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






2. Remote Access Dial-in User Service






3. 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






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






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






6. Consists of checking for Minimum password length - Password aging - Password Strength - Blank Passwords?






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






8. ___________________ is responsible for creating security policies and for communicating those policies to system users.






9. Contain - Recover - Review - Identify - Prepare






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






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






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






13. Name two types of Intrusion Detection Systems






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






15. 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 ______






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






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






18. Ways to deal with risk.






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






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






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






22. Which layer of the OSI model handles encryption?






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






24. Information security policies are a ___________________.






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






26. The most secure method for storing backup tapes is?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. ____________ is used in mission critical systems and applications to lock down information based on sensitivity levels (Confidential - Top Secret - etc.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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