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






2. Information security policies are a ___________________.






3. The most secure method for storing backup tapes is?






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






5. Security incidents fall into a number of categories such as accidental - deliberate - and ____________.






6. So far - no one has been able to crack the ____________ with Brute Force.






7. __________________ will have weird characters printed at the beginning or end of an email message - what would it be anindication of?






8. _______________ supply AV engines with false information to avoid detection






9. ________ is a protocol developed by Visa and MasterCard to protect electronic transactions.






10. The IDEA algorithm (used in PGP) is _______ bits long.






11. Public keys are used for encrypting messages and private keys are used for __________messages.






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






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






14. Remote Access Dial-in User Service






15. 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






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






17. RSA is not based on a ________






18. Which range defines 'well known ports?'






19. They specifically target telephone networks






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






21. ___________________ viruses change the code order of the strain each time they replicate to another machine.






22. ____________ is a file system that was poorly designed and has numerous security flaws.






23. These should be done on a weekly basis






24. Smart cards are a secure alternative to which weak security mechanism?






25. Main goals of an information security program






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






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






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






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






31. There are 65536 _________






32. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis






33. EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) differs from e- Commerce in that it ___________________.






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






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






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






37. The __________ is the most dangerous part of a virus program.






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






39. Types of firewalls: Packet Filtering - Application Proxy - and _________________.






40. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections






41. The ability to adjust access control to the exact amount of permission necessary is called ______________.






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






43. Examples of One- Time Password technology






44. ____________ is used in mission critical systems and applications to lock down information based on sensitivity levels (Confidential - Top Secret - etc.






45. A boot sector virus goes to work when what event takes place?






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






47. Name two types of Intrusion Detection Systems






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






49. ___________________ is responsible for creating security policies and for communicating those policies to system users.






50. There are 6 types of security control practices. ___________ controls are management policies - procedures - and guidelines that usually effect the entire system. These types of controls deal with system auditing and usability.