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CISSP Physical Security
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Fire suppressant that reduces the temperature of the fire?
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
Low Humidity
Glare Protection
Water
2. This power source is a backup in case the primary source fails.
Photoelectric System
Critical Path Analysis
Physical Security
Alternate Power Source
3. The expected lifetime of a device?
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
Exterior Fencing
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
4. Type of light that provides an even amount of light across an area?
Continuous lighting
Security Guards
Exterior Fencing
8 foot fence
5. When should the following items be evaluated? Local crime - natural disaster possibilities - distance to hospitals - police - fire stations - airports - and railroads.
Depth of Field
When looking for locations for an office
Intrusion Detection Devices
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
6. This should be clearly marked - and security guards should be trained how to identify when these items leave the facility in an improper manner.
Alternate Power Source
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Company Property
7. 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 -
Exterior Fencing
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
8. Why does the value of property with the facility and the value of the facility itself need to be ascertained?
Spike
Company Property
Glare Protection
To determine the proper budget for physical security so that security controls are cost-effective
9. 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.
175 degrees F
Passive Infrared System (PIR)
Warded Lock
Tumbler Lock
10. Tokens used in physical security to authentication subjects?
Electronic Access Control (EAC)
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
Manual Iris Lens
Proximity Systems
11. Class of fire that is combustible metals (magnesium - sodium - potassium). Suppressed with dry powder.
Power Noise
Class D
Media
Class A
12. Type of IDS that detects changes in heat waves in an area.
Surge
Passive Infrared System (PIR)
Plenum Space
Smoke Detectors
13. This can be costly and unsightly - but can provide crowd control and help control access to the facility.
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
When looking for locations for an office
Water - stream - and gas lines
Exterior Fencing
14. What system should maintain the appropriate temperature and humidity levels and provide closed-loop recirculating air-conditioning and positive pressurization and ventilation.
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Electromechanical system
Spike
HVAC
15. If an electrical supply fails and a door defaults to closed and unlocked - which mode is this?
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
Fail-Safe Mode
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
16. Type of fence that will protect a critical are?
Manual controls
Fault
HVAC System
8 foot fence
17. This should be protected from destruction - modification - theft - unauthorized copying - and disclosure.
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
Media
Brownouts
HVAC System
18. These controls can be time consuming and error prone and and require constant attention.
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Halon
Manual controls
Photoelectric System
19. What documentation should be readily available and periodically reviewed and updated.
Emergency Procedure Documentation
High security fence
People working inside the facility.
Fail-Safe Mode
20. Momentary power outage
Fault
Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
Automated environmental controls
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
21. Type of light that is activated when a motion sensor (or some other IDS) is activated?
Top guard fence
Deluge System
Primary Power Source
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
22. 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?
Exterior Fencing
2 foot candles
High Humidity
People working inside the facility.
23. These condition an electrical line to keep voltage steady and clean.
Spike
Power Regulators
Gases
Automatic Iris Lens
24. Type of fence that uses 2 inch mesh - 9 gauge wiring
8 foot fence
Normal industry security fence
Deluge System
Photoelectric System
25. These controls help minimize the resulting damage and speed the recovery process
Mantrap
Automated environmental controls
Surge
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
26. 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.
Class B
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
Automatic Iris Lens
Glare Protection
27. 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.
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
HVAC System
Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
Exterior Fencing
28. Type of fence that uses 3/8 inch mesh and 11 gauge wiring
Human Life
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
Automated environmental controls
Extremely high security fence
29. Fire suppressant that reduces the oxygen of a fire?
High Humidity
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
CO2
Brownouts
30. 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.
Physical Security
Administrative Controls
Photoelectric System
Deluge System
31. 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
Construction materials and structure composition
Alternate Power Source
Automated environmental controls
32. Class of fire that is liquid (petroleum - coolants). Suppressed with gas - CO2 - form - dry powders.
Low Humidity
Mantrap
Shielded Lines
Class B
33. 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
Normal industry security fence
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
Manual controls
Water
34. Device locks intended to protect hardware from theft. Use for mobile devices and lock them to a secure feature of an environment.
Standby lighting
Cable Trap
Fail-Secure Mode
Class K
35. The last line of defense in physical security?
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
People working inside the facility.
Company Property
Manual controls
36. Class of fire that is common combustibles (wood - paper - and laminates). Suppressed with water or foam.
Class A
Manual controls
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Manual Iris Lens
37. 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
Automatic Iris Lens
Class D
Power Noise
38. This concept combines the physical environment and sociology issues that surround it to reduce crime rates and the fear of crime.
Halon
Human Life
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
39. What can cause corrosion?
Tumbler Lock
High Humidity
8 foot fence
Manual Iris Lens
40. What is the more important than protecting a facility or the assets it contains?
Power Noise
Interior Partition
Human Life
Piggybacking
41. This type of noise is disturbance imposed on a power line that causes electrical interference.
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
Exterior Fencing
Power Transient Noise
Power Regulators
42. Type of fence that uses 1 inch mesh and 11 gauge wiring
Surge
High security fence
Short focal length
Physical security
43. These should be located on and above suspended ceilings - below raised floors - and in air ducts to provide maximum fire detection.
Hydrometer
Fire Extinguisher
Smoke Detectors
Pre-action Pipe System
44. This type of interference can be caused by lightning - motors - and the current difference between wires.
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
Alternate Power Source
Manual controls
Primary Power Source
45. This power source is used in day-to-day operations.
Intrusion Detection Devices
Primary Power Source
4 foot fence
Water
46. 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.
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
Perimeter Protection
Critical Path Analysis
Deluge System
47. Type of light that is programmed to turn on and off a predetermined times?
Class C
Passive Infrared System (PIR)
Top guard fence
Standby lighting
48. 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
Emergency Procedure Documentation
CCTV
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
Transponder
49. 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
Halon
Tempered windows
Transponder
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
50. 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
HVAC System
Tumbler Lock
Transponder