Overall Questions (15 random)

You got 11 of 15 possible points.
Your score was: 73 %

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:

A WAN is

Response:

one of the Wilson-Adder Need types

a Working Authentication Name

a Wide Area Network

the Westinghouse Address Naming convention

a Wide Array Node

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Question:

What OSI Layer includes data compression?

Response:

Network

Application

Presentation

Transport

Datalink

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Question:

Which of the following is not a typical layer 1 topology?

Response:

mesh

ring

star

2 layer star

bus

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Question:

Match the following examples to their definitions

Response:

MatchUser answerFeedback

Unpatched servers

Risk

incorrect

A virus that relies on unpatched code or OS levels

Threat

correct

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

Vulnerability

incorrect

$1M dollars per day downtime

Exposure

correct

A proxy server

Countermeasure

correct
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Question:

Which access control includes job rotation?

Response:

Administrative

Physical

Technical

Organizational

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Question:

Account administration, policies and standards, asset classification and reviews of audit trails are all examples of

Response:

Technical controls

Both technical and administrative controls

Physical controls

Administrative controls

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Question:

Match the following control types to their purposes

Response:

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Reducing Risk

Compensating

incorrect

Correcting violations and incidents

Detective

Corrective controls also help improve existing preventative and detective controls

correct

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 of the following is the highest in the OSI model:

Response:

Presentation

Network

Data Link

Physical

Transport

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Question:

Which of the following is immediately above the Transport Layer in the OSI model:

Response:

Datalink

Network

Session

Presentation

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Question:

A LAN is

Response:

a Local Account Name

a Local Area Network

a Local Authentication Node

a Linear Applebaum Network diagram

a Least Access Notification

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Question:

Work factor is defined as:

Response:

the amount of effort/time required to maintain an established security plan once it has been implemented

the amount of effort/time required by an algorithm to fully encrypt or decrypt a message

the amount of effort/time required by an administrator to establish a reasonable system security plan

the amount of effort/time required by an attacker to overcome a protective measure

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Question:

Which classification of fuel type is wood given?

Response:

D

C

A

B

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Question:

Which of the following have the best CER?

Response:

Finger scanning

Iris Scanning

Badge Scanning

Hand scanning

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Question:

Which of the following packet switched networks is best suited for fiber optic networks with sporadic traffic?

Response:

MPLS

ATM

SMDS

SONET

Frame Relay

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Question:

Falsely rejecting an authorized user is:

Response:

FAR or Type II error

CER or Type III error

FRA or Type IV error

FRR or Type I error