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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Tiger - TCP Wrappers - TripWire - LogCheck - SATAN






2. Which of the following is NOT and encryption algorithm?






3. Which major vendor adopted TACACS into its product line as a form of AAA architecture?






4. In a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) - what is the role of a directory server?






5. Passwords: should be audited on a regular basis- should contain some form of your name or userid - should never be shared or written down






6. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis






7. Each password must have a combination of upper case - lower case - numbers and special characters - 6 character minimum password length - This rule is enforced by ______






8. A ______________ is an electronically generated record that ties a user's ID to their public key.






9. Stealth viruses live in memory while __________ are written to disk






10. A Security Reference Monitor relates to which DoD security standard?






11. Countermeasures' main objectives






12. _________ is a form of Denial of Service attack which interrupts the TCP three way handshake and leaves half open connections.






13. __________ is a tool used by network administrators to capture packets from a network.






14. What is the following paragraph an example of? <<ATTN: This system is for the use of authorized persons only. If you use this system without authority - or if you abuse your authority - then you are subject to having all of your activities on this sy






15. This is more time consuming - numeric values - based on Annualized Loss Expectancy (ALE) formulas






16. Trend Analysis involves analyzing historical ___________ files in order to look for patterns of abuse or misuse.






17. EICAR is an example of a _____________ used to test AV products without introducing a live virus into the network.






18. Name two types of Intrusion Detection Systems






19. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm






20. ____ members of the staff need to be educated in disaster recovery procedures.






21. Contracting with an insurance company to cover losses due to information security breaches is known as risk __________.






22. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections






23. Layer 4 in the DoD model overlaps with which layer(s) of the OSI model?






24. What is the main difference between computer abuse and computer crime?






25. One method that can reduce exposure to malicious code is to ___________________






26. Is the person who is attempting to log on really who they say they are? What form of access control does this questions stem from?






27. Instructions or code that executes on an end user's machine from a web browser is known as __________ code.






28. The PAP protocol sends passwords in clear text - while ____________ encrypts passwords. Both protocols are used by PPP (Point to Point Protocol) to transport IP traffic






29. DES - Data Encryption standard has a 128 bit key and is ________






30. Remote Access Dial-in User Service






31. Unclassified - Private - Confidential - Secret - Top Secret - and Internal Use Only are levels of ________________.






32. Organizations that can be a valid Certificate Authority (CA)






33. Code Review - Certification - Accreditation - Functional Design Review - System Test Review






34. A security policy is a ___________ set of rules that must be followed explicitly in order to be effective.






35. Data being delivered from the source to the intended receiver without being altered






36. A true network security audit does include an audit for _____________






37. Macintosh computers are _____ at risk for receiving viruses.






38. If your telephone company suddenly started billing you for caller ID and call forwarding without your permission - this practice is referred to as __________________.






39. HTTP - FTP - SMTP reside at which layer of the OSI model?






40. A standardized list of the most common security weaknesses and exploits is the __________.






41. Identifying specific attempts to penetrate systems is the function of the _______________.






42. A one way hash converts a string of random length into a _______________ encrypted string.






43. A type of virus that resides in a Word or Excel document is called a ___________ virus?






44. __________ is the most famous Unix password cracking tool.






45. IKE - Internet Key Exchange is often used in conjunction with what security standard?






46. Consists of checking for Minimum password length - Password aging - Password Strength - Blank Passwords?






47. PGP & PEM are programs that allow users to send encrypted messages to each other. What form of encryption do these programs use?






48. Today - ______________ are almost as serious as security violations






49. Although they are accused of being one in the same - _______________ are two distinctly different groups with different goals pertaining to computers.






50. S/MIME was developed for the protection of what communication mechanism(s)?