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CISSP Physical Security
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. These are threats to what? Interruption of services - theft - physical damage - unauthorized disclosure - and loss of system integrity.
Smoke Detectors
Physical Security
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
Long focal length
2. 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
Depth of Field
Proximity Systems
Company Property
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.
Depth of Field
Fire Extinguisher
Class K
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
4. The expected lifetime of a device?
Gases
Critical Path Analysis
Fail-Safe Mode
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
5. When should the following items be evaluated? Local crime - natural disaster possibilities - distance to hospitals - police - fire stations - airports - and railroads.
Electromechanical system
2 foot candles
When looking for locations for an office
Media
6. This focal length provides wide-angle views.
Gases
Transponder
Top guard fence
Short focal length
7. 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.
Acoustical Detection System - aka seismic - or vibrational detection
Short focal length
Depth of Field
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
8. 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?
4 foot fence
2 foot candles
Shielded Lines
Alternate Power Source
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.
Alternate Power Source
Cipher Lock
Brownouts
Interior Partition
10. These reduce the accidental discharge of water because the water does not enter the pipes until an automatic fire sensor indicates there is an actual fire. Should be used in location with freezing temperatures.
Shielded Lines
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
HVAC
Dry Pipe Systems
11. Class of fire that is combustible metals (magnesium - sodium - potassium). Suppressed with dry powder.
Electronic Access Control (EAC)
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
Class D
Cipher Lock
12. These should be located on and above suspended ceilings - below raised floors - and in air ducts to provide maximum fire detection.
Tempered windows
Cipher Lock
Shielded Lines
Smoke Detectors
13. This type of water system always contains water in the pipes and are usually controlled by temperature control level sensors.
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
Mantrap
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
High security fence
14. 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.
Fail-Safe Mode
CCTV
Transponder
Blackout
15. The temperature at which most computers will experience major damage?
175 degrees F
Shielded Lines
Long focal length
Standby lighting
16. These controls help minimize the resulting damage and speed the recovery process
Halon
Automated environmental controls
CCTV
8 foot fence
17. What is used to measure humidity levels?
Critical Path Analysis
Hydrometer
Cable Trap
Long focal length
18. 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.
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
Short focal length
Critical Path Analysis
Fail-Secure Mode
19. This concept combines the physical environment and sociology issues that surround it to reduce crime rates and the fear of crime.
2 foot candles
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Automatic Iris Lens
20. Type of fence that uses 2 inch mesh - 9 gauge wiring
Critical Path Analysis
Cable Trap
HVAC
Normal industry security fence
21. This is a specific type of smoke-activate fire alarm that detects changes in light intensity.
8 foot fence
Pre-action Pipe System
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
Dry Pipe Systems
22. This type of interference can be caused by electrical system mechanisms - fluorescent lighting - and electrical cables.
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
Class A
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Plenum Space
23. 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
175 degrees F
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Halon
Proximity Identification
24. Prolonged high voltage power loss
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
Surge
Alternate Power Source
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
25. Type of window that is the strongest window available today. Resistant to breakage - chemicals - fires - and abrasions. They are also extremely expensive.
Fault
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
Security Guards
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
26. Type of IDS that detects changes in heat waves in an area.
Manual controls
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Electronic Access Control (EAC)
Passive Infrared System (PIR)
27. These need to be able to hold the necessary load and provide the required fire rating.
Short focal length
When looking for locations for an office
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Gases
28. 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.
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
Tumbler Lock
Proximity Identification
Intrusion Detection Devices
29. Type of fence that uses 1 inch mesh and 11 gauge wiring
To determine the proper budget for physical security so that security controls are cost-effective
Automated environmental controls
High security fence
Class D
30. Type of window that is stronger than standard glass and acrylic windows - but produces a toxic gas if burned.
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
Passive Infrared System (PIR)
Warded Lock
4 foot fence
31. This should be located within 50 feet of electrical equipment and should be inspected quarterly.
Fire Extinguisher
Continuous lighting
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Long focal length
32. These are usually planned and implemented by power companies when they are experiencing high demand.
Brownouts
Media
Halon
Power Noise
33. Device locks intended to protect hardware from theft. Use for mobile devices and lock them to a secure feature of an environment.
Cable Trap
Low Humidity
Fail-Secure Mode
Cipher Lock
34. Type of IDS that generates a pattern that is sent over a sensitive area and reflected back to a receiver.
Top guard fence
Fire Extinguisher
Wave-pattern Motion Detector
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
35. 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.
Photoelectric System
HVAC System
Dry Pipe Systems
Human Life
36. Type of light that is activated when a motion sensor (or some other IDS) is activated?
Pre-action Pipe System
Floors - ceilings - and walls
HVAC System
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
37. This power source is used in day-to-day operations.
Class A
Primary Power Source
Brownouts
Deluge System
38. What needs to be evaluated for their protective characteristics - their utility - and their cost and benefits.
Construction materials and structure composition
Class K
Blackout
8 foot fence
39. Type of fence that will deter a casual intruder?
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
4 foot fence
Blackout
Continuous lighting
40. Why does the value of property with the facility and the value of the facility itself need to be ascertained?
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
To determine the proper budget for physical security so that security controls are cost-effective
Blackout
41. 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.
Cipher Lock
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Gases
Short focal length
42. What is the more important than protecting a facility or the assets it contains?
Human Life
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
Transponder
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
43. Type of IDS that detects changes in a light beam. Can only be used in windowless rooms.
Media
CCTV
Photoelectric System
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
44. Type of iris lens that would be used in an area of fixed lighting.
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
Manual Iris Lens
Photoelectric System
HVAC
45. Fire suppressant that modifies that chemical combustion elements of a fire?
Proximity Identification
Piggybacking
High Humidity
Gases
46. Enhanced boundary fencing with motion detectors. Used at facilities that require a high level of protection.
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
Critical Path Analysis
Fail-Safe Mode
Photoelectric System
47. Fire suppressant that reduces the oxygen of a fire?
CCTV
When looking for locations for an office
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
CO2
48. This is a double door facility used for physical access control.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
Glare Protection
Mantrap
49. 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.
Warded Lock
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
Pre-action Pipe System
2 foot candles
50. This focal length provides a narrower view.
Halon
Media
Class A
Long focal length