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SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner
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Subjects
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certifications
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sscp
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it-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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 the most famous Unix password cracking tool.
Test virus
PGP
SYN Flooding
CRACK
2. Intentionally embedding secret data into a picture or some form of media is known as Steganographyor data ___________.
To make user certificates available to others
Quantitative analysis
Data Hiding
Polymorphic
3. A type of virus that resides in a Word or Excel document is called a ___________ virus?
Acceptance - Transfer - Mitigate
Phreaks
Macro
Buffer Overflow
4. Layer 4 in the DoD model overlaps with which layer(s) of the OSI model?
Layers 5 - 6 - & 7 - Session - Presentation - and Application Layers
One way hash
SYN Flooding
Certificate
5. Smart cards are a secure alternative to which weak security mechanism?
Cramming
Passwords
Off site in a climate controlled area
IDEA algorithm
6. 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
Granularity
CHAP
A PGP Signed message
Configuration Control
7. Public keys are used for encrypting messages and private keys are used for __________messages.
SSL
Depcrypting
CHAP
Test virus
8. Macintosh computers are _____ at risk for receiving viruses.
S/Key - OPIE
Data Classification
Also
run applications as generic accounts with little or no privileges.
9. The most secure method for storing backup tapes is?
Off site in a climate controlled area
Wild
Warning banners
Confidentiality - Availability -Integrity of data
10. The IDEA algorithm (used in PGP) is _______ bits long.
128
Acceptance - Transfer - Mitigate
Risk assessment
One way hash
11. Which organization(s) are responsible for the timely distribution of information security intelligence data?
Not very difficult to break.
128
CERT - SANS - CERIAS - COAST
Ethernet
12. Committing computer crimes in such small doses that they almost go unnoticed.
Cramming
RADIUS
Test virus
Salami attack
13. Organizations that can be a valid Certificate Authority (CA)
Virus definition downloads and system virus scans
Verisign - Microsoft - Dell
Salami attack
Unix / Linux based security tools?
14. ______________ is a Unix security scanning tool developed at Texas A&M university.
TIGER
Macro
Assignment
Off site in a climate controlled area
15. Countermeasures' main objectives
IANA
Depcrypting
Prevent - Recover - Detect
Polymorphic
16. A ______________ is an electronically generated record that ties a user's ID to their public key.
NFS
Stealth viruses
Assignment
Certificate
17. Types of firewalls: Packet Filtering - Application Proxy - and _________________.
DSS - Digital Signature Standard
Stateful Inspection
Assignment
Wild
18. ___________ - generally considered 'need to know' access is given based on permissions granted to the user.
Users can gain access to any resource upon request (assuming they have proper permissions)
DAC - Discretionary Access Control
Preserve electronic evidence and protect it from any alteration
Unix / Linux based security tools?
19. __________________ will have weird characters printed at the beginning or end of an email message - what would it be anindication of?
Wild
A PGP Signed message
Test virus
Host based - network based
20. Stealth viruses live in memory while __________ are written to disk
Logic bombs
SYN Flooding
Confidentiality
Quantitative analysis
21. A formula used in Quantitative risk analysis
Residual risk
Protection of data from unauthorized users
SLE - Single Loss Expectancy
Stateful Inspection
22. Which of the concepts best describes Availability in relation to computer resources?
Symmetric algorithm
Hoaxes
Acceptance - Transfer - Mitigate
Users can gain access to any resource upon request (assuming they have proper permissions)
23. _________ is a form of Denial of Service attack which interrupts the TCP three way handshake and leaves half open connections.
Certificate
Verisign - Microsoft - Dell
SYN Flooding
Users can gain access to any resource upon request (assuming they have proper permissions)
24. Trend Analysis involves analyzing historical ___________ files in order to look for patterns of abuse or misuse.
Log files
SLE - Single Loss Expectancy
Available service ports
Data Classification
25. 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
Symmetric algorithm
Log files
Warning Banner
IPSEC
26. If your telephone company suddenly started billing you for caller ID and call forwarding without your permission - this practice is referred to as __________________.
Residual risk
Cramming
Data Hiding
Privacy violations
27. MD5 is a ___________ algorithm
Acceptance - Transfer - Mitigate
Decentralized access control
Macro
One way hash
28. Today - ______________ are almost as serious as security violations
Symmetric algorithm
Passfilt.dll
Warning Banner
Privacy violations
29. ________ is the authoritative entity which lists port assignments
Intentions of the perpetrator
Symmetric algorithm
Verisign - Microsoft - Dell
IANA
30. Which range defines 'well known ports?'
0-1023
Authentication
Presentation Layer - L6
Information Security policies
31. ________ is a protocol developed by Visa and MasterCard to protect electronic transactions.
SET
SLE - Single Loss Expectancy
CHAP
Hackers and crackers
32. Logon and Logoff - Use of User Rights - Security Policy Change
NT Audit events
Less secure
Hoaxes
Preserve electronic evidence and protect it from any alteration
33. Companies can now be __________ just as easily as they can be sued for security compromises.
Certificate
Sued for privacy violations
Presentation Layer - L6
Hackers and crackers
34. Which layer of the OSI model handles encryption?
Not very difficult to break.
IPSEC
Layers 5 - 6 - & 7 - Session - Presentation - and Application Layers
Presentation Layer - L6
35. So far - no one has been able to crack the ____________ with Brute Force.
IDEA algorithm
Macro
Gathering digital evidence
Verisign - Microsoft - Dell
36. Which auditing practice relates to the controlling of hardware - software - firmware - and documentation to insure it has not been improperly modified?
Environmental
Passive network attack
Configuration Control
Passwords
37. Which form of media is handled at the Physical Layer (Layer 1) of the OSI Reference Model?
Ethernet
C2
a good password policy
CRACK
38. Identifying specific attempts to penetrate systems is the function of the _______________.
IDEA algorithm
Test virus
Intrusion Detection System
128
39. Information security policies are a ___________________.
One way hash
Also
Quantitative analysis
Business enabler
40. This is more time consuming - numeric values - based on Annualized Loss Expectancy (ALE) formulas
Quantitative analysis
Privacy violations
Directive
A PGP Signed message
41. It is difficult to prosecute a computer criminal if _________ are not deployed
Hoaxes
Detective
Warning banners
Polymorphic
42. EICAR is an example of a _____________ used to test AV products without introducing a live virus into the network.
Test virus
SSL
Decentralized access control
CRACK
43. HTTP - FTP - SMTP reside at which layer of the OSI model?
Sued for privacy violations
Layer 7 - Application
Polymorphic
One way hash
44. Consists of checking for Minimum password length - Password aging - Password Strength - Blank Passwords?
IPSEC
IDEA algorithm
Separation of Duties
Password audit
45. The __________ is the most dangerous part of a virus program.
Authorization
Payload
Symmetric algorithm
MAC - Mandatory Access Control
46. EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) differs from e- Commerce in that it ___________________.
Presentation Layer - L6
Man In The Middle
Fixed length
involves only computer to computer transactions
47. Security incidents fall into a number of categories such as accidental - deliberate - and ____________.
Environmental
Class A: 1-126 - Class B: 128-191 - Class C: 192-223
Presentation Layer - L6
RSA
48. Although it is considered a low tech attack ____________ is still a very effective way of gaining unauthorized access to network systems.
run applications as generic accounts with little or no privileges.
Mobile
Social Engineering
Stealth viruses
49. Unlike like viruses and worm - __________ are bogus messages that spread via email forwarding.
Information
Hoaxes
Mobile
Macro
50. In a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) - what is the role of a directory server?
To make user certificates available to others
Social Engineering
Acceptance - Transfer - Mitigate
Presentation Layer - L6