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






2. Which range defines 'well known ports?'






3. Ways to deal with risk.






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






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






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






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






8. Examples of One- Time Password technology






9. RSA is not based on a ________






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






27. Wiretapping is an example of a ________.






28. The ultimate goal of a computer forensics specialist is to ___________________.






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






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






31. Information security policies are a ___________________.






32. One method that can reduce exposure to malicious code is to ___________________






33. Which layer of the OSI model handles encryption?






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






35. 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






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






37. ________ is the authoritative entity which lists port assignments






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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?






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






47. Contain - Recover - Review - Identify - Prepare






48. Unlike like viruses and worm - __________ are bogus messages that spread via email forwarding.






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






50. 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 ______