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CISSP Physical Security
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1. This power source is a backup in case the primary source fails.
Human Life
Alternate Power Source
Tumbler Lock
Floors - ceilings - and walls
2. Type of IDS that generates a pattern that is sent over a sensitive area and reflected back to a receiver.
Wave-pattern Motion Detector
Security Guards
Warded Lock
Fault
3. These need to have shutoff valves and positive drains (substance flows out instead of in).
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
Water - stream - and gas lines
Soda Acid
Electronic Access Control (EAC)
4. Type of iris lens that would be used in an area where light changes.
Power Regulators
Piggybacking
Interior Partition
Automatic Iris Lens
5. Type of fence that uses 2 inch mesh - 9 gauge wiring
HVAC System
4 foot fence
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Normal industry security fence
6. 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.
Smoke Detectors
Soda Acid
Depth of Field
Water - stream - and gas lines
7. This should be clearly marked - and security guards should be trained how to identify when these items leave the facility in an improper manner.
Pre-action Pipe System
Fail-Secure Mode
Power Transient Noise
Company Property
8. This is a colorless - odorless - and potentially lethal substance because it removes oxygen from the air in order to suppress fires.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Plenum Space
Acoustical Detection System - aka seismic - or vibrational detection
Media
9. Fire suppressant that modifies that chemical combustion elements of a fire?
Gases
Transponder
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
10. What can cause corrosion?
Long focal length
Glare Protection
High Humidity
Fail-Safe Mode
11. These controls help minimize the resulting damage and speed the recovery process
Security Guards
Glare Protection
Depth of Field
Automated environmental controls
12. Device locks intended to protect hardware from theft. Use for mobile devices and lock them to a secure feature of an environment.
Water - stream - and gas lines
Cable Trap
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
People working inside the facility.
13. This is when unauthorized access is achieved to a facility via another individual's legitimate access - and is a common concern with physical security.
Security Guards
Company Property
Piggybacking
Cipher Lock
14. If an electrical supply fails and a door defaults to closed and unlocked - which mode is this?
8 foot fence
Deluge System
Hydrometer
Fail-Safe Mode
15. This can be costly and unsightly - but can provide crowd control and help control access to the facility.
Exterior Fencing
Top guard fence
HVAC System
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
16. The last line of defense in physical security?
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
People working inside the facility.
Fail-Secure Mode
17. Type of window that is stronger than standard glass and acrylic windows - but produces a toxic gas if burned.
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
Depth of Field
Low Humidity
Smoke Detectors
18. Type of window that contains glass that was heated and cooled to improve integrity and strength?
Class C
Continuous lighting
Tempered windows
Mantrap
19. What needs to be evaluated for their protective characteristics - their utility - and their cost and benefits.
Water - stream - and gas lines
Proximity Systems
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
Construction materials and structure composition
20. 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?
Passive Infrared System (PIR)
Manual Iris Lens
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
2 foot candles
21. 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.
Spike
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
Electronic Access Control (EAC)
HVAC System
22. This type of interference can be caused by electrical system mechanisms - fluorescent lighting - and electrical cables.
Class K
Electromechanical system
Smoke Detectors
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
23. Type of window that is the strongest window available today. Resistant to breakage - chemicals - fires - and abrasions. They are also extremely expensive.
Tumbler Lock
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
Electromechanical system
24. This focal length provides a narrower view.
Long focal length
Class K
Manual Iris Lens
Fail-Safe Mode
25. 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 -
Smoke Detectors
Class D
Shielded Lines
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
26. 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
Exterior Fencing
Class A
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
27. Type of fire suppressant that suppresses the fuel supply of common combustibles?
Soda Acid
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
Exterior Fencing
High security fence
28. 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.
Manual Iris Lens
Long focal length
Cipher Lock
Construction materials and structure composition
29. 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
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
Fault
CCTV
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
30. What is used to measure humidity levels?
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
Hydrometer
Media
Standby lighting
31. The expected lifetime of a device?
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
Brownouts
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Mantrap
32. This is a specific type of smoke-activate fire alarm that detects changes in light intensity.
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
CO2
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
Intrusion Detection Devices
33. Enhanced boundary fencing with motion detectors. Used at facilities that require a high level of protection.
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
CCTV
4 foot fence
Exterior Fencing
34. Type of light that provides an even amount of light across an area?
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Proximity Identification
Continuous lighting
Interior Partition
35. These should be located on and above suspended ceilings - below raised floors - and in air ducts to provide maximum fire detection.
Water
People working inside the facility.
Smoke Detectors
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
36. Momentary high voltage
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
Passive Infrared System (PIR)
Water - stream - and gas lines
Spike
37. This is used to deter trespassing and to enable people to enter a facility through a few controlled entrances.
Low Humidity
Wave-pattern Motion Detector
Shielded Lines
Perimeter Protection
38. 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
8 foot fence
Plenum Space
Pre-action Pipe System
39. What system should maintain the appropriate temperature and humidity levels and provide closed-loop recirculating air-conditioning and positive pressurization and ventilation.
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
Mantrap
HVAC
Extremely high security fence
40. What can cause static electricity?
Low Humidity
Fire Extinguisher
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Tempered windows
41. 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
Company Property
Physical security
Halon
Tumbler Lock
42. This type of interference can be caused by lightning - motors - and the current difference between wires.
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Tumbler Lock
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
Fail-Secure Mode
43. Tokens used in physical security to authentication subjects?
Electromechanical system
Depth of Field
Tempered windows
Electronic Access Control (EAC)
44. 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.
Warded Lock
Tumbler Lock
Interior Partition
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
45. These are expensive but provide flexibility in response to security breaches and can deter intruders from attempting an attack.
Construction materials and structure composition
Floors - ceilings - and walls
175 degrees F
Security Guards
46. Type of iris lens that would be used in an area of fixed lighting.
Passive Infrared System (PIR)
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
Manual Iris Lens
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.
Spike
Critical Path Analysis
Long focal length
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
48. Type of IDS that detects changes in heat waves in an area.
Automatic Iris Lens
Surge
Exterior Fencing
Passive Infrared System (PIR)
49. The temperature at which most computers will experience major damage?
Exterior Fencing
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
175 degrees F
Soda Acid
50. Type of IDS that detects changes or breaks in a circuit. Examples are window strips;vibration detectors on walls - screens - ceilings - etc; pressure pads under a rug.
Electromechanical system
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
Fire Extinguisher