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CISSP Physical Security
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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 -
Mantrap
Hydrometer
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
2. These should be located on and above suspended ceilings - below raised floors - and in air ducts to provide maximum fire detection.
Glare Protection
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Pre-action Pipe System
Smoke Detectors
3. What needs to be evaluated for their protective characteristics - their utility - and their cost and benefits.
Depth of Field
Construction materials and structure composition
Proximity Identification
Fault
4. This is a specific type of smoke-activate fire alarm that detects changes in light intensity.
Exterior Fencing
Acoustical Detection System - aka seismic - or vibrational detection
Automated environmental controls
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
5. These condition an electrical line to keep voltage steady and clean.
Water
Deluge System
Power Regulators
Extremely high security fence
6. Prolonged high voltage power loss
Top guard fence
Alternate Power Source
Surge
Photoelectric System
7. This is a disturbance of power and can be cause by electromagnetic interference (EMI) or radio frequency interference (RFI)
Power Noise
Physical security
8 foot fence
Continuous lighting
8. The temperature at which most computers will experience major damage?
175 degrees F
CO2
Manual controls
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
9. Items that a fire needs to burn? To suppress it - one of them should be reduced or eliminated.
Class D
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
Power Noise
10. 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.
Electronic Access Control (EAC)
Proximity Identification
Warded Lock
8 foot fence
11. 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
Halon
Transponder
Class D
12. Fire suppressant that modifies that chemical combustion elements of a fire?
Glare Protection
Interior Partition
Wave-pattern Motion Detector
Gases
13. This power source is used in day-to-day operations.
Primary Power Source
Water
Fail-Secure Mode
Cable Trap
14. This type of interference can be caused by lightning - motors - and the current difference between wires.
Warded Lock
Power Transient Noise
Power Regulators
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
15. These are threats to what? Interruption of services - theft - physical damage - unauthorized disclosure - and loss of system integrity.
Top guard fence
Physical Security
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
175 degrees F
16. Type of light that is activated when a motion sensor (or some other IDS) is activated?
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
High Humidity
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
17. These controls can be time consuming and error prone and and require constant attention.
Manual controls
Class K
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
Halon
18. 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)
Fire Extinguisher
Proximity Identification
Normal industry security fence
Automatic Iris Lens
19. What can cause corrosion?
High Humidity
Hydrometer
Class C
Gases
20. Enhanced boundary fencing with motion detectors. Used at facilities that require a high level of protection.
Top guard fence
Deluge System
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
Proximity Identification
21. The first line of defense against environmental risks and unpredictable human behavior
Physical security
Low Humidity
CCTV
Security Guards
22. This is a colorless - odorless - and potentially lethal substance because it removes oxygen from the air in order to suppress fires.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Photoelectric System
Class K
Construction materials and structure composition
23. Type of fence that will deter a casual intruder?
Surge
Short focal length
HVAC
4 foot fence
24. 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
Soda Acid
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
Interior Partition
Proximity Systems
25. What is used to measure humidity levels?
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
8 foot fence
Brownouts
Hydrometer
26. Fire suppressant that reduces the temperature of the fire?
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Physical Security
Electromechanical system
Water
27. This power source is a backup in case the primary source fails.
Cipher Lock
Fire Extinguisher
175 degrees F
Alternate Power Source
28. If an electrical supply fails and a door defaults to closed and locked - which mode is this?
Cipher Lock
Fail-Secure Mode
Long focal length
Class K
29. 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.
Manual Iris Lens
Human Life
CO2
Acoustical Detection System - aka seismic - or vibrational detection
30. Type of light that is programmed to turn on and off a predetermined times?
Standby lighting
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
Automated environmental controls
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
31. Class of fire that is combustible metals (magnesium - sodium - potassium). Suppressed with dry powder.
HVAC
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Class D
Spike
32. This should be protected from destruction - modification - theft - unauthorized copying - and disclosure.
Fault
Long focal length
CCTV
Media
33. Class of fire that is liquid (petroleum - coolants). Suppressed with gas - CO2 - form - dry powders.
8 foot fence
Glare Protection
Class B
Smoke Detectors
34. These need to be able to hold the necessary load and provide the required fire rating.
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Mantrap
Class C
Long focal length
35. This is used to deter trespassing and to enable people to enter a facility through a few controlled entrances.
Perimeter Protection
Tempered windows
Power Transient Noise
Transponder
36. Type of fence that uses 3/8 inch mesh and 11 gauge wiring
Depth of Field
Low Humidity
2 foot candles
Extremely high security fence
37. This should be clearly marked - and security guards should be trained how to identify when these items leave the facility in an improper manner.
Dry Pipe Systems
Tempered windows
Short focal length
Company Property
38. This type of interference can be caused by electrical system mechanisms - fluorescent lighting - and electrical cables.
Class K
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
Glare Protection
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
39. Halon - FM-200 - and other Halon substitutes are examples of what?
HVAC
CCTV
Physical security
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
40. Device locks intended to protect hardware from theft. Use for mobile devices and lock them to a secure feature of an environment.
Fail-Safe Mode
Critical Path Analysis
Cable Trap
Construction materials and structure composition
41. This is a double door facility used for physical access control.
Tempered windows
When looking for locations for an office
Mantrap
Water - stream - and gas lines
42. Type of iris lens that would be used in an area where light changes.
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
Automatic Iris Lens
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
HVAC
43. The expected lifetime of a device?
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
Water
Class A
Electromechanical system
44. Type of light that provides an even amount of light across an area?
HVAC
Class A
Power Regulators
Continuous lighting
45. This is when unauthorized access is achieved to a facility via another individual's legitimate access - and is a common concern with physical security.
Photoelectric System
Piggybacking
Security Guards
Glare Protection
46. These systems require human response - can cause false alarms - and depend on a constant power supply - so these protection systems should be backed up by other types of security systems.
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
Manual controls
Perimeter Protection
Proximity Systems
47. This type of noise is disturbance imposed on a power line that causes electrical interference.
Power Transient Noise
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
Deluge System
Manual Iris Lens
48. 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.
Transponder
Blackout
CCTV
Manual controls
49. Type of fire suppressant that suppresses the fuel supply of common combustibles?
Intrusion Detection Devices
Fire Extinguisher
Dry Pipe Systems
Soda Acid
50. Space used for wires and cables. Typically an area above dropped ceilings and below raised floors. This location is where fires can easily start.
Plenum Space
Spike
Passive Infrared System (PIR)
2 foot candles