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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. Contain - Recover - Review - Identify - Prepare






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






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






4. RSA is not based on a ________






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






6. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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?






14. 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 ______






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






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






17. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis






18. Which layer of the OSI model handles encryption?






19. 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.






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






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






22. Main goals of an information security program






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






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






25. There are 5 classes of IP addresses available - but only 3 classes are in common use today






26. In a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) - what is the role of a directory server?






27. These should be done on a weekly basis






28. 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






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






30. 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






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






32. 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






33. Which range defines 'well known ports?'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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