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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. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections






2. ______________ relates to the concept of protecting data from unauthorized users.






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. Countermeasures address security concerns in this category






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






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






12. 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 ______






13. Countermeasures' main objectives






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






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






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






17. Unclassified - Private - Confidential - Secret - Top Secret - and Internal Use Only are levels of ________________.






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






19. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm






20. Name two types of Intrusion Detection Systems






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






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






23. HTTP - FTP - SMTP reside at which layer of the OSI model?






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






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






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






27. The __________ is the most dangerous part of a virus program.






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






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






30. 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






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






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






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






34. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis






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






36. Which layer of the OSI model handles encryption?






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






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






39. Contain - Recover - Review - Identify - Prepare






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






41. RSA is not based on a ________






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






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






44. ________ is the authoritative entity which lists port assignments






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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?