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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. RSA is not based on a ________






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Remote Access Dial-in User Service






11. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm






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






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






14. 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.






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






16. Code Review - Certification - Accreditation - Functional Design Review - System Test Review






17. There are 65536 _________






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






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






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






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






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






23. Information security policies are a ___________________.






24. They specifically target telephone networks






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






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






27. Allows File owners to determine access rights.






28. Which range defines 'well known ports?'






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






30. These should be done on a weekly basis






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






32. 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






33. ________ is the authoritative entity which lists port assignments






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Examples of One- Time Password technology






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






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






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






44. A true network security audit does include an audit for _____________






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






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






47. Wiretapping is an example of a ________.






48. Layer 4 of the OSI model corresponds to which layer of the DoD model?






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






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