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CISSP Physical Security
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. These types of lines protect from electrical and magnetic induction - which causes interference to the power voltage.
Shielded Lines
Deluge System
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
HVAC
2. Type of light that provides an even amount of light across an area?
Continuous lighting
Cipher Lock
Passive Infrared System (PIR)
HVAC
3. Fire suppressant that reduces the oxygen of a fire?
CO2
To determine the proper budget for physical security so that security controls are cost-effective
Class C
Floors - ceilings - and walls
4. Type of IDS that detects changes in heat waves in an area.
Passive Infrared System (PIR)
Electromechanical system
Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
Hydrometer
5. This is a disturbance of power and can be cause by electromagnetic interference (EMI) or radio frequency interference (RFI)
CCTV
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Power Noise
6. 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
Warded Lock
Mantrap
Administrative Controls
Photoelectric System
7. 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
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
Blackout
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
8. 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
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
Blackout
9. 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.
Interior Partition
Human Life
Exterior Fencing
Long focal length
10. The first line of defense against environmental risks and unpredictable human behavior
Warded Lock
8 foot fence
Tumbler Lock
Physical security
11. Enhanced boundary fencing with motion detectors. Used at facilities that require a high level of protection.
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
Class B
Deluge System
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
12. Type of iris lens that would be used in an area where light changes.
8 foot fence
Warded Lock
Automatic Iris Lens
High Humidity
13. The expected lifetime of a device?
Low Humidity
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
Intrusion Detection Devices
14. 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 Systems
Electronic Access Control (EAC)
Administrative Controls
Proximity Identification
15. Type of fire suppressant that suppresses the fuel supply of common combustibles?
Soda Acid
Gases
HVAC
Shielded Lines
16. Why does the value of property with the facility and the value of the facility itself need to be ascertained?
Power Regulators
Wave-pattern Motion Detector
Electronic Access Control (EAC)
To determine the proper budget for physical security so that security controls are cost-effective
17. These controls help minimize the resulting damage and speed the recovery process
Photoelectric System
Media
Tumbler Lock
Automated environmental controls
18. Space used for wires and cables. Typically an area above dropped ceilings and below raised floors. This location is where fires can easily start.
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
Electromechanical system
Power Transient Noise
Plenum Space
19. 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.
People working inside the facility.
Tempered windows
Cable Trap
Critical Path Analysis
20. These are threats to what? Interruption of services - theft - physical damage - unauthorized disclosure - and loss of system integrity.
Physical Security
Interior Partition
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Gases
21. 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.
Electromechanical system
Alternate Power Source
Intrusion Detection Devices
To determine the proper budget for physical security so that security controls are cost-effective
22. Class of fire that is electrical (electrical equipment - wires). Suppressed with gas - CO2 - dry powders.
Pre-action Pipe System
Blackout
Gases
Class C
23. What system should maintain the appropriate temperature and humidity levels and provide closed-loop recirculating air-conditioning and positive pressurization and ventilation.
Construction materials and structure composition
HVAC
Administrative Controls
Spike
24. Halon - FM-200 - and other Halon substitutes are examples of what?
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
Automatic Iris Lens
Electromechanical system
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
25. Prolonged loss of power
People working inside the facility.
Blackout
Short focal length
To determine the proper budget for physical security so that security controls are cost-effective
26. These condition an electrical line to keep voltage steady and clean.
Blackout
Power Regulators
Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
Fail-Secure Mode
27. Items that a fire needs to burn? To suppress it - one of them should be reduced or eliminated.
Security Guards
Water - stream - and gas lines
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
Administrative Controls
28. Type of light that is activated when a motion sensor (or some other IDS) is activated?
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
CCTV
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
Human Life
29. What should dust and other air contaminants be kept to an appropriate level?
Fail-Safe Mode
People working inside the facility.
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
Brownouts
30. This type of water system always contains water in the pipes and are usually controlled by temperature control level sensors.
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
Class K
Interior Partition
31. What needs to be evaluated for their protective characteristics - their utility - and their cost and benefits.
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
Construction materials and structure composition
Alternate Power Source
When looking for locations for an office
32. Type of fence that uses 2 inch mesh - 9 gauge wiring
Normal industry security fence
Security Guards
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Halon
33. Device locks intended to protect hardware from theft. Use for mobile devices and lock them to a secure feature of an environment.
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
Cable Trap
34. 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.
Deluge System
8 foot fence
Photoelectric System
Shielded Lines
35. This should be clearly marked - and security guards should be trained how to identify when these items leave the facility in an improper manner.
Mantrap
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
Company Property
Proximity Systems
36. These controls can be time consuming and error prone and and require constant attention.
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
Tempered windows
Manual controls
HVAC
37. This should be protected from destruction - modification - theft - unauthorized copying - and disclosure.
Media
Surge
Power Noise
Plenum Space
38. Momentary high voltage
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
Spike
Class D
Fail-Safe Mode
39. 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.
Top guard fence
Proximity Systems
Administrative Controls
Transponder
40. What is the more important than protecting a facility or the assets it contains?
Cipher Lock
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Continuous lighting
Human Life
41. Class of fire that is liquid (petroleum - coolants). Suppressed with gas - CO2 - form - dry powders.
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Class B
Fail-Secure Mode
Pre-action Pipe System
42. Prolonged high voltage power loss
Automated environmental controls
Surge
High Humidity
Fire Extinguisher
43. 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.
Human Life
Electromechanical system
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Normal industry security fence
44. 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.
HVAC System
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
Class A
Construction materials and structure composition
45. This can be costly and unsightly - but can provide crowd control and help control access to the facility.
Interior Partition
HVAC System
Power Regulators
Exterior Fencing
46. This should be located within 50 feet of electrical equipment and should be inspected quarterly.
Fail-Secure Mode
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
Fire Extinguisher
CCTV
47. Type of light that is programmed to turn on and off a predetermined times?
Depth of Field
CO2
Standby lighting
Top guard fence
48. 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
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
175 degrees F
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
49. What documentation should be readily available and periodically reviewed and updated.
Primary Power Source
Fire Extinguisher
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Long focal length
50. 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.
Class A
Cipher Lock
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
Passive Infrared System (PIR)