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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. __________ is the most famous Unix password cracking tool.






2. Intentionally embedding secret data into a picture or some form of media is known as Steganographyor data ___________.






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






11. Which organization(s) are responsible for the timely distribution of information security intelligence data?






12. Committing computer crimes in such small doses that they almost go unnoticed.






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






14. ______________ is a Unix security scanning tool developed at Texas A&M university.






15. Countermeasures' main objectives






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






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






18. ___________ - generally considered 'need to know' access is given based on permissions granted to the user.






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






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






21. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis






22. Which of the concepts best describes Availability in relation to computer resources?






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






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






25. 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






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






27. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm






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






29. ________ is the authoritative entity which lists port assignments






30. Which range defines 'well known ports?'






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






32. Logon and Logoff - Use of User Rights - Security Policy Change






33. Companies can now be __________ just as easily as they can be sued for security compromises.






34. Which layer of the OSI model handles encryption?






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






36. Which auditing practice relates to the controlling of hardware - software - firmware - and documentation to insure it has not been improperly modified?






37. Which form of media is handled at the Physical Layer (Layer 1) of the OSI Reference Model?






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






39. Information security policies are a ___________________.






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






41. It is difficult to prosecute a computer criminal if _________ are not deployed






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Although it is considered a low tech attack ____________ is still a very effective way of gaining unauthorized access to network systems.






49. Unlike like viruses and worm - __________ are bogus messages that spread via email forwarding.






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