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






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






3. 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?






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






5. Information security policies are a ___________________.






6. Main goals of an information security program






7. Ways to deal with risk.






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






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






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






11. Remote Access Dial-in User Service






12. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections






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






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






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






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






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






18. ________ is the authoritative entity which lists port assignments






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






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






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






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






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






24. Which range defines 'well known ports?'






25. Digital Certificates use which protocol?






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






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






28. 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 ______






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






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






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






32. Which layer of the OSI model handles encryption?






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






34. They specifically target telephone networks






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. ______________ is a major component of an overall risk management program.






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






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






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






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