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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Which form of media is handled at the Physical Layer (Layer 1) of the OSI Reference Model?






3. What security principle is based on the division of job responsibilities - designed to prevent fraud?






4. There are 65536 _________






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Main goals of an information security program






14. Which range defines 'well known ports?'






15. What term describes the amount of risk that remains after the countermeasures have been deployed and the vulnerabilities classified?






16. The ultimate goal of a computer forensics specialist is to ___________________.






17. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm






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






19. Tiger - TCP Wrappers - TripWire - LogCheck - SATAN






20. 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






21. Information security policies are a ___________________.






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






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






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






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






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






27. A virus is considered to be 'in the ______ ' if it has been reported as replicating and causing harm to computers.






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






29. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Vulnerability x Threat = RISK is an example of the _______________.






40. To help managers find the correct cost balance between risks and countermeasures






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






42. An intrusion detection system is an example of what type of countermeasure?






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Used in ______________:Retinal Scanning - Fingerprints - Face Recognition - Voice Recognition






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