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






2. What is the main difference between computer abuse and computer crime?






3. RSA is not based on a ________






4. Ways to deal with risk.






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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?






19. There are 65536 _________






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






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






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






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






24. Allows File owners to determine access rights.






25. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections






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






27. Which range defines 'well known ports?'






28. An intrusion detection system is an example of what type of countermeasure?






29. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis






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






31. 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 ______






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






33. ________ is the authoritative entity which lists port assignments






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. __________ is a tool used by network administrators to capture packets from a network.






43. _________ is a form of Denial of Service attack which interrupts the TCP three way handshake and leaves half open connections.






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






45. Which layer of the OSI model handles encryption?






46. 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?






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






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






49. Name two types of Intrusion Detection Systems






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