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






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






3. 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?






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






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






6. Instructions or code that executes on an end user's machine from a web browser is known as __________ code.






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






8. 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 ______






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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






16. There are 6 types of security control practices. ___________ controls are management policies - procedures - and guidelines that usually effect the entire system. These types of controls deal with system auditing and usability.






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






18. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis






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






20. Information security policies are a ___________________.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Combine both boot and file virus behavior






30. They specifically target telephone networks






31. Contain - Recover - Review - Identify - Prepare






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






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






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






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






36. Which range defines 'well known ports?'






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






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






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






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






41. Wiretapping is an example of a ________.






42. Countermeasures address security concerns in this category






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. These should be done on a weekly basis






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