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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. Enhanced boundary fencing with motion detectors. Used at facilities that require a high level of protection.
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
2. The expected lifetime of a device?
Water - stream - and gas lines
Surge
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
3. What should dust and other air contaminants be kept to an appropriate level?
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
Intrusion Detection Devices
High Humidity
4. Type of window that is stronger than standard glass and acrylic windows - but produces a toxic gas if burned.
Manual controls
Standby lighting
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
Exterior Fencing
5. Type of IDS that generates a pattern that is sent over a sensitive area and reflected back to a receiver.
Top guard fence
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
Wave-pattern Motion Detector
Halon
6. 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.
Security Guards
High Humidity
Pre-action Pipe System
Warded Lock
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.
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
Media
Depth of Field
Construction materials and structure composition
8. Momentary power outage
Fault
Gases
Physical security
Long focal length
9. This focal length provides a narrower view.
Long focal length
Administrative Controls
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Top guard fence
10. 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.
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
HVAC System
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Fail-Secure Mode
11. Why does the value of property with the facility and the value of the facility itself need to be ascertained?
Fault
To determine the proper budget for physical security so that security controls are cost-effective
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
Tempered windows
12. Items that a fire needs to burn? To suppress it - one of them should be reduced or eliminated.
Administrative Controls
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
When looking for locations for an office
Physical security
13. What is the more important than protecting a facility or the assets it contains?
Human Life
HVAC
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
Piggybacking
14. What needs to be evaluated for their protective characteristics - their utility - and their cost and benefits.
Intrusion Detection Devices
Blackout
Construction materials and structure composition
Smoke Detectors
15. 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
Cable Trap
When looking for locations for an office
Power Regulators
16. These need to be able to hold the necessary load and provide the required fire rating.
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Piggybacking
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
Power Regulators
17. Class of fire that is common combustibles (wood - paper - and laminates). Suppressed with water or foam.
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Class A
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
Tempered windows
18. This focal length provides wide-angle views.
Transponder
Fault
Short focal length
Emergency Procedure Documentation
19. 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
Pre-action Pipe System
Normal industry security fence
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
20. These controls can be time consuming and error prone and and require constant attention.
High security fence
Power Noise
Manual controls
Extremely high security fence
21. Type of IDS that emits a measurable magnetic field and detects changes in capacitance. This allows it to detect when something/someone comes within a certain range of an object. Usually used to protect specific objects (artwork - cabinets - or a safe
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
2 foot candles
Class K
Physical security
22. When should the following items be evaluated? Local crime - natural disaster possibilities - distance to hospitals - police - fire stations - airports - and railroads.
Halon
Construction materials and structure composition
When looking for locations for an office
Critical Path Analysis
23. Prolonged high voltage power loss
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
Surge
Exterior Fencing
24. Type of fence that uses 1 inch mesh and 11 gauge wiring
Smoke Detectors
Proximity Identification
High security fence
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
25. Type of fence that uses 2 inch mesh - 9 gauge wiring
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Electromechanical system
High security fence
Normal industry security fence
26. Type of iris lens that would be used in an area of fixed lighting.
Photoelectric System
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Manual Iris Lens
Security Guards
27. 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 -
Low Humidity
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
Wave-pattern Motion Detector
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
28. What is used to measure humidity levels?
Fail-Secure Mode
Surge
HVAC System
Hydrometer
29. These are threats to what? Interruption of services - theft - physical damage - unauthorized disclosure - and loss of system integrity.
Cipher Lock
Physical Security
Power Noise
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
30. Fire suppressant that reduces the temperature of the fire?
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Media
Gases
Water
31. Type of fence that will protect a top level security area?
Mantrap
Power Transient Noise
Top guard fence
High Humidity
32. 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
Long focal length
Fail-Secure Mode
Wave-pattern Motion Detector
33. The temperature at which most computers will experience major damage?
175 degrees F
Company Property
Deluge System
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
34. Type of fence that will deter a casual intruder?
4 foot fence
Warded Lock
Interior Partition
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
35. Class of fire that is liquid (petroleum - coolants). Suppressed with gas - CO2 - form - dry powders.
Class D
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Class B
Short focal length
36. Fire suppressant that modifies that chemical combustion elements of a fire?
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
Gases
Electromechanical system
37. Type of fence that uses 3/8 inch mesh and 11 gauge wiring
Extremely high security fence
Water
Class C
Low Humidity
38. 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.
CO2
Fail-Secure Mode
High Humidity
Transponder
39. This should be clearly marked - and security guards should be trained how to identify when these items leave the facility in an improper manner.
Fail-Safe Mode
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
Company Property
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
40. 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
People working inside the facility.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Interior Partition
41. Type of light that provides an even amount of light across an area?
Top guard fence
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
Perimeter Protection
Continuous lighting
42. What documentation should be readily available and periodically reviewed and updated.
Intrusion Detection Devices
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
43. 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.
Dry Pipe Systems
Shielded Lines
Transponder
Acoustical Detection System - aka seismic - or vibrational detection
44. This is used to deter trespassing and to enable people to enter a facility through a few controlled entrances.
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
Alternate Power Source
Physical security
Perimeter Protection
45. Tokens used in physical security to authentication subjects?
Plenum Space
Interior Partition
Electronic Access Control (EAC)
Blackout
46. These types of lines protect from electrical and magnetic induction - which causes interference to the power voltage.
Electronic Access Control (EAC)
Brownouts
Smoke Detectors
Shielded Lines
47. The estimated time it will take to repair a device and get it back into production
Mantrap
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
Normal industry security fence
Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
48. 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.
Surge
Class K
Photoelectric System
Construction materials and structure composition
49. What system should maintain the appropriate temperature and humidity levels and provide closed-loop recirculating air-conditioning and positive pressurization and ventilation.
HVAC
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
To determine the proper budget for physical security so that security controls are cost-effective
High Humidity
50. This type of noise is disturbance imposed on a power line that causes electrical interference.
Class C
Top guard fence
Smoke Detectors
Power Transient Noise