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






2. Companies can now be __________ just as easily as they can be sued for security compromises.






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






4. RSA is not based on a ________






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






6. Allows File owners to determine access rights.






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






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






9. 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






10. 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






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






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






13. ____________ is a file system that was poorly designed and has numerous security flaws.






14. The most secure method for storing backup tapes is?






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






16. Contain - Recover - Review - Identify - Prepare






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






18. 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?






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






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






21. This free (for personal use) program is used to encrypt and decrypt emails.






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






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






24. 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?






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






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






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






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






29. Combine both boot and file virus behavior






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






31. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis






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






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






34. Countermeasures address security concerns in this category






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






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






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






38. 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 ______






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






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






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






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






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






44. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm






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






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






47. Name two types of Intrusion Detection Systems






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






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






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