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CISSP Physical Security
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The expected lifetime of a device?
Manual controls
When looking for locations for an office
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
HVAC
2. 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
Floors - ceilings - and walls
Human Life
Tempered windows
3. This type of interference can be caused by lightning - motors - and the current difference between wires.
Security Guards
High security fence
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
Floors - ceilings - and walls
4. This should be protected from destruction - modification - theft - unauthorized copying - and disclosure.
Transponder
Deluge System
Company Property
Media
5. 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.
Intrusion Detection Devices
Cipher Lock
Surge
Shielded Lines
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.
Warded Lock
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
Surge
Transponder
7. Why does the value of property with the facility and the value of the facility itself need to be ascertained?
Surge
To determine the proper budget for physical security so that security controls are cost-effective
Class C
Power Noise
8. Type of window that is stronger than standard glass and acrylic windows - but produces a toxic gas if burned.
Uninterpretable Power Supply (UPS)
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
Short focal length
175 degrees F
9. Prolonged loss of power
Blackout
Halon
Plenum Space
Proximity Identification
10. The estimated time it will take to repair a device and get it back into production
Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
Plenum Space
Physical Security
Mantrap
11. These types of lines protect from electrical and magnetic induction - which causes interference to the power voltage.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Top guard fence
Shielded Lines
Fire Extinguisher
12. 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
Company Property
Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)
Tempered windows
13. Fire suppressant that reduces the oxygen of a fire?
Automated environmental controls
Class K
Glare Protection
CO2
14. 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.
Physical security
Depth of Field
Primary Power Source
Blackout
15. Type of fire suppressant that suppresses the fuel supply of common combustibles?
Spike
Continuous lighting
Soda Acid
Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
16. This is a specific type of smoke-activate fire alarm that detects changes in light intensity.
Media
Cable Trap
Primary Power Source
Photoelectric Fire Alarm
17. What can cause corrosion?
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
Top guard fence
High Humidity
Piggybacking
18. This type of interference can be caused by electrical system mechanisms - fluorescent lighting - and electrical cables.
Radio Frequency Interference (RFI)
Water
When looking for locations for an office
Warded Lock
19. Type of light that is activated when a motion sensor (or some other IDS) is activated?
2 foot candles
HVAC
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
Plenum Space
20. Fire suppressant that modifies that chemical combustion elements of a fire?
Dry Pipe Systems
Gases
Smoke Detectors
Electromechanical system
21. If an electrical supply fails and a door defaults to closed and locked - which mode is this?
Automated environmental controls
Fail-Secure Mode
Pre-action Pipe System
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
22. 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
Physical security
Cable Trap
Proximity Identification
23. These need to have shutoff valves and positive drains (substance flows out instead of in).
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
Water - stream - and gas lines
Warded Lock
Physical Security
24. Type of IDS that detects changes in a light beam. Can only be used in windowless rooms.
175 degrees F
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
Photoelectric System
Glare Protection
25. Type of iris lens that would be used in an area where light changes.
Mantrap
Smoke Detectors
Acoustical Detection System - aka seismic - or vibrational detection
Automatic Iris Lens
26. The temperature at which most computers will experience major damage?
Class D
Extremely high security fence
Cipher Lock
175 degrees F
27. 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.
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
Intrusion Detection Devices
Exterior Fencing
Warded Lock
28. This is used to deter trespassing and to enable people to enter a facility through a few controlled entrances.
Water - stream - and gas lines
Power Transient Noise
High Humidity
Perimeter Protection
29. What should dust and other air contaminants be kept to an appropriate level?
Low Humidity
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
30. 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.
Blackout
Dry Pipe Systems
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
31. Fire suppressant that reduces the temperature of the fire?
Water
Shielded Lines
Short focal length
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
32. This should be located within 50 feet of electrical equipment and should be inspected quarterly.
Fire Extinguisher
Gases
Proximity Systems
Tempered windows
33. Class of fire that is electrical (electrical equipment - wires). Suppressed with gas - CO2 - dry powders.
Continuous lighting
Smoke Detectors
Class C
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
34. These are threats to what? Interruption of services - theft - physical damage - unauthorized disclosure - and loss of system integrity.
When looking for locations for an office
Fail-Secure Mode
Physical Security
Manual Iris Lens
35. These controls can be time consuming and error prone and and require constant attention.
Short focal length
Manual controls
Cipher Lock
Mantrap
36. Space used for wires and cables. Typically an area above dropped ceilings and below raised floors. This location is where fires can easily start.
Electrostatic IDS - aka proximity detector - or capacitance detector.
Soda Acid
Plenum Space
Wet Pipe - aka Closed Head Systems
37. What is used to measure humidity levels?
Interior Partition
Hydrometer
Blackout
HVAC System
38. Type of light that provides an even amount of light across an area?
Continuous lighting
Photoelectric System
Plenum Space
Polycarbonate acrylic windows
39. 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
Glass-clad polycarbonate windows
Media
CO2
40. Type of window that contains glass that was heated and cooled to improve integrity and strength?
Transponder
Tempered windows
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
Responsive Area - aka Trip lighting
41. 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.
Primary Power Source
People working inside the facility.
Fail-Safe Mode
Deluge System
42. 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.
Continuous lighting
Perimeter Protection
Automated environmental controls
Acoustical Detection System - aka seismic - or vibrational detection
43. 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.
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
Tumbler Lock
Proximity Identification
Media
44. 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.
Proximity Systems
Acoustical Detection System - aka seismic - or vibrational detection
Glare Protection
Intrusion Detection Devices
45. Type of IDS that detects changes in heat waves in an area.
Emergency Procedure Documentation
Passive Infrared System (PIR)
HVAC System
Transponder
46. 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.
Class K
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Mantrap
May have adverse affects on computer hardware
47. Items that a fire needs to burn? To suppress it - one of them should be reduced or eliminated.
Short focal length
Continuous lighting
High temperature - oxygen - and fuel.
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
48. This can be costly and unsightly - but can provide crowd control and help control access to the facility.
CCTV
Exterior Fencing
Short focal length
Primary Power Source
49. Class of fire that is liquid (petroleum - coolants). Suppressed with gas - CO2 - form - dry powders.
Class B
Proximity Systems
Water - stream - and gas lines
Fail-Secure Mode
50. This should be clearly marked - and security guards should be trained how to identify when these items leave the facility in an improper manner.
Electromechanical system
Short focal length
Gases that interfere with the chemical reaction of a fire.
Company Property