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






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






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






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






5. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm






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






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






8. 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?






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






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






11. These should be done on a weekly basis






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






20. Digital Certificates use which protocol?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Which of the concepts best describes Availability in relation to computer resources?






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






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






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






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






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






36. There are 65536 _________






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






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






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






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






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






42. ________ is the authoritative entity which lists port assignments






43. If your telephone company suddenly started billing you for caller ID and call forwarding without your permission - this practice is referred to as __________________.






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






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






46. Allows File owners to determine access rights.






47. 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






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






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






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