Test your basic knowledge |

CISSP Security Architecture And Design

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. What does the * (star) property mean in the Bell-LaPadula model?






2. Verification Protection






3. Applications and user activity






4. THE (Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven) - VAX/VMS - Multics and Unix . THE and Multics are no longer in use






5. Contains the beginning address






6. Which increases the performance in a computer by overlapping the steps of different instructions?






7. The Security Kernel is the Core of The TCB and is the _____________ to building trusted computing systems.






8. The security kernel is the mechanism that _____________ of the reference monitor concept.






9. Simpler instructions that require fewer clock cycles to execute.






10. Based on the Bell-LaPadula Security model - and evidence of reference monitor enforcement must be available.






11. When a portion of primary memory is accessed by specifying the actual address of the memory location






12. A system uses the Reference Monitor to ___________________ of a subject and an object?






13. Components considered as part of the Trusted Computing Base (from the Orange Book) are?






14. In the Bell-LaPadula Model the Object's Label contains ___________________.






15. Mandatory Access requires that _____________ be attached to all objects.






16. The subject must have Need to Know for ONLY the information they are trying to access.






17. In both the Bell-LaPadula and Biba Models if the word "Simple is used ______________.






18. Certification is a Technical review that assesses the _____________ - where as Accreditation is management's Official acceptance of the information in the Certification process findings.






19. Commonly referred to as The Big Mess Because of its lack of structure. MS-DOS is an example of a monolithic operation system






20. As per FDA data should be ______________________________.






21. The Bell-LaPaula Model's main goal was to ___________________ in an unauthorized manner. (Developed by the US gov)






22. The Physical memory address that the CPU uses






23. The combination of RAM - Cache and the Processor Registers






24. An organization within the National Security Agency (NSA) is responsible for Evaluating computer systems and products. The Trusted Product Evaluation program (TPEP) oversees the testing by approved entities of commercial products against a specific s






25. Which computer design approaches is based on the fact that in earlier technologies - the instruction fetch was the longest part of the cycle






26. Mandatory access control is enfored by the use of security labels.






27. Which addresses a portion of the primary memory by specifying the actual address of the memory location?






28. The *-Property rule is refered to as ____________.






29. The Simple Security rule is refered to as______________.






30. Intended for environments that require systems to handle classified data.






31. B1 is the ___________________ of the Trusted Network Interpretation (TNI) or TCSEC that offers labeled security protection.






32. A ring protection system ________: User mode programs from direct access to peripherals and requires them to make use of services running at more privileged levels.






33. In B2 Subjects and devices requre labels and the system must NOT allow ________. No Trapdoors exists.






34. The centerpiece of the DoD Rainbow Series publications.Developed by the National Computer Security Center (NCSC)?






35. According to the Orange Book - which security level is the first to require a system to protect against covert timing channels?






36. B1 is also called "Labeled Security" and each data object must have a classification label and each subject a clearance label. On each access attempt - the classification and clearance are checked to verify that the access is permissible.






37. What Orange Book security rating is reserved for systems that have been evaluated but fail to meet the criteria and requirements of the higher divisions?






38. Bell-LaPadula Model - ____________ : A subject at a given security level can NOT READ data that reside at a higher security level.






39. Trusted facility management is an assurance requirement only for ________________.






40. Audit data must be captured and protected to enforce accountability






41. Users are trusted but a certain level of accountability is required. C2 over is seen as the most reasonable class for commmercial applications - but the level of protection is still relatively weak.






42. Bell-LaPadula Model - ______________: A subject that has read and write capabilities can only perform those functions at the same security level - nothing higher and nothing lower.






43. Accreditation is also defined as an ____________________ by a designated authority that an information system is approved to operate in a particular security configuration with a prescribed set of safeguards






44. The Biba Model - ______________: A subject cannot request service (invoke) to subjects of higher integrity






45. Documentation must be provided - including test - design - and specification document - user guides and manuals






46. The group that oversees the processes of evaluation within TCSEC is?






47. Security Labels are not required until __________; thus C2 does not require security labels but B1 does






48. Reference Monitor is responsible for ______________ it compares the security labels of a subject and an object






49. Discretionary access control is based on individuals and/or groups. It requires a separation of users and information and identification and authentication of individual entities






50. The _________________ specified in the Orange Book are: System architecture - System integrity - Covert channel analysis - Trusted facility management and Trusted recovery.