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






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






3. 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?






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. These should be done on a weekly basis






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. They specifically target telephone networks






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






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






32. Which layer of the OSI model handles encryption?






33. There are 5 classes of IP addresses available - but only 3 classes are in common use today






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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 ______






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






43. Combine both boot and file virus behavior






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






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






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






47. ______________ relates to the concept of protecting data from unauthorized users.






48. ________ is the authoritative entity which lists port assignments






49. Main goals of an information security program






50. Countermeasures' main objectives