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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 Unix security scanning tool developed at Texas A&M university.






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






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






4. Combine both boot and file virus behavior






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






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






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






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






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






10. Contain - Recover - Review - Identify - Prepare






11. Which layer of the OSI model handles encryption?






12. They specifically target telephone networks






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






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






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






16. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






24. 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?






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






26. 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?






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






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






29. Countermeasures' main objectives






30. Examples of One- Time Password technology






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






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






33. Diffie Hellman - RSA - and ___________ are all examples of Public Key cryptography?






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






35. Wiretapping is an example of a ________.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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