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






2. 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






3. 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






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






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






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






7. Ways to deal with risk.






8. Allows File owners to determine access rights.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Countermeasures' main objectives






17. Digital Certificates use which protocol?






18. _________________should be Written down - Clearly Communicated to all system users - Audited and revised periodically.






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






20. They specifically target telephone networks






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






22. Wiretapping is an example of a ________.






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






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






25. What type of software can be used to prevent - detect (and possibly correct) malicious activities on a system?






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






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






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






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






30. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm






31. Contracting with an insurance company to cover losses due to information security breaches is known as risk __________.






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






41. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections






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






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






44. 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?






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






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






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






48. 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?






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






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