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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner
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certifications
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it-skills
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. Which layer of the OSI model handles encryption?
Host based - network based
Presentation Layer - L6
Authorization
Also
2. One method that can reduce exposure to malicious code is to ___________________
run applications as generic accounts with little or no privileges.
Configuration Control
Information Security policies
Hackers and crackers
3. ________ is the authoritative entity which lists port assignments
ISO
run applications as generic accounts with little or no privileges.
DSS - Digital Signature Standard
IANA
4. A true network security audit does include an audit for _____________
IANA
modems
Warning Banner
Layer 3 - Host to Host
5. _________________should be Written down - Clearly Communicated to all system users - Audited and revised periodically.
MAC - Mandatory Access Control
Intentions of the perpetrator
Intrusion Detection System
Information Security policies
6. ____________ is used in mission critical systems and applications to lock down information based on sensitivity levels (Confidential - Top Secret - etc.
Off site in a climate controlled area
MAC - Mandatory Access Control
128
Confidentiality - Availability -Integrity of data
7. In a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) - what is the role of a directory server?
To make user certificates available to others
IDEA algorithm
Password audit
Acceptance - Transfer - Mitigate
8. Which of the following is NOT and encryption algorithm?
A PGP Signed message
modems
SSL
Social Engineering
9. HTTP - FTP - SMTP reside at which layer of the OSI model?
MAC - Mandatory Access Control
Payload
run applications as generic accounts with little or no privileges.
Layer 7 - Application
10. A Security Reference Monitor relates to which DoD security standard?
Payload
IANA
C2
Social Engineering
11. 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 ______
Presentation Layer - L6
Warning banners
Passfilt.dll
128
12. Organizations that can be a valid Certificate Authority (CA)
Personal Firewall - IDS - host based - Antivirus
Man In The Middle
Wild
Verisign - Microsoft - Dell
13. _______________ supply AV engines with false information to avoid detection
Directive
Protection of data from unauthorized users
Stealth viruses
Macro
14. A standardized list of the most common security weaknesses and exploits is the __________.
CVE - Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
Virus definition downloads and system virus scans
Not rigid
Cisco
15. Used in ______________:Retinal Scanning - Fingerprints - Face Recognition - Voice Recognition
Biometrics
Risk assessment
Hackers and crackers
Stealth viruses
16. The ultimate goal of a computer forensics specialist is to ___________________.
Preserve electronic evidence and protect it from any alteration
Data Hiding
CHAP
Macro
17. Although it is considered a low tech attack ____________ is still a very effective way of gaining unauthorized access to network systems.
Payload
Social Engineering
Business enabler
Data Hiding
18. Which form of media is handled at the Physical Layer (Layer 1) of the OSI Reference Model?
Macro
Ethernet
Wild
Authorization
19. The ability to adjust access control to the exact amount of permission necessary is called ______________.
MAC - Mandatory Access Control
DSS - Digital Signature Standard
Log files
Granularity
20. Consists of checking for Minimum password length - Password aging - Password Strength - Blank Passwords?
Logic bombs
Residual risk
Password audit
Preserve electronic evidence and protect it from any alteration
21. Main goals of an information security program
SET
RSA
Confidentiality - Availability -Integrity of data
CRACK
22. To help managers find the correct cost balance between risks and countermeasures
Main goal of a risk management program
Also
SYN Flooding
Stateful Inspection
23. There are 65536 _________
Passfilt.dll
Available service ports
Reboot or system startup
Depcrypting
24. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm
Prevent - Recover - Detect
Passive network attack
One way hash
IDEA algorithm
25. ____________ is a file system that was poorly designed and has numerous security flaws.
Verisign - Microsoft - Dell
C2
NFS
Main goal of a risk management program
26. 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?
Main goal of a risk management program
Man In The Middle
SET
Fixed length
27. Companies can now be __________ just as easily as they can be sued for security compromises.
Environmental
Sued for privacy violations
Ethernet
Fixed length
28. Unclassified - Private - Confidential - Secret - Top Secret - and Internal Use Only are levels of ________________.
run applications as generic accounts with little or no privileges.
Not rigid
Not very difficult to break.
Data Classification
29. DES - Data Encryption standard has a 128 bit key and is ________
Not very difficult to break.
Information
Sniffer
Hackers and crackers
30. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections
Less secure
Man In The Middle
Confidentiality - Availability -Integrity of data
Class A: 1-126 - Class B: 128-191 - Class C: 192-223
31. Layer 4 in the DoD model overlaps with which layer(s) of the OSI model?
Layers 5 - 6 - & 7 - Session - Presentation - and Application Layers
S/Key - OPIE
Layer 3 - Host to Host
Information Security policies
32. There are 5 classes of IP addresses available - but only 3 classes are in common use today
Test virus
Class A: 1-126 - Class B: 128-191 - Class C: 192-223
Intrusion Detection System
Man In The Middle
33. What security principle is based on the division of job responsibilities - designed to prevent fraud?
Separation of Duties
Presentation Layer - L6
Ethernet
IPSEC
34. ______________ is a Unix security scanning tool developed at Texas A&M university.
Intentions of the perpetrator
Steps in handling incidents
SET
TIGER
35. Which major vendor adopted TACACS into its product line as a form of AAA architecture?
Cisco
Personal Firewall - IDS - host based - Antivirus
Risk assessment
One way hash
36. Smart cards are a secure alternative to which weak security mechanism?
Business enabler
Wild
Hoaxes
Passwords
37. Logon and Logoff - Use of User Rights - Security Policy Change
PGP
a good password policy
NT Audit events
Multi-partite viruses
38. Ways to deal with risk.
Acceptance - Transfer - Mitigate
Hoaxes
Preserve electronic evidence and protect it from any alteration
involves only computer to computer transactions
39. Which of the concepts best describes Availability in relation to computer resources?
Log files
Polymorphic
Users can gain access to any resource upon request (assuming they have proper permissions)
Authorization
40. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis
Man In The Middle
SET
Depcrypting
SLE - Single Loss Expectancy
41. Security incidents fall into a number of categories such as accidental - deliberate - and ____________.
Password audit
TIGER
Hackers and crackers
Environmental
42. Trend Analysis involves analyzing historical ___________ files in order to look for patterns of abuse or misuse.
Mobile
Log files
Sued for privacy violations
Assignment
43. RSA is not based on a ________
SSL
S/Key - OPIE
Password audit
Symmetric algorithm
44. Tiger - TCP Wrappers - TripWire - LogCheck - SATAN
Unix / Linux based security tools?
Layer 3 - Host to Host
involves only computer to computer transactions
Risk Equation
45. Remote Access Dial-in User Service
Virus definition downloads and system virus scans
Unix / Linux based security tools?
Test virus
RADIUS
46. Code Review - Certification - Accreditation - Functional Design Review - System Test Review
product development life cycle
Class A: 1-126 - Class B: 128-191 - Class C: 192-223
Email
Biometrics
47. Which organization(s) are responsible for the timely distribution of information security intelligence data?
CERT - SANS - CERIAS - COAST
Risk assessment
DSS - Digital Signature Standard
Stateful Inspection
48. EICAR is an example of a _____________ used to test AV products without introducing a live virus into the network.
DSS - Digital Signature Standard
CVE - Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
Fixed length
Test virus
49. A one way hash converts a string of random length into a _______________ encrypted string.
Hackers and crackers
S/Key - OPIE
Fixed length
Risk assessment
50. 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?
One way hash
Authentication
DAC - Discretionary Access Control
Layers 5 - 6 - & 7 - Session - Presentation - and Application Layers