Uber Quiz

You got 92 of 128 possible points.
Your score was: 72 %

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

Question Results

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

Transport

Physical

Session

Network

Data Link

Score 5 of 5

Question:

Match the following control types to their purposes

Response:

MatchUser answerFeedback

Reducing Risk

Preventative

correct

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
Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which of the following is NOT an example of biometric identification?

Response:

Hand shape/pattern

Ear shape/pattern

Voice

Retinal imagery

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Determining whether a subject can log into a system is an example of

Response:

Accountability

Authorization

Authentication

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Encryption, access control mechanisms, access control lists and remote access authentication protocols are all examples of

Response:

Physical Controls

Administrative Controls

Technical controls

Both Technical and Administrative

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which access control includes asset classification?

Response:

Physical

Technical

Owner

Administrative

Organizational

Score 1 of 1

Question:

A WAN is

Response:

the Westinghouse Address Naming convention

a Wide Area Network

a Wide Array Node

one of the Wilson-Adder Need types

a Working Authentication Name

Score 1 of 1

Question:

John's computer access changed with his reassignment to a new department. This is an example of:

Response:

Owner set access control

Mandatory access control

Role-based access control

Access List Control

Need-to-Know control

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which classification of fuel type is wood given?

Response:

D

B

A

C

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which of the folowing is best suited for short messages (one block in size)

Response:

CBC

ECB

Feedback:

Actually, this is one of the few instances where ECB's disadvantages don't overcome its advantages

CFB

CCMP

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

Transport

Application

Data Link

Session

Network

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which access control protects the entire system?

Response:

Firewalls/IPS

Access Control Lists

Data Access Controls

Operating System Controls/Policies

System Access Controls

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which classification of fuel type is grease given?

Response:

A

B

C

D

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which of the following is primarily focused on reducing risk?

Response:

Detective

Corrective

Deterrent

Preventative

Recovery

Score 0 of 1

Question:

All of the following are true about encryption EXCEPT:

Response:

Encryption algorithms are constant from version to version

Longer keys usually result in more secure encryption

Encryption is used to protect the confidentiality of the data

Encryption keys are constant from version to version

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which access control includes training?

Response:

Organizational

Physical

Technical

Administrative

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Encryption is related to Confidentiality, Hashing is related to

Response:

Integrity

Availability

Confidentiality

Authenticity

Score 1 of 5

Question:

Match the following cryptographic definitions to their terms

Response:

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Replacing one value for another using static or dynamic lookup tables

Substitution

correct

Swapping values around using static or dynamic lookup tables

Transposition

correct

Removing redundant or common letters/phrases from plaintext

Compression

correct

Adding redundant or common letters to plaintext to create a more complex encrypted message

Padding

incorrect

Adding redundant or repeating letters to expand plaintext to create a more appropriately sized encrypted message

Expansion

incorrect
Score 0 of 1

Question:

Bell-La Padula focuses primarily on:

Response:

Accessibility

Availability

Data Integrity

Confidentialty

Authentication

Score 1 of 1

Question:

What is encrypted data called?

Response:

Payload

Message Digest

Data-in-transit

Ciphertext

Score 0 of 5

Question:

Match the following examples to their definitions

Response:

MatchUser answerFeedback

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

Countermeasure

incorrect

$1M dollars per day downtime

Risk

incorrect

A proxy server

Exposure

incorrect
Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which of the following is the strongest wireless encryption?

Response:

E0

WEP

WPA

WPA2

Feedback:

WPA2 replaced WPA and WEP and relies on AES instead of RC4 (as do WEP and WPA)

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which classification of fuel type are electrical fires given?

Response:

D

A

B

C

Score 1 of 1

Question:

What is the ideal humidity level for a data center?

Response:

60-80%

20-40%

30-50%

40-60%

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which of the following is primarily focused on identifying alternate solutions to achieve a task?

Response:

Preventative

Corrective

Recovery

Detective

Compensating

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Clark-Wilson focuses primarily on:

Response:

Availability

Accessibility

Address Integrity

Authentication

Confidentialty

Score 0 of 1

Question:

Which of the following packet switched networks is best suited to support fully meshed VPNs?

Response:

SONET

SMDS

ATM

Frame Relay

MPLS

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which access control includes audit trails?

Response:

Technical

Administrative

Physical

Organizational

Owner

Score 1 of 1

Question:

What OSI Layer includes data compression?

Response:

Presentation

Transport

Datalink

Application

Network

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Owner-set permissions are an example of:

Response:

role-based access control

Clark-Wilson

Discretionary access control

mandatory access control

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

Detective

Recovery

Corrective

Compensating

Preventative

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which OSI layer includes the LLC and MAC sub-layers?

Response:

Transport

Data Link

Network

Session

Physical

Score 1 of 1

Question:

What formula provides total keyspace size?

Response:

SLE x ALE

m^e mod n

(n*(n-1))/2

w[i] = (w[i-3] xor w[i-8] xor w[i-14] xor w[i-16])

Score 0 of 7

Question:

Match the following key management definitions and functions

Response:

MatchUser answerFeedback

Keys must be created randomly, securely, without sequencing or plaintext displays

Generation

correct

Keys must be distributed securely, preferably via asymmetric systems

Change

incorrect

Keys must be readily available, manually invoked and integrity checked

Installation

correct

Keys should be protected at rest and prevent unauthorized access

Control

incorrect

Keys should be protected, maintained with integrity checks and safe from frequency analysis

Storage

incorrect

Keys should follow the least-access priviliege model and align with appropriate safeguards and levels of classification

Distribution

incorrect

Keys must be rotated out, ensuring proper remediation/destruction of storage media and outdated keys

Disposal

correct
Score 0 of 1

Question:

Which of the following packet switched networks uses HDLC?

Response:

SONET

MPLS

ATM

SMDS

Frame Relay

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

Data Link

Transport

Physical

Network

Presentation

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which access control includes motion detectors?

Response:

Technical

Physical

Organizational

Authentication

Administrative

Score 1 of 1

Question:

A SHA-256 system will always generate different hashes when given the same plaintext, no matter how many times it is invoked

Response:

User answer 
False

A hash is a hash is a hash, it never changes the output. Hashes are used to prove integrity, usually by comparing current hashes (aka message digests) against previous ones (stored filesystems checksums, for example) to prove nothing has changed. Therefore, a hashing algorithm must produce one and only one output per plaintext input.

Score 1 of 1

Question:

The ORIGINAL sender of a message encrypted using asymmetric algorithms can reverse/backout the process using the initial public key

Response:

User answer 
False

Although technically, the original sender has an unencrypted version to start with, he/she cannot decrypted the message without the private key (because of the nature of asymmetric algorithms)

Score 1 of 1

Question:

VoIP uses which protocol for AV streaming

Response:

TCP/IP

SRTP

Feedback:

Secure Real-time Transport Protocol

Vorbis

H.264

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which of the following uses fixed-size blocks of data as well as previous blocks of text for encryption

Response:

CFB - Cipher Feed Back

ECB - Electronic Code Book

CBC - Cipher Block Chaining

SBC - Sequential Block Coding

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which access control includes cameras?

Response:

Technical

Administrative

Visual

Physical

Organizational

Score 0 of 5

Question:

Matchup - Terms

Response:

MatchUser answerFeedback

Converts internal port numbers to external port numbers

DNS

incorrect

Converts MAC addresses to IP

RARP

incorrect

Converts Domain Names to IP

PAT

incorrect

Converts internal IP to external IP

NAT

correct

Converts IP to MAC Address

ARP

incorrect
Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which access control includes job rotation?

Response:

Organizational

Administrative

Technical

Physical

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

Both technical and administrative controls

Physical controls

Administrative controls

Technical controls

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

Network

Session

Datalink

Presentation

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which of the following is a remote authentication system?

Response:

TACACS

OpenVPN

KERBEROS

SESAME

Score 6 of 6

Question:

Match the following terms and definitions

Response:

MatchUser answerFeedback

Intended to discourage a potential attacker

Deterrent

correct

Intended to avoid an incident from happening

Preventive

correct

Fixes component or systems after an incident has occurred

Corrective

correct

Intended to bring the environment back to production levels

Recovery

correct

Identify an incidents activities

Detective

correct

Alternate measures of control

Compensating

correct
Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which of the following components of a computer are best suited to brute force attacks?

Response:

ALU - Arithmetic Logic Unit

GPU - Graphical Processing Unit

Feedback:

Turns out GPU's have dedicate ALU's with substantially more throughput than a standalone ALU or even a multicore CPU so GPU's, given their comparative speed for encryption hacking, are the preferred hacking hardware.

CPU - Central Processing Unit

SCU - Security Control Unit

Score 0 of 1

Question:

Which of the following is NOT an example of SSO?

Response:

LDAP

KryptoKnight

SESAME

KErberos

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which classification of fuel type is a computer given?

Response:

D

B

A

C

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

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.

Moore's Law

Rijndael's Challenge

Diffe-Hillman's Axiom

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which of the following have the best CER?

Response:

Badge Scanning

Hand scanning

Finger scanning

Iris Scanning

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which classification of fuel type is paper given?

Response:

D

A

B

C

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which encryption method is most likely to be used to maintain data confidentiality on a mobile computing device (and why?)

Response:

Merkle-Hellman Knapsack

One-way hashing

EC

IDEA

Score 0 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

Presentation

Datalink

Session

Network

Transport

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

Packet sniffing

brute force/dictionary attack

MAC the Knife

John the Ripper

LophtCrack

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which access control includes locked doors?

Response:

Owner

Technical

Physical

Organizational

Administrative

Score 3 of 3

Question:

Match the following terms to definitions

Response:

MatchUser answerFeedback

Training, configuration management of documentation, risk management

Administrative controls

correct

Firewalls, IDS, encryption

Technical controls

correct

Lighting, Fencing, guard patrols

Physical Controls

correct
Score 1 of 1

Question:

A cryptosystem's strength is primarily based on

Response:

The closedness of the algorithm (how well-protected it is, how proprietary it is)

The cryptographic key

The Security Parameter Index (SPI)

The openness of the algorithm (how widely available it is, how well-published it is)

Score 4 of 4

Question:

Match the following key terms

Response:

MatchUser answerFeedback

Availability

Reliable and timely access to data and resources

correct

Confidentiality

Necessary level of secrecy, unauthorized disclosure is prevented

correct

Shoulder surfing

Unauthorized viewing of information (screen peeking)

correct

Social Engineering

Tricking someone into giving sensitive information (to gain unauthorized access)

correct
Score 0 of 1

Question:

Which of the following is NOT a RAW authentication protocol?

Response:

PAP

EAP

CHAP

LDAP

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

mesh

ring

star

bus

2 layer star

Score 1 of 1

Question:

How many keys does symmetric cryptography use for a single piece of data?

Response:

4

1

Feedback:

One key only, Vasily. Symmetric keys are shared passwords/keys between the sender and recipient.

Depends on the key size vs. data size

2

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which of the following extinguishing methods is best for a computer or electrical fire?

Response:

ESD Blanket

CO2

Soda Acid

Water

Score 0 of 5

Question:

Match the following cryptology tools and technologies

Response:

MatchUser answerFeedback

One-time pads

Manual

Still in use in some instances. Recall, one-time pads are the most secure approach

correct

Enigma machine

Mechanical

Electrical lights, mechanical crank/spinwheel

incorrect

AES, RSA Algorithms

Quantum cryptography

I know, you wanted to think "digital" but technically, electronic works as well

incorrect

Cipherdisks

Electronic

Think ceasar's spin wheel here

incorrect

Single photon emissions

Electro-mechanical

used to provide secure key negotiation. After the test, go google "einstein spooky action" to see what will keep future CISSP's from sleeping at night

incorrect
Score 1 of 1

Question:

Asymmetric cryptography is more secure, faster and more scalable than symmetric encryption

Response:

User answer 
False

Symmetric encryption can be 100 faster than asymmetric and are generally more available to organizations.

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

6

10

7

5

8

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which access control includes intrusion detection?

Response:

Administrative

Owner

Techincal

Technical

Organizational

Physical

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Job rotation policies provide improved security for all of the following reasons except:

Response:

Reduces opportunities for abuse

Increases visibility for high-potential employees

Identifies / Eliminates single points of failure

Promotes Professional growth

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which access control includes job rotation?

Response:

Technical

Administrative

Organizational

Physical

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which classification of fuel type is gasoline given?

Response:

C

B

D

A

Score 3 of 5

Question:

More key terms from Chapter 2

Response:

MatchUser answerFeedback

Weakness or lack of a countermeasure

Vulnerability

correct

Entity that can exploit a vulnerability

Threat agent

correct

The danger of having a vulnerability exploited

Threat

correct

The probability of a threat being realized

Vulnerability

incorrect

Presence of a vulnerability which exposes the organization

Exposure

correct
Score 0 of 1

Question:

Hashing is used to

Response:

verify integrity and ensure confidentiality

verify integrity

provide authenticity / authentication

ensure confidentiality

Score 1 of 1

Question:

What is the primary difference between NIST and ISO ?

Response:

NIST insures compliance only within the United States

NIST produces guidelines only available to federal agencies.

ISO publications cover international standards and are therefore not applicable within the US

NIST standards are free, ISO charges

Feedback:

Correct, ISO standards are international but are often available only for a free. NIST publications are freely available.

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which access control requires sensitivity labels on all subjects and objects?

Response:

Discretionary access control

Role-based access control

Mandatory access control

Access List Control

Manager set control

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Biometric authentication is most often hampered by:

Response:

User acceptance

Rings/Weight change

Cost to implement

Initial Registration

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Falsely rejecting an authorized user is:

Response:

FRA or Type IV error

FRR or Type I error

CER or Type III error

FAR or Type II error

Score 1 of 1

Question:

What OSI Layer includes data encryption?

Response:

Datalink

Presentation

Network

Transport

Application

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which of the following is primarily focused on identifying violations and incidents?

Response:

Compensating

Recovery

Preventative

Detective

Corrective

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

SONET

ATM

Frame Relay

SMDS

MPLS

Score 1 of 1

Question:

How many bits are in a SHA1 hash (or message digest)?

Response:

256

255

160

1024

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Work factor is defined as:

Response:

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

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

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

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

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Data stored on an encrypted file system (EFS, TrueCrypt, etc.) does not need to be encrypted when being sent over the network?

Response:

User answer 
False

Protecting data-at-rest does not extend to data-in-transit. Often, encrypted data-at-rest is decrypted once it is read from the media, therefore re-encryption is needed before the data is sent over the ire (or becomes data-in-tansit)

Score 1 of 1

Question:

In MAC the access policy is set by:

Response:

the owner

network ACL

the GPO

the role

the system

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which of the following are the three components of the fire triangle?

Response:

Fire/Combustion/Oxygen

Fire/Fuel/Oxygen

Heat/Combustion/Oxygen

Heat/Fuel/Oxygen

Score 1 of 1

Question:

A LAN is

Response:

a Local Account Name

a Local Authentication Node

a Local Area Network

a Linear Applebaum Network diagram

a Least Access Notification

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Motion detectors, video cameras, fences, locked doors, guards and dogs are all examples of

Response:

Technical controls

Administrative controls

Physical controls

Both Technical and Administrative controls