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






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






3. Ways to deal with risk.






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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 ______






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






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






12. Name two types of Intrusion Detection Systems






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






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






15. There are 65536 _________






16. There are 6 types of security control practices. ___________ controls are management policies - procedures - and guidelines that usually effect the entire system. These types of controls deal with system auditing and usability.






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






18. Countermeasures' main objectives






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






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






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






22. Combine both boot and file virus behavior






23. Main goals of an information security program






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






25. Tiger - TCP Wrappers - TripWire - LogCheck - SATAN






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






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






28. Which layer of the OSI model handles encryption?






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






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






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






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






33. Information security policies are a ___________________.






34. Wiretapping is an example of a ________.






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






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






37. They specifically target telephone networks






38. Digital Certificates use which protocol?






39. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections






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






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






42. Which range defines 'well known ports?'






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Allows File owners to determine access rights.






50. The IDEA algorithm (used in PGP) is _______ bits long.