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






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






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






4. Which layer of the OSI model handles encryption?






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






6. Contain - Recover - Review - Identify - Prepare






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






8. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections






9. Combine both boot and file virus behavior






10. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm






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






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






13. RSA is not based on a ________






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. A virus is considered to be 'in the ______ ' if it has been reported as replicating and causing harm to computers.






23. In a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) - what is the role of a directory server?






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






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






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






27. ________ is the authoritative entity which lists port assignments






28. Examples of One- Time Password technology






29. 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?






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






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






32. Stealth viruses live in memory while __________ are written to disk






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






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






35. Ways to deal with risk.






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Wiretapping is an example of a ________.






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






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






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






48. There are 65536 _________






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






50. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis