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CISSP Physical Security
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1. This can be costly and unsightly - but can provide crowd control and help control access to the facility.
Spike
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Exterior Fencing
CCTV
2. This concept combines the physical environment and sociology issues that surround it to reduce crime rates and the fear of crime.
Glare Protection
Halon
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
3. What system should maintain the appropriate temperature and humidity levels and provide closed-loop recirculating air-conditioning and positive pressurization and ventilation.
Normal industry security fence
HVAC
Power Transient Noise
Power Regulators
4. If an electrical supply fails and a door defaults to closed and locked - which mode is this?
Fail-Secure Mode
Deluge System
Shielded Lines
Power Regulators
5. 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
Class D
High security fence
Class A
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
6. Class of fire that is liquid (petroleum - coolants). Suppressed with gas - CO2 - form - dry powders.
Class B
HVAC
Fail-Safe Mode
Electromechanical system
7. This power source is a backup in case the primary source fails.
Glare Protection
Soda Acid
Alternate Power Source
CCTV
8. This is a disturbance of power and can be cause by electromagnetic interference (EMI) or radio frequency interference (RFI)
Power Noise
Normal industry security fence
HVAC System
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
9. Type of IDS that detects changes in heat waves in an area.
Plenum Space
Mantrap
Company Property
Passive Infrared System (PIR)
10. Class of fire that is combustible metals (magnesium - sodium - potassium). Suppressed with dry powder.
Class K
CO2
2 foot candles
Class D
11. Class of fire that is common combustibles (wood - paper - and laminates). Suppressed with water or foam.
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
Power Noise
Class A
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
12. 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
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
Plenum Space
13. Prolonged high voltage power loss
Surge
Shielded Lines
Extremely high security fence
Fire Extinguisher
14. This is a double door facility used for physical access control.
Tumbler Lock
Mantrap
Human Life
Deluge System
15. 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.
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
Fail-Safe Mode
Warded Lock
Halon
16. Type of fence that uses 2 inch mesh - 9 gauge wiring
Normal industry security fence
When looking for locations for an office
Smoke Detectors
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
17. 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.
CO2
Interior Partition
HVAC
Intrusion Detection Devices
18. 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?
Company Property
2 foot candles
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
19. These need to be able to hold the necessary load and provide the required fire rating.
Gases
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
20. 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.
Top guard fence
Blackout
Physical Security
Cipher Lock
21. Device locks intended to protect hardware from theft. Use for mobile devices and lock them to a secure feature of an environment.
Class B
Smoke Detectors
Cable Trap
Critical Path Analysis
22. Type of light that is programmed to turn on and off a predetermined times?
Water
Standby lighting
Tempered windows
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
23. These controls can be time consuming and error prone and and require constant attention.
Manual controls
Class K
175 degrees F
Physical security
24. This is a colorless - odorless - and potentially lethal substance because it removes oxygen from the air in order to suppress fires.
Low Humidity
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
25. Type of window that is stronger than standard glass and acrylic windows - but produces a toxic gas if burned.
Wave-pattern Motion Detector
CO2
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
Fire Extinguisher
26. These are usually planned and implemented by power companies when they are experiencing high demand.
Automatic Iris Lens
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Brownouts
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
27. Type of light that is activated when a motion sensor (or some other IDS) is activated?
When looking for locations for an office
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
Administrative Controls
28. Type of window that is the strongest window available today. Resistant to breakage - chemicals - fires - and abrasions. They are also extremely expensive.
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
Administrative Controls
Floors - ceilings - and walls
CO2
29. Fire suppressant that modifies that chemical combustion elements of a fire?
HVAC
High security fence
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Gases
30. Type of fence that will deter a casual intruder?
4 foot fence
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
Intrusion Detection Devices
High security fence
31. What can cause corrosion?
Cipher Lock
Critical Path Analysis
Water
High Humidity
32. Fire suppressant that reduces the oxygen of a fire?
Cipher Lock
Water
CO2
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
33. Halon - FM-200 - and other Halon substitutes are examples of what?
Automated environmental controls
Electronic Access Control (EAC)
Interior Partition
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
34. The expected lifetime of a device?
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
CCTV
2 foot candles
35. These need to have shutoff valves and positive drains (substance flows out instead of in).
Water - stream - and gas lines
Class C
Fault
Smoke Detectors
36. What can cause static electricity?
Intrusion Detection Devices
Low Humidity
Long focal length
Water
37. 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 -
Deluge System
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
Class A
38. These types of lines protect from electrical and magnetic induction - which causes interference to the power voltage.
Class C
Physical security
Shielded Lines
Critical Path Analysis
39. Fire suppressant that reduces the temperature of the fire?
175 degrees F
Water
Human Life
Media
40. This type of water system always contains water in the pipes and are usually controlled by temperature control level sensors.
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
Pre-action Pipe System
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
41. These are expensive but provide flexibility in response to security breaches and can deter intruders from attempting an attack.
Piggybacking
Manual controls
Proximity Systems
Security Guards
42. 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)
Proximity Identification
Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
CCTV
High security fence
43. The first line of defense against environmental risks and unpredictable human behavior
Deluge System
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
Physical security
Extremely high security fence
44. Type of IDS that detects changes in a light beam. Can only be used in windowless rooms.
Hydrometer
Photoelectric System
Brownouts
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
45. 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.
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
Class K
To determine the proper budget for physical security so that security controls are cost-effective
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
46. Type of fence that uses 3/8 inch mesh and 11 gauge wiring
Administrative Controls
Extremely high security fence
Surge
Passive Infrared System (PIR)
47. 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.
Plenum Space
Continuous lighting
Tumbler Lock
Normal industry security fence
48. Space used for wires and cables. Typically an area above dropped ceilings and below raised floors. This location is where fires can easily start.
Extremely high security fence
Plenum Space
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
49. These condition an electrical line to keep voltage steady and clean.
Power Regulators
Human Life
Proximity Identification
Physical security
50. 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.
Soda Acid
Perimeter Intrusion Detection and Assessment Systems (PIDAS)
Deluge System
Brownouts