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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 tool used by network administrators to capture packets from a network.






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






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






4. ________ is the authoritative entity which lists port assignments






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






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






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






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






9. Today - ______________ are almost as serious as security violations






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






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






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






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






14. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis






15. Contain - Recover - Review - Identify - Prepare






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






17. Remote Access Dial-in User Service






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






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






20. One method that can reduce exposure to malicious code is to ___________________






21. Main goals of an information security program






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Allows File owners to determine access rights.






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






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






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






36. They specifically target telephone networks






37. Name two types of Intrusion Detection Systems






38. ______________ is a Unix security scanning tool developed at Texas A&M university.






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






40. These should be done on a weekly basis






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






42. Ways to deal with risk.






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






44. 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?






45. ____________ is used in mission critical systems and applications to lock down information based on sensitivity levels (Confidential - Top Secret - etc.






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






47. 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






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






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






50. Combine both boot and file virus behavior