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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner
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Subjects
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certifications
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sscp
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. ___________________ viruses change the code order of the strain each time they replicate to another machine.
Mobile
Preserve electronic evidence and protect it from any alteration
Polymorphic
Verisign - Microsoft - Dell
2. Wiretapping is an example of a ________.
Less secure
CVE - Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
Layer 7 - Application
Passive network attack
3. Digital Certificates use which protocol?
Business enabler
CERT - SANS - CERIAS - COAST
X.509
Macro
4. The __________ is the most dangerous part of a virus program.
NFS
Off site in a climate controlled area
Sued for privacy violations
Payload
5. ______________ is a Unix security scanning tool developed at Texas A&M university.
NFS
Personal Firewall - IDS - host based - Antivirus
Authentication
TIGER
6. There are 5 classes of IP addresses available - but only 3 classes are in common use today
C2
CHAP
Class A: 1-126 - Class B: 128-191 - Class C: 192-223
Decentralized access control
7. A true network security audit does include an audit for _____________
Not rigid
Also
modems
Salami attack
8. Identifying specific attempts to penetrate systems is the function of the _______________.
Intrusion Detection System
128
Warning banners
Acceptance - Transfer - Mitigate
9. Information security policies are a ___________________.
Warning Banner
Business enabler
Gathering digital evidence
Depcrypting
10. ______________ relates to the concept of protecting data from unauthorized users.
Logic bombs
SSL
Confidentiality
MAC - Mandatory Access Control
11. Public keys are used for encrypting messages and private keys are used for __________messages.
Gathering digital evidence
Depcrypting
Passfilt.dll
CERT - SANS - CERIAS - COAST
12. A boot sector virus goes to work when what event takes place?
Test virus
Less secure
Reboot or system startup
Salami attack
13. _________ is a form of Denial of Service attack which interrupts the TCP three way handshake and leaves half open connections.
Information
SYN Flooding
Assignment
Wild
14. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm
run applications as generic accounts with little or no privileges.
Reboot or system startup
Also
One way hash
15. _________________should be Written down - Clearly Communicated to all system users - Audited and revised periodically.
Intentions of the perpetrator
Directive
Sniffer
Information Security policies
16. The most secure method for storing backup tapes is?
Granularity
Man In The Middle
Off site in a climate controlled area
Data Classification
17. Which major vendor adopted TACACS into its product line as a form of AAA architecture?
A PGP Signed message
Phreaks
Quantitative analysis
Cisco
18. EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) differs from e- Commerce in that it ___________________.
Buffer Overflow
Information
Intentions of the perpetrator
involves only computer to computer transactions
19. Layer 4 of the OSI model corresponds to which layer of the DoD model?
Authentication
C2
Data Classification
Layer 3 - Host to Host
20. Macintosh computers are _____ at risk for receiving viruses.
Phreaks
Also
Sniffer
Confidentiality - Availability -Integrity of data
21. Data being delivered from the source to the intended receiver without being altered
Depcrypting
Protection of data from unauthorized users
Payload
C2
22. The ability to adjust access control to the exact amount of permission necessary is called ______________.
DAC - Discretionary Access Control
Email
Granularity
Risk assessment
23. Which organization(s) are responsible for the timely distribution of information security intelligence data?
Buffer Overflow
CERT - SANS - CERIAS - COAST
Reboot or system startup
Confidentiality - Availability -Integrity of data
24. Instructions or code that executes on an end user's machine from a web browser is known as __________ code.
Password audit
Mobile
MAC - Mandatory Access Control
Salami attack
25. If your telephone company suddenly started billing you for caller ID and call forwarding without your permission - this practice is referred to as __________________.
Accountability
Less secure
Cramming
Host based - network based
26. Used in ______________:Retinal Scanning - Fingerprints - Face Recognition - Voice Recognition
Users can gain access to any resource upon request (assuming they have proper permissions)
Biometrics
Steps in handling incidents
Quantitative analysis
27. ________ is a protocol developed by Visa and MasterCard to protect electronic transactions.
SET
Detective
Not rigid
Acceptance - Transfer - Mitigate
28. __________ is the most famous Unix password cracking tool.
Hoaxes
CRACK
S/Key - OPIE
Cryptanalysis
29. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections
Less secure
Main goal of a risk management program
128
Presentation Layer - L6
30. ____________ is used in mission critical systems and applications to lock down information based on sensitivity levels (Confidential - Top Secret - etc.
Warning Banner
Hoaxes
Confidentiality
MAC - Mandatory Access Control
31. Main goals of an information security program
Wild
Confidentiality - Availability -Integrity of data
Salami attack
Also
32. Security incidents fall into a number of categories such as accidental - deliberate - and ____________.
Environmental
Phreaks
modems
Assignment
33. Which range defines 'well known ports?'
0-1023
Acceptance - Transfer - Mitigate
Information Security policies
All
34. Ways to deal with risk.
Residual risk
Warning banners
0-1023
Acceptance - Transfer - Mitigate
35. What term describes the amount of risk that remains after the countermeasures have been deployed and the vulnerabilities classified?
Warning Banner
Residual risk
Confidentiality - Availability -Integrity of data
Sued for privacy violations
36. Countermeasures' main objectives
Presentation Layer - L6
C2
Configuration Control
Prevent - Recover - Detect
37. Passwords: should be audited on a regular basis- should contain some form of your name or userid - should never be shared or written down
Decentralized access control
a good password policy
Virus definition downloads and system virus scans
RSA
38. ____________ is a file system that was poorly designed and has numerous security flaws.
SYN Flooding
IANA
Stateful Inspection
NFS
39. A security policy is a ___________ set of rules that must be followed explicitly in order to be effective.
One way hash
Directive
Not rigid
Symmetric algorithm
40. Organizations that can be a valid Certificate Authority (CA)
Verisign - Microsoft - Dell
Layers 5 - 6 - & 7 - Session - Presentation - and Application Layers
Password audit
Available service ports
41. This is more time consuming - numeric values - based on Annualized Loss Expectancy (ALE) formulas
Quantitative analysis
Certificate
Stateful Inspection
Gathering digital evidence
42. A ______________ is an electronically generated record that ties a user's ID to their public key.
Risk Equation
NT Audit events
Certificate
Sniffer
43. Which form of media is handled at the Physical Layer (Layer 1) of the OSI Reference Model?
0-1023
Residual risk
Ethernet
IANA
44. Intentionally embedding secret data into a picture or some form of media is known as Steganographyor data ___________.
Quantitative analysis
Authorization
Data Hiding
Configuration Control
45. Vulnerability x Threat = RISK is an example of the _______________.
Risk Equation
All
a good password policy
CRACK
46. In a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) - what is the role of a directory server?
Presentation Layer - L6
To make user certificates available to others
Payload
Users can gain access to any resource upon request (assuming they have proper permissions)
47. The IDEA algorithm (used in PGP) is _______ bits long.
128
Warning Banner
Off site in a climate controlled area
One way hash
48. To help managers find the correct cost balance between risks and countermeasures
One way hash
Main goal of a risk management program
RADIUS
RSA
49. __________________ will have weird characters printed at the beginning or end of an email message - what would it be anindication of?
Personal Firewall - IDS - host based - Antivirus
Depcrypting
A PGP Signed message
Symmetric algorithm
50. S/MIME was developed for the protection of what communication mechanism(s)?
X.509
Email
Gathering digital evidence
TIGER