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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A type of virus that resides in a Word or Excel document is called a ___________ virus?






2. 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






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






4. 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?






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






6. Allows File owners to determine access rights.






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






8. These should be done on a weekly basis






9. Ways to deal with risk.






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






11. Passwords: should be audited on a regular basis- should contain some form of your name or userid - should never be shared or written down






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






13. Digital Certificates use which protocol?






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






15. Combine both boot and file virus behavior






16. Which range defines 'well known ports?'






17. Code Review - Certification - Accreditation - Functional Design Review - System Test Review






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






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






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






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






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






23. ________ is the authoritative entity which lists port assignments






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






25. Countermeasures' main objectives






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






27. There are 65536 _________






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






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






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






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






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






33. Remote Access Dial-in User Service






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






35. ________ is a protocol developed by Visa and MasterCard to protect electronic transactions.






36. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections






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






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






39. Examples of One- Time Password technology






40. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis






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






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






43. A one way hash converts a string of random length into a _______________ encrypted string.






44. Which layer of the OSI model handles encryption?






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






46. Wiretapping is an example of a ________.






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






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






49. Name two types of Intrusion Detection Systems






50. Contain - Recover - Review - Identify - Prepare