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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 major component of an overall risk management program.






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






3. A standardized list of the most common security weaknesses and exploits is the __________.






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






5. Stealth viruses live in memory while __________ are written to disk






6. They specifically target telephone networks






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






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






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






10. Wiretapping is an example of a ________.






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






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






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






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






15. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis






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






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






18. Countermeasures' main objectives






19. The ability to adjust access control to the exact amount of permission necessary is called ______________.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Countermeasures address security concerns in this category






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






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






32. ________ is the authoritative entity which lists port assignments






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






34. Digital Certificates use which protocol?






35. These should be done on a weekly basis






36. Examples of One- Time Password technology






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






38. There are 65536 _________






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






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






41. 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?






42. When ________________it is very important to do document the chain of evidence by taking good notes and perform a bit-level back up of the data before analysis






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






44. Allows File owners to determine access rights.






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






46. Contain - Recover - Review - Identify - Prepare






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






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






49. Combine both boot and file virus behavior






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