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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. The most secure method for storing backup tapes is?






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






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






4. What type of software can be used to prevent - detect (and possibly correct) malicious activities on a system?






5. ___________________ viruses change the code order of the strain each time they replicate to another machine.






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. They specifically target telephone networks






13. 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?






14. So far - no one has been able to crack the ____________ with Brute Force.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. The PAP protocol sends passwords in clear text - while ____________ encrypts passwords. Both protocols are used by PPP (Point to Point Protocol) to transport IP traffic






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






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






25. 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






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






27. RSA is not based on a ________






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






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






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






31. Contain - Recover - Review - Identify - Prepare






32. There are 65536 _________






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






34. Name two types of Intrusion Detection Systems






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






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






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






38. These should be done on a weekly basis






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






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






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






42. Remote Access Dial-in User Service






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






44. Digital Certificates use which protocol?






45. Countermeasures' main objectives






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






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






48. Information security policies are a ___________________.






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






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