shutoff valves and positive drains (substance flows out instead of in).
Photoelectric System
Long focal length
High security fence
Water - stream - and gas lines
13. Type of iris lens that would be used in an area of fixed lighting.
Electronic Access Control (EAC)
2 foot candles
Manual Iris Lens
Transponder
14. Halon - FM-200 - and other Halon substitutes are examples of what?
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
Pre-action Pipe System
CO2
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
15. Type of fence that uses 3/8 inch mesh and 11 gauge wiring
Manual controls
4 foot fence
Spike
Extremely high security fence
16. This is a double door facility used for physical access control.
To determine the proper budget for physical security so that security controls are cost-effective
2 foot candles
Mantrap
Shielded Lines
17. These types of lines protect from electrical and magnetic induction - which causes interference to the power voltage.
Shielded Lines
Critical Path Analysis
Mantrap
Interior Partition
18. These are usually planned and implemented by power companies when they are experiencing high demand.
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Physical Security
Brownouts
175 degrees F
19. Why does the value of property with the facility and the value of the facility itself need to be ascertained?
Critical Path Analysis
To determine the proper budget for physical security so that security controls are cost-effective
HVAC System
CO2
20. 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
Power Regulators
Class A
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
21. What needs to be evaluated for their protective characteristics - their utility - and their cost and benefits.
Manual Iris Lens
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
Construction materials and structure composition
Class C
22. This type of interference can be caused by lightning - motors - and the current difference between wires.
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
Piggybacking
Acoustical Detection System - aka seismic - or vibrational detection
HVAC
23. 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.
Cable Trap
Automated environmental controls
Interior Partition
Transponder
24. This focal length provides a narrower view.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
When looking for locations for an office
Long focal length
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
25. This focal length provides wide-angle views.
Short focal length
Company Property
Fault
175 degrees F
26. This is a specific type of smoke-activate fire alarm that detects changes in light intensity.
Power Transient Noise
Proximity Systems
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
When looking for locations for an office
27. This is a colorless - odorless - and potentially lethal substance because it removes oxygen from the air in order to suppress fires.
Proximity Systems
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
Soda Acid
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
28. Type of light that provides an even amount of light across an area?
175 degrees F
Alternate Power Source
Continuous lighting
Interior Partition
29. 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.
Shielded Lines
High Humidity
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
Transponder
30. Prolonged high voltage power loss
Spike
Critical Path Analysis
Company Property
Surge
31. Type of window that is stronger than standard glass and acrylic windows - but produces a toxic gas if burned.
Gases
Interior Partition
Construction materials and structure composition
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
32. The first line of defense against environmental risks and unpredictable human behavior
Long focal length
Class B
Physical security
CCTV
33. These can be penetrated - expensive to install and monitor - require human response - and are subject to false alarms. Examples are motion detectors - CCTV's - vibration sensors - and electromechanical devices.
Short focal length
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Tumbler Lock
Intrusion Detection Devices
34. 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
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
People working inside the facility.
35. Type of fire suppressant that suppresses the fuel supply of common combustibles?
Primary Power Source
Soda Acid
Cable Trap
Dry Pipe Systems
36. Class of fire that is combustible metals (magnesium - sodium - potassium). Suppressed with dry powder.
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
Administrative Controls
Proximity Identification
Class D
37. 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
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Long focal length
Halon
Water
38. This type of noise is disturbance imposed on a power line that causes electrical interference.
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
Fail-Secure Mode
Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
Power Transient Noise
39. This power source is a backup in case the primary source fails.
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
Automated environmental controls
Alternate Power Source
Security Guards
40. Fire suppressant that reduces the temperature of the fire?
Standby lighting
Deluge System
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Water
41. NIST standard that says critical areas should be illuminated 8 feet high - and use this unit that represents the illumination power of an individual light?
2 foot candles
Glare Protection
Transponder
CO2
42. This concept combines the physical environment and sociology issues that surround it to reduce crime rates and the fear of crime.
Security Guards
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Tumbler Lock
43. This is when unauthorized access is achieved to a facility via another individual's legitimate access - and is a common concern with physical security.
Warded Lock
Power Transient Noise
Piggybacking
Wave-pattern Motion Detector
44. Type of window that contains glass that was heated and cooled to improve integrity and strength?
Tempered windows
To determine the proper budget for physical security so that security controls are cost-effective
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
High Humidity
45. These condition an electrical line to keep voltage steady and clean.
Power Regulators
Brownouts
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
Smoke Detectors
46. What is used to measure humidity levels?
Fault
Cipher Lock
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Hydrometer
47. 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.
Critical Path Analysis
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
Physical security
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
48. If an electrical supply fails and a door defaults to closed and unlocked - which mode is this?
Fail-Safe Mode
Intrusion Detection Devices
High Humidity
2 foot candles
49. What is the more important than protecting a facility or the assets it contains?
Human Life
Critical Path Analysis
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Smoke Detectors
50. Prolonged loss of power
Administrative Controls
When looking for locations for an office
Glare Protection
Blackout