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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. Contain - Recover - Review - Identify - Prepare






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






3. Examples of One- Time Password technology






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. IKE - Internet Key Exchange is often used in conjunction with what security standard?






29. There are 65536 _________






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Combine both boot and file virus behavior






37. A Security Reference Monitor relates to which DoD security standard?






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






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






40. Instructions or code that executes on an end user's machine from a web browser is known as __________ code.






41. Unclassified - Private - Confidential - Secret - Top Secret - and Internal Use Only are levels of ________________.






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






43. They specifically target telephone networks






44. RSA is not based on a ________






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. Countermeasures address security concerns in this category






47. ______________ is a Unix security scanning tool developed at Texas A&M university.






48. Main goals of an information security program






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






50. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections