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






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






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






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






5. A true network security audit does include an audit for _____________






6. They specifically target telephone networks






7. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis






8. These should be done on a weekly basis






9. Examples of One- Time Password technology






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Wiretapping is an example of a ________.






17. Ways to deal with risk.






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






19. Countermeasures address security concerns in this category






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Allows File owners to determine access rights.






27. 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 ______






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






29. Which range defines 'well known ports?'






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






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






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






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






34. It is difficult to prosecute a computer criminal if _________ are not deployed






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Combine both boot and file virus behavior






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






43. Remote Access Dial-in User Service






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






45. Trend Analysis involves analyzing historical ___________ files in order to look for patterns of abuse or misuse.






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






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






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






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






50. DES - Data Encryption standard has a 128 bit key and is ________