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. Permits a database to have two records that are identical except for Their classifications






2. Used by Windows systems to reserve the "Swap Space"






3. Execute one instruction at a time.






4. When a computer uses more than one CPU in parallel to execute instructions is known as?






5. The Indexed memory addresses that software uses






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






7. A nonvolatile storage media etc computer hard drive - floppy disks and CD-ROMs






8. A form of ROM(Read-Only Memory) that can be modified after it has been manufactured. It can only be programmed only one time.






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






10. What is defined as the hardware - firmware and software elements of a trusted computing base that implement the reference monitor concept?






11. The first mathematical model of a multi-level security policy used to define the concept of a secure state - the modes of access - and rules for granting access?






12. Which can be used as a covert channel?






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






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






15. The Orange book does NOT Cover ________________ - And Database management systems






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






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






18. A is a form of EPROM - but its data storage can be erased and modified electrically by onboard programming circuitry and signals.






19. Which Orange Book evaluation level is described as "Controlled Access Protection"? - This class requires a more granular method of providing access control. The system must enforce strict logon procedures and provide decision-making capabilites when






20. Which would be designated as objects on a MAC system?






21. In which users are processing information at the same sensitivity level; thus - strict access control and auditing measures are not required. It would be a trusted envirnment with low security concerns.






22. What are the components of an object's sensitivity label?






23. An abstract machine which must mediate all access to subjects to objects - be protected from modification - be verifiable as correct - and is always invoked






24. n this class more granularity is provided in each protection mechanism - and the programming code that is not necessary to support the security policy is excluded.






25. The total combination of protection mechanisms within a computer system






26. As per FDA data should be ______________________________.






27. Bell-LaPadula model was proposed for enforcing access control in _____________________.






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






29. Security Policies that prevent information from flowing from a higher security level to a lower security level are called ____________.






30. This class ("Structured Protection") requires more stringent authentication mechanisms and well-defined interfaces between layers. Subjects and devices require labels and the system must not allow covert channels.






31. A1 is also called "Verified Design" and requires formal verification of the design and specifications.






32. Buffer overflows occurs when a program or process tries to store more data in a _____________ than it was intended to hold.






33. Security is made up of: System administration - ________ - installation and configuration mechanisms within the environment - and other security issues.






34. Ssoftware that is stored within ROM (Read-Only Memory) - (ROM is nonvolatile)






35. Which integrity model defines a constrained data item - an integrity verification procedure and a transformation procedure?






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






37. The C2 evaluation class of the _________________ offers controlled access protection.






38. Which uses Protection Profiles and Security Targets?






39. Remaining parts of the operating system






40. This type of environment is highly secured environment that processes very sensitive information. It requires systems that are highly resistant to penetration.






41. What does the simple security (ss) property mean in the Bell-LaPadula model?






42. A subject at a given clearance may not read an object at a higher classification






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






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






45. Contains the ending address






46. Based on The Bell-LaPadula model - because it allows for multilevel security to be integrated into the code.






47. 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






48. Data in Cache can be accessed much more quickly than Data






49. Which is a straightforward approach that provides access rights to subjects for objects?






50. The object reuse concept must also be invoked - meaning that any medium holding data must not contain any remnants of information after it is released for another subject to use. All data must be efficiently erased once the subject is doen with the m