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






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. Combine both boot and file virus behavior






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






10. 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?






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






12. Name two types of Intrusion Detection Systems






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






14. A security policy is a ___________ set of rules that must be followed explicitly in order to be effective.






15. 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 ______






16. 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?






17. An intrusion detection system is an example of what type of countermeasure?






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






25. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm






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






27. RSA is not based on a ________






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






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






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






31. There are 65536 _________






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






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






34. Which layer of the OSI model handles encryption?






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






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






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






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






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






40. ____ members of the staff need to be educated in disaster recovery procedures.






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






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






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






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






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






46. ______________ is a major component of an overall risk management program.






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






48. These should be done on a weekly basis






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






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