Overall Questions (15 random)

You got 10 of 15 possible points.
Your score was: 67 %

Remember, these quizzes test your overall CISSP knowledge but should not be used as CISSP exam prep examples.

Question Results

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Question:

Which of the following would be the least useful in attempting to crack a password?

Response:

John the Ripper

MAC the Knife

brute force/dictionary attack

Packet sniffing

LophtCrack

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Question:

Match the following examples to their definitions

Response:

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Unpatched servers

Vulnerability

correct

A virus that relies on unpatched code or OS levels

Threat

correct

The likelihood a threat will be realized, the frequency of natural disasters

Risk

correct

$1M dollars per day downtime

Exposure

correct

A proxy server

Countermeasure

correct
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Question:

Which of the following is primarily focused on restoring systems and information?

Response:

Detective

Compensating

Preventative

Corrective

Recovery

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Question:

Match the following control types to their purposes

Response:

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Reducing Risk

Preventative

correct

Correcting violations and incidents

Recovery

Corrective controls also help improve existing preventative and detective controls

incorrect

Discouraging violations

Deterrent

correct

Providing alternate ways of accomplishing a task

Compensating

correct

Restoring systems and information

Recovery

correct
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Question:

Which classification of fuel type is gasoline given?

Response:

D

C

A

B

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Question:

Which access control includes audit trails?

Response:

Owner

Administrative

Organizational

Technical

Physical

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Question:

Which access control includes job rotation?

Response:

Administrative

Organizational

Physical

Technical

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Question:

Which of the following packet switched networks uses HDLC?

Response:

ATM

SONET

SMDS

MPLS

Frame Relay

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Question:

How many levels are there in the latest (June 2013) OSI model?

Response:

10

7

5

8

6

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Question:

Owner-set permissions are an example of:

Response:

Clark-Wilson

role-based access control

mandatory access control

Discretionary access control

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Question:

"The strength of the cryptosystem is a function of the keys, not the algorithm" is also known as

Response:

Diffe-Hillman's Axiom

Moore's Law

Rijndael's Challenge

Kerckhoff's Principle

Feedback:

Auguste Kerckhoff, trying to get the French to clean up their military cryptography back in 1883... seriously kickin' it old school.

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Question:

Which of the following is the lowest in the OSI model:

Response:

Network

Transport

Application

Data Link

Session

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Question:

Which classification of fuel type is grease given?

Response:

C

D

B

A

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Question:

Which access control includes intrusion detection?

Response:

Owner

Techincal

Organizational

Technical

Physical

Administrative

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Question:

Which of the following is the highest in the OSI model:

Response:

Physical

Data Link

Transport

Network

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