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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. Information security policies are a ___________________.






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






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






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






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






6. Main goals of an information security program






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






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






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






10. They specifically target telephone networks






11. These should be done on a weekly basis






12. A one way hash converts a string of random length into a _______________ encrypted string.






13. Which major vendor adopted TACACS into its product line as a form of AAA architecture?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Countermeasures' main objectives






31. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections






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






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






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






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






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






37. Identifying specific attempts to penetrate systems is the function of the _______________.






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






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






40. Remote Access Dial-in User Service






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






42. Combine both boot and file virus behavior






43. RSA is not based on a ________






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






45. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm






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






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






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






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






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