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CISSP Physical Security
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. This concept combines the physical environment and sociology issues that surround it to reduce crime rates and the fear of crime.
Fail-Safe Mode
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Continuous lighting
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
2. The temperature at which most computers will experience major damage?
High Humidity
175 degrees F
Critical Path Analysis
Security Guards
3. Fire suppressant that modifies that chemical combustion elements of a fire?
Electromechanical system
Mantrap
Gases
Class C
4. 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
Passive Infrared System (PIR)
Manual controls
Gases
5. Class of fire that is combustible metals (magnesium - sodium - potassium). Suppressed with dry powder.
8 foot fence
Manual Iris Lens
Pre-action Pipe System
Class D
6. Type of fence that uses 3/8 inch mesh and 11 gauge wiring
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
Extremely high security fence
Human Life
Fault
7. This should be protected from destruction - modification - theft - unauthorized copying - and disclosure.
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
Media
Electronic Access Control (EAC)
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
8. These condition an electrical line to keep voltage steady and clean.
Tumbler Lock
Power Regulators
Gases
Hydrometer
9. 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.
Acoustical Detection System - aka seismic - or vibrational detection
Media
Class K
Fail-Safe Mode
10. These are threats to what? Interruption of services - theft - physical damage - unauthorized disclosure - and loss of system integrity.
Cipher Lock
Fail-Safe Mode
Physical Security
Water - stream - and gas lines
11. What should dust and other air contaminants be kept to an appropriate level?
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
Piggybacking
Exterior Fencing
175 degrees F
12. Type of light that provides an even amount of light across an area?
4 foot fence
Class A
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
Continuous lighting
13. 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)
Class B
High security fence
Power Transient Noise
Proximity Identification
14. Type of IDS that detects changes in heat waves in an area.
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Soda Acid
Passive Infrared System (PIR)
Intrusion Detection Devices
15. Momentary high voltage
Spike
Physical Security
Class B
People working inside the facility.
16. Type of window that is stronger than standard glass and acrylic windows - but produces a toxic gas if burned.
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
Dry Pipe Systems
Soda Acid
Exterior Fencing
17. This type of interference can be caused by electrical system mechanisms - fluorescent lighting - and electrical cables.
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
Primary Power Source
Gases
18. This is a double door facility used for physical access control.
Gases
High security fence
Mantrap
Power Regulators
19. 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.
Pre-action Pipe System
HVAC
Intrusion Detection Devices
4 foot fence
20. 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.
Extremely high security fence
Interior Partition
HVAC System
Continuous lighting
21. Type of IDS that detects changes in a light beam. Can only be used in windowless rooms.
Class C
Manual Iris Lens
Physical security
Photoelectric System
22. 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.
Physical Security
Depth of Field
Piggybacking
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
23. Type of fence that will protect a top level security area?
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
Perimeter Protection
Fire Extinguisher
Top guard fence
24. 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
Administrative Controls
High Humidity
Class D
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
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 -
Manual controls
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
Tempered windows
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
26. The estimated time it will take to repair a device and get it back into production
Class A
Extremely high security fence
Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
Power Noise
27. This can be costly and unsightly - but can provide crowd control and help control access to the facility.
Glare Protection
Exterior Fencing
Water - stream - and gas lines
Company Property
28. 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
CCTV
Tempered windows
Manual Iris Lens
8 foot fence
29. Space used for wires and cables. Typically an area above dropped ceilings and below raised floors. This location is where fires can easily start.
Fail-Safe Mode
Physical security
Piggybacking
Plenum Space
30. Fire suppressant that reduces the oxygen of a fire?
Class D
CO2
To determine the proper budget for physical security so that security controls are cost-effective
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
31. The expected lifetime of a device?
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
Critical Path Analysis
CO2
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
32. 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
Security Guards
Pre-action Pipe System
Deluge System
Plenum Space
33. Fire suppressant that reduces the temperature of the fire?
Water
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
Warded Lock
Dry Pipe Systems
34. What system should maintain the appropriate temperature and humidity levels and provide closed-loop recirculating air-conditioning and positive pressurization and ventilation.
Water
Warded Lock
Photoelectric System
HVAC
35. When should the following items be evaluated? Local crime - natural disaster possibilities - distance to hospitals - police - fire stations - airports - and railroads.
When looking for locations for an office
Water - stream - and gas lines
Fail-Safe Mode
Tumbler Lock
36. 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.
Construction materials and structure composition
Class A
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
Transponder
37. This is a colorless - odorless - and potentially lethal substance because it removes oxygen from the air in order to suppress fires.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Automatic Iris Lens
CO2
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
38. Halon - FM-200 - and other Halon substitutes are examples of what?
Proximity Identification
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
People working inside the facility.
39. This should be located within 50 feet of electrical equipment and should be inspected quarterly.
Fire Extinguisher
Class D
Warded Lock
Fail-Safe Mode
40. Type of fire suppressant that suppresses the fuel supply of common combustibles?
Soda Acid
Top guard fence
Cable Trap
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
41. Type of window that is the strongest window available today. Resistant to breakage - chemicals - fires - and abrasions. They are also extremely expensive.
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
Depth of Field
Gases
Class A
42. The first line of defense against environmental risks and unpredictable human behavior
Hydrometer
Glare Protection
Physical security
Tumbler Lock
43. Class of fire that is electrical (electrical equipment - wires). Suppressed with gas - CO2 - dry powders.
Dry Pipe Systems
Class C
Long focal length
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
44. What is the more important than protecting a facility or the assets it contains?
Brownouts
Human Life
Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
Interior Partition
45. This should be clearly marked - and security guards should be trained how to identify when these items leave the facility in an improper manner.
Cable Trap
Electromechanical system
Company Property
Alternate Power Source
46. Tokens used in physical security to authentication subjects?
Electronic Access Control (EAC)
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
Fault
47. 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.
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
Power Regulators
Class A
HVAC System
48. This focal length provides a narrower view.
Low Humidity
To determine the proper budget for physical security so that security controls are cost-effective
Long focal length
Pre-action Pipe System
49. What is used to measure humidity levels?
Hydrometer
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
CO2
Transponder
50. Momentary power outage
8 foot fence
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
Fault
CO2