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CISSP Physical Security
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1. 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.
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
Intrusion Detection Devices
Glare Protection
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
2. 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.
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
Cipher Lock
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Physical security
3. This focal length provides a narrower view.
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Long focal length
To determine the proper budget for physical security so that security controls are cost-effective
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
4. Space used for wires and cables. Typically an area above dropped ceilings and below raised floors. This location is where fires can easily start.
Tempered windows
Alternate Power Source
Gases
Plenum Space
5. This type of water system always contains water in the pipes and are usually controlled by temperature control level sensors.
Proximity Identification
Automated environmental controls
Manual controls
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
6. 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)
Extremely high security fence
2 foot candles
Electromechanical system
Proximity Identification
7. The expected lifetime of a device?
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
Security Guards
Alternate Power Source
Halon
8. If an electrical supply fails and a door defaults to closed and unlocked - which mode is this?
Plenum Space
HVAC System
HVAC
Fail-Safe Mode
9. This type of interference can be caused by electrical system mechanisms - fluorescent lighting - and electrical cables.
Fault
Surge
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
Company Property
10. Momentary high voltage
Spike
Power Noise
Electromechanical system
CO2
11. This is used to deter trespassing and to enable people to enter a facility through a few controlled entrances.
Perimeter Protection
Proximity Systems
People working inside the facility.
Manual Iris Lens
12. Type of fence that will protect a top level security area?
Manual controls
Water - stream - and gas lines
Top guard fence
Spike
13. 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
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
Warded Lock
Fail-Safe Mode
14. This focal length provides wide-angle views.
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Short focal length
4 foot fence
Acoustical Detection System - aka seismic - or vibrational detection
15. Enhanced boundary fencing with motion detectors. Used at facilities that require a high level of protection.
Deluge System
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
Fail-Safe Mode
Proximity Identification
16. What needs to be evaluated for their protective characteristics - their utility - and their cost and benefits.
Construction materials and structure composition
Standby lighting
175 degrees F
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
17. What documentation should be readily available and periodically reviewed and updated.
Automatic Iris Lens
Power Regulators
Depth of Field
Emergency Procedure Documentation
18. The temperature at which most computers will experience major damage?
Media
175 degrees F
Power Regulators
Cable Trap
19. These controls can be time consuming and error prone and and require constant attention.
Manual controls
Interior Partition
Passive Infrared System (PIR)
High security fence
20. Type of fence that uses 3/8 inch mesh and 11 gauge wiring
Electromechanical system
Extremely high security fence
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
Depth of Field
21. This concept combines the physical environment and sociology issues that surround it to reduce crime rates and the fear of crime.
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Security Guards
Manual Iris Lens
Class D
22. Halon - FM-200 - and other Halon substitutes are examples of what?
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
Fail-Safe Mode
People working inside the facility.
4 foot fence
23. Items that a fire needs to burn? To suppress it - one of them should be reduced or eliminated.
175 degrees F
Shielded Lines
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
Exterior Fencing
24. 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 -
Brownouts
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
Security Guards
Human Life
25. If an electrical supply fails and a door defaults to closed and locked - which mode is this?
Fail-Secure Mode
Continuous lighting
Tempered windows
Spike
26. This can be costly and unsightly - but can provide crowd control and help control access to the facility.
2 foot candles
Piggybacking
Exterior Fencing
Construction materials and structure composition
27. 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.
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Top guard fence
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
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.
Soda Acid
Standby lighting
Tumbler Lock
Extremely high security fence
29. Type of IDS that detects changes in heat waves in an area.
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Passive Infrared System (PIR)
Water
30. What is the more important than protecting a facility or the assets it contains?
Mantrap
When looking for locations for an office
HVAC System
Human Life
31. This type of interference can be caused by lightning - motors - and the current difference between wires.
Piggybacking
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
Perimeter Protection
Gases
32. Type of IDS that generates a pattern that is sent over a sensitive area and reflected back to a receiver.
Company Property
Class D
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
Wave-pattern Motion Detector
33. These should be located on and above suspended ceilings - below raised floors - and in air ducts to provide maximum fire detection.
Smoke Detectors
Automated environmental controls
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
34. What should dust and other air contaminants be kept to an appropriate level?
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Normal industry security fence
35. Type of window that is stronger than standard glass and acrylic windows - but produces a toxic gas if burned.
Spike
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
When looking for locations for an office
Short focal length
36. 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
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
When looking for locations for an office
Pre-action Pipe System
Power Transient Noise
37. Type of IDS that detects changes in a light beam. Can only be used in windowless rooms.
Passive Infrared System (PIR)
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
Continuous lighting
Photoelectric System
38. Type of iris lens that would be used in an area where light changes.
HVAC System
Glare Protection
Automatic Iris Lens
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
39. Class of fire that is electrical (electrical equipment - wires). Suppressed with gas - CO2 - dry powders.
Class C
Fire Extinguisher
Halon
Shielded Lines
40. These are usually planned and implemented by power companies when they are experiencing high demand.
Media
Brownouts
Fail-Safe Mode
Dry Pipe Systems
41. Tokens used in physical security to authentication subjects?
Interior Partition
Power Transient Noise
Cipher Lock
Electronic Access Control (EAC)
42. 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.
Photoelectric System
Interior Partition
Security Guards
Mantrap
43. This should be clearly marked - and security guards should be trained how to identify when these items leave the facility in an improper manner.
Company Property
When looking for locations for an office
Mantrap
Physical Security
44. Type of light that is activated when a motion sensor (or some other IDS) is activated?
Water - stream - and gas lines
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
CCTV
45. 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.
Fault
Soda Acid
High security fence
HVAC System
46. 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
Company Property
HVAC
Tempered windows
47. This should be located within 50 feet of electrical equipment and should be inspected quarterly.
Fire Extinguisher
Low Humidity
Exterior Fencing
HVAC
48. Type of fence that uses 2 inch mesh - 9 gauge wiring
To determine the proper budget for physical security so that security controls are cost-effective
Alternate Power Source
Media
Normal industry security fence
49. This is a disturbance of power and can be cause by electromagnetic interference (EMI) or radio frequency interference (RFI)
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Power Regulators
Brownouts
Power Noise
50. These need to be able to hold the necessary load and provide the required fire rating.
Short focal length
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
Fail-Safe Mode