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






2. Remote Access Dial-in User Service






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






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






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






6. Countermeasures' main objectives






7. Although they are accused of being one in the same - _______________ are two distinctly different groups with different goals pertaining to computers.






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






9. _________________should be Written down - Clearly Communicated to all system users - Audited and revised periodically.






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






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






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






13. ________ is the authoritative entity which lists port assignments






14. Name two types of Intrusion Detection Systems






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






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






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






18. Wiretapping is an example of a ________.






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






24. Contain - Recover - Review - Identify - Prepare






25. There are 65536 _________






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






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






28. Which range defines 'well known ports?'






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






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






31. Which layer of the OSI model handles encryption?






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






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






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






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






36. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections






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






38. What security principle is based on the division of job responsibilities - designed to prevent fraud?






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






40. 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?






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






42. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm






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






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






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






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






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






48. Which auditing practice relates to the controlling of hardware - software - firmware - and documentation to insure it has not been improperly modified?






49. __________________ will have weird characters printed at the beginning or end of an email message - what would it be anindication of?






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