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






2. 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 ______






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Types of firewalls: Packet Filtering - Application Proxy - and _________________.






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






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






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






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






16. Committing computer crimes in such small doses that they almost go unnoticed.






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Which range defines 'well known ports?'






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






29. _______________ supply AV engines with false information to avoid detection






30. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis






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






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






33. Which form of media is handled at the Physical Layer (Layer 1) of the OSI Reference Model?






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






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






36. Countermeasures' main objectives






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Main goals of an information security program