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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. _________________should be Written down - Clearly Communicated to all system users - Audited and revised periodically.






2. 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?






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






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






5. 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 ______






6. Countermeasures' main objectives






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






8. 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






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






10. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm






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






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






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






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






15. 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?






16. The ability to identify and audit a user and his / her actions is known as ____________.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Examples of One- Time Password technology






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






30. Cable modems are ___________than DSL connections






31. Combine both boot and file virus behavior






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






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






34. Wiretapping is an example of a ________.






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






36. Ways to deal with risk.






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






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






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






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






41. 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.






42. An attempt to break an encryption algorithm is called _____________.






43. Which organization(s) are responsible for the timely distribution of information security intelligence data?






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






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






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






47. Which auditing practice relates to the controlling of hardware - software - firmware - and documentation to insure it has not been improperly modified?






48. Name two types of Intrusion Detection Systems






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






50. There are 65536 _________