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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. What can cause corrosion?
People working inside the facility.
High Humidity
Power Noise
Cable Trap
2. Type of fence that uses 3/8 inch mesh and 11 gauge wiring
Extremely high security fence
Class D
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
Pre-action Pipe System
3. These controls help minimize the resulting damage and speed the recovery process
Physical security
Automated environmental controls
Cable Trap
Intrusion Detection Devices
4. 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
Power Transient Noise
CCTV
Exterior Fencing
5. These condition an electrical line to keep voltage steady and clean.
Power Regulators
Pre-action Pipe System
Spike
Automated environmental controls
6. Momentary high voltage
Class C
Fire Extinguisher
Spike
Class B
7. This can be costly and unsightly - but can provide crowd control and help control access to the facility.
Exterior Fencing
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Piggybacking
Plenum Space
8. 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.
Gases
Depth of Field
Halon
Emergency Procedure Documentation
9. 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 -
Class C
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
People working inside the facility.
Passive Infrared System (PIR)
10. Momentary power outage
Fault
High Humidity
Tumbler Lock
Fail-Safe Mode
11. These controls can be time consuming and error prone and and require constant attention.
Manual controls
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Interior Partition
Electromechanical system
12. This should be clearly marked - and security guards should be trained how to identify when these items leave the facility in an improper manner.
Class K
Company Property
Water
Class C
13. 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
CCTV
Media
Wave-pattern Motion Detector
14. This should be protected from destruction - modification - theft - unauthorized copying - and disclosure.
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
Water - stream - and gas lines
175 degrees F
Media
15. Fire suppressant that reduces the temperature of the fire?
Water
Shielded Lines
Tumbler Lock
175 degrees F
16. 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.
HVAC System
Intrusion Detection Devices
Security Guards
Critical Path Analysis
17. This power source is used in day-to-day operations.
Dry Pipe Systems
Transponder
Primary Power Source
Water
18. 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
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
People working inside the facility.
Transponder
19. Space used for wires and cables. Typically an area above dropped ceilings and below raised floors. This location is where fires can easily start.
Standby lighting
Plenum Space
HVAC System
Class A
20. This type of interference can be caused by electrical system mechanisms - fluorescent lighting - and electrical cables.
Power Regulators
High security fence
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
When looking for locations for an office
21. Device locks intended to protect hardware from theft. Use for mobile devices and lock them to a secure feature of an environment.
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
Cable Trap
High security fence
22. Enhanced boundary fencing with motion detectors. Used at facilities that require a high level of protection.
Perimeter Protection
Physical Security
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
Emergency Procedure Documentation
23. This concept combines the physical environment and sociology issues that surround it to reduce crime rates and the fear of crime.
Construction materials and structure composition
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Transponder
24. These types of lines protect from electrical and magnetic induction - which causes interference to the power voltage.
Manual Iris Lens
Shielded Lines
HVAC System
Depth of Field
25. Fire suppressant that modifies that chemical combustion elements of a fire?
Gases
Brownouts
Physical security
Company Property
26. The first line of defense against environmental risks and unpredictable human behavior
Perimeter Protection
Power Noise
Physical security
Intrusion Detection Devices
27. These need to be able to hold the necessary load and provide the required fire rating.
Perimeter Protection
Power Noise
Brownouts
Floors - ceilings - and walls
28. 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?
2 foot candles
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
Manual Iris Lens
Brownouts
29. This focal length provides wide-angle views.
Power Transient Noise
Water
Construction materials and structure composition
Short focal length
30. 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.
Warded Lock
Intrusion Detection Devices
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
Company Property
31. 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.
Tumbler Lock
Interior Partition
CCTV
Shielded Lines
32. Items that a fire needs to burn? To suppress it - one of them should be reduced or eliminated.
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
HVAC System
Company Property
Acoustical Detection System - aka seismic - or vibrational detection
33. What documentation should be readily available and periodically reviewed and updated.
Surge
Acoustical Detection System - aka seismic - or vibrational detection
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Automatic Iris Lens
34. This is when unauthorized access is achieved to a facility via another individual's legitimate access - and is a common concern with physical security.
Perimeter Protection
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Piggybacking
Automatic Iris Lens
35. 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.
Cipher Lock
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
Transponder
36. Why does the value of property with the facility and the value of the facility itself need to be ascertained?
Power Noise
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
To determine the proper budget for physical security so that security controls are cost-effective
Deluge System
37. What needs to be evaluated for their protective characteristics - their utility - and their cost and benefits.
Construction materials and structure composition
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Fire Extinguisher
Administrative Controls
38. Type of iris lens that would be used in an area where light changes.
Automatic Iris Lens
Long focal length
Tumbler Lock
Gases
39. This type of water system always contains water in the pipes and are usually controlled by temperature control level sensors.
Fire Extinguisher
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
Glare Protection
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
40. This power source is a backup in case the primary source fails.
Halon
Alternate Power Source
Class C
Human Life
41. Class of fire that is common combustibles (wood - paper - and laminates). Suppressed with water or foam.
Class A
Fault
Gases
Brownouts
42. If an electrical supply fails and a door defaults to closed and locked - which mode is this?
Primary Power Source
Pre-action Pipe System
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
Fail-Secure Mode
43. Type of iris lens that would be used in an area of fixed lighting.
Shielded Lines
Continuous lighting
Manual Iris Lens
Gases
44. Prolonged loss of power
Physical security
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Shielded Lines
Blackout
45. Type of IDS that generates a pattern that is sent over a sensitive area and reflected back to a receiver.
Standby lighting
Wave-pattern Motion Detector
Brownouts
Construction materials and structure composition
46. What is the more important than protecting a facility or the assets it contains?
Warded Lock
Fault
Human Life
When looking for locations for an office
47. 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.
Critical Path Analysis
Acoustical Detection System - aka seismic - or vibrational detection
Pre-action Pipe System
Power Noise
48. 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
Photoelectric System
Pre-action Pipe System
Primary Power Source
Automated environmental controls
49. This is a specific type of smoke-activate fire alarm that detects changes in light intensity.
Tumbler Lock
Security Guards
Primary Power Source
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
50. This is a disturbance of power and can be cause by electromagnetic interference (EMI) or radio frequency interference (RFI)
Shielded Lines
Fault
Power Noise
Fire Extinguisher