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CISSP Physical Security
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This should be located within 50 feet of electrical equipment and should be inspected quarterly.
Fire Extinguisher
Company Property
Spike
Class K
2. When should the following items be evaluated? Local crime - natural disaster possibilities - distance to hospitals - police - fire stations - airports - and railroads.
Physical Security
When looking for locations for an office
Media
Primary Power Source
3. 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.
Photoelectric System
Class K
Perimeter Protection
Mantrap
4. What documentation should be readily available and periodically reviewed and updated.
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Class D
Cipher Lock
Manual controls
5. 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.
Class D
Halon
Acoustical Detection System - aka seismic - or vibrational detection
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
6. Type of iris lens that would be used in an area of fixed lighting.
Deluge System
Manual Iris Lens
Spike
To determine the proper budget for physical security so that security controls are cost-effective
7. This power source is used in day-to-day operations.
Primary Power Source
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
Plenum Space
Construction materials and structure composition
8. Momentary power outage
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
Fault
Critical Path Analysis
Smoke Detectors
9. What system should maintain the appropriate temperature and humidity levels and provide closed-loop recirculating air-conditioning and positive pressurization and ventilation.
Plenum Space
Human Life
HVAC
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
10. This can be costly and unsightly - but can provide crowd control and help control access to the facility.
High Humidity
Exterior Fencing
Low Humidity
High security fence
11. This is a disturbance of power and can be cause by electromagnetic interference (EMI) or radio frequency interference (RFI)
Administrative Controls
Power Noise
Normal industry security fence
Extremely high security fence
12. Tokens used in physical security to authentication subjects?
Company Property
Low Humidity
Electronic Access Control (EAC)
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
13. 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.
Media
Glare Protection
Smoke Detectors
To determine the proper budget for physical security so that security controls are cost-effective
14. These are threats to what? Interruption of services - theft - physical damage - unauthorized disclosure - and loss of system integrity.
Power Noise
Warded Lock
HVAC
Physical Security
15. 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
Extremely high security fence
Halon
Shielded Lines
Manual Iris Lens
16. 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.
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
Warded Lock
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
Manual Iris Lens
17. What is used to measure humidity levels?
Hydrometer
Piggybacking
CO2
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
18. The temperature at which most computers will experience major damage?
175 degrees F
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Shielded Lines
Class B
19. This is used to deter trespassing and to enable people to enter a facility through a few controlled entrances.
Perimeter Protection
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
Construction materials and structure composition
Intrusion Detection Devices
20. 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.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Class K
8 foot fence
Depth of Field
21. Type of fence that will deter a casual intruder?
Hydrometer
Tempered windows
4 foot fence
Fire Extinguisher
22. Why does the value of property with the facility and the value of the facility itself need to be ascertained?
Automatic Iris Lens
Human Life
Deluge System
To determine the proper budget for physical security so that security controls are cost-effective
23. This is a colorless - odorless - and potentially lethal substance because it removes oxygen from the air in order to suppress fires.
Warded Lock
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Standby lighting
Passive Infrared System (PIR)
24. 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)
Critical Path Analysis
Proximity Identification
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Manual Iris Lens
25. Type of iris lens that would be used in an area where light changes.
Automatic Iris Lens
Water - stream - and gas lines
Perimeter Protection
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
26. What needs to be evaluated for their protective characteristics - their utility - and their cost and benefits.
Construction materials and structure composition
Physical Security
Top guard fence
Tumbler Lock
27. Type of light that provides an even amount of light across an area?
Continuous lighting
Interior Partition
Shielded Lines
Class A
28. These controls help minimize the resulting damage and speed the recovery process
Dry Pipe Systems
Fault
Primary Power Source
Automated environmental controls
29. 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
2 foot candles
Pre-action Pipe System
Wave-pattern Motion Detector
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
30. Type of fence that uses 3/8 inch mesh and 11 gauge wiring
Critical Path Analysis
Extremely high security fence
Glare Protection
4 foot fence
31. Type of fire suppressant that suppresses the fuel supply of common combustibles?
Cable Trap
Gases
Soda Acid
Company Property
32. Class of fire that is electrical (electrical equipment - wires). Suppressed with gas - CO2 - dry powders.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Primary Power Source
Class C
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
33. Type of light that is programmed to turn on and off a predetermined times?
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Intrusion Detection Devices
Standby lighting
Automated environmental controls
34. Type of window that is stronger than standard glass and acrylic windows - but produces a toxic gas if burned.
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
Power Regulators
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
Glare Protection
35. Items that a fire needs to burn? To suppress it - one of them should be reduced or eliminated.
Soda Acid
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
CCTV
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
36. Type of window that is the strongest window available today. Resistant to breakage - chemicals - fires - and abrasions. They are also extremely expensive.
Critical Path Analysis
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
8 foot fence
Manual controls
37. Fire suppressant that reduces the temperature of the fire?
Media
Fire Extinguisher
Water
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
38. Space used for wires and cables. Typically an area above dropped ceilings and below raised floors. This location is where fires can easily start.
Plenum Space
Class A
HVAC
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
39. What can cause corrosion?
Shielded Lines
High Humidity
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Floors - ceilings - and walls
40. What can cause static electricity?
Power Transient Noise
Manual controls
Low Humidity
CO2
41. What is the more important than protecting a facility or the assets it contains?
HVAC System
Critical Path Analysis
Human Life
Class A
42. Type of fence that uses 2 inch mesh - 9 gauge wiring
Extremely high security fence
Class K
Normal industry security fence
Class B
43. Fire suppressant that reduces the oxygen of a fire?
Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
Surge
Fail-Secure Mode
CO2
44. These need to be able to hold the necessary load and provide the required fire rating.
Interior Partition
Extremely high security fence
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Human Life
45. Class of fire that is combustible metals (magnesium - sodium - potassium). Suppressed with dry powder.
High Humidity
Electromechanical system
Fail-Secure Mode
Class D
46. Device locks intended to protect hardware from theft. Use for mobile devices and lock them to a secure feature of an environment.
Physical security
Cable Trap
Media
People working inside the facility.
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.
Manual controls
Deluge System
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
Critical Path Analysis
48. This focal length provides a narrower view.
Spike
Long focal length
Interior Partition
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
49. Type of window that contains glass that was heated and cooled to improve integrity and strength?
Water
Automated environmental controls
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
Tempered windows
50. Prolonged loss of power
Fail-Secure Mode
Extremely high security fence
Media
Blackout