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






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






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






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






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






6. The act of intercepting the first message in a public key exchange and substituting a bogus key for the original key is an example of which style of attack?






7. ______________ is a major component of an overall risk management program.






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






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






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






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






12. 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






13. RSA is not based on a ________






14. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis






15. When ________________it is very important to do document the chain of evidence by taking good notes and perform a bit-level back up of the data before analysis






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






26. An attempt to break an encryption algorithm is called _____________.






27. Countermeasures address security concerns in this category






28. __________ attacks capitalize on programming errors and can allow the originator to gain additional privileges on a machine.






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






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






31. 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?






32. Diffie Hellman - RSA - and ___________ are all examples of Public Key cryptography?






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






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






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






36. Information security policies are a ___________________.






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






38. This free (for personal use) program is used to encrypt and decrypt emails.






39. 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.






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






41. ________ is the authoritative entity which lists port assignments






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






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






44. Accounting - Authentication - and ____________ are the AAAs of information security.






45. 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 ______






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






47. The ability to identify and audit a user and his / her actions is known as ____________.






48. Which range defines 'well known ports?'






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






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