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Question:

What is the ideal humidity level for a data center?

Response:

	40-60%
	60-80%
	20-40%
	30-50%

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Question:

Which classification of fuel type is paper given?

Response:

	B
	D
	C
	A

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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)

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Question:

Match the following key management definitions and functions

Response:

Match	User answer	Feedback
Keys must be created randomly, securely, without sequencing or plaintext displays	Generation
Keys must be distributed securely, preferably via asymmetric systems	Distribution
Keys must be readily available, manually invoked and integrity checked	Change
Keys should be protected at rest and prevent unauthorized access	Storage
Keys should be protected, maintained with integrity checks and safe from frequency analysis	Installation
Keys should follow the least-access priviliege model and align with appropriate safeguards and levels of classification	Control
Keys must be rotated out, ensuring proper remediation/destruction of storage media and outdated keys	Disposal

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Which access control includes locked doors?

Response:

	Organizational
	Technical
	Administrative
	Physical
	Owner

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Which access control includes audit trails?

Response:

	Administrative
	Owner
	Organizational
	Technical
	Physical

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

Response:

	ATM
	MPLS
	SONET
	SMDS
	Frame Relay

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Question:

Which of the following is NOT a RAW authentication protocol?

Response:

	LDAP
	EAP
	CHAP
	PAP

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Question:

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

Response:

	Session
	Presentation
	Network
	Transport
	Datalink

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Question:

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

Response:

	7
	8
	6
	10
	5

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Question:

Which access control protects the entire system?

Response:

	System Access Controls
	Data Access Controls
	Operating System Controls/Policies
	Firewalls/IPS
	Access Control Lists

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Question:

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

Response:

	CBC
	CCMP
	ECB
	CFB

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Question:

VoIP uses which protocol for AV streaming

Response:

	Vorbis
	H.264
	TCP/IP
	SRTP

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Question:

Which of the following is the strongest wireless encryption?

Response:

	WPA
	WPA2
	Feedback: WPA2 replaced WPA and WEP and relies on AES instead of RC4 (as do WEP and WPA)
	WEP
	E0

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Question:

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

Response:

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

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Question:

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

Response:

	Rijndael's Challenge
	Diffe-Hillman's Axiom
	Kerckhoff's Principle
	Moore's Law

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Question:

Match the following examples to their definitions

Response:

Match	User answer	Feedback
Unpatched servers	Vulnerability
A virus that relies on unpatched code or OS levels	Threat
The likelihood a threat will be realized, the frequency of natural disasters	Risk
$1M dollars per day downtime	Exposure
A proxy server	Countermeasure

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Question:

What OSI Layer includes data encryption?

Response:

	Application
	Network
	Presentation
	Transport
	Datalink

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Question:

Falsely rejecting an authorized user is:

Response:

	FAR or Type II error
	CER or Type III error
	FRR or Type I error
	FRA or Type IV error

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Question:

Biometric authentication is most often hampered by:

Response:

	Rings/Weight change
	Initial Registration
	User acceptance
	Cost to implement

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

Response:

	Transport
	Data Link
	Physical
	Network
	Session

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Which of the following packet switched networks uses HDLC?

Response:

	Frame Relay
	MPLS
	SONET
	SMDS
	ATM

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Question:

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

Response:

	LophtCrack
	Packet sniffing
	MAC the Knife
	brute force/dictionary attack
	John the Ripper

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Question:

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

Response:

	Identifies / Eliminates single points of failure
	Promotes Professional growth
	Increases visibility for high-potential employees
	Reduces opportunities for abuse

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Question:

Which access control includes job rotation?

Response:

	Organizational
	Administrative
	Physical
	Technical

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Question:

More key terms from Chapter 2

Response:

Match	User answer	Feedback
Weakness or lack of a countermeasure	Vulnerability
Entity that can exploit a vulnerability	Threat agent
The danger of having a vulnerability exploited	Threat
The probability of a threat being realized	Risk
Presence of a vulnerability which exposes the organization	Exposure

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Question:

Hashing is used to

Response:

	verify integrity and ensure confidentiality
	ensure confidentiality
	verify integrity
	provide authenticity / authentication

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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
	SBC - Sequential Block Coding
	CBC - Cipher Block Chaining
	ECB - Electronic Code Book

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Question:

In MAC the access policy is set by:

Response:

	the role
	the GPO
	network ACL
	the owner
	the system

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Question:

Which access control includes intrusion detection?

Response:

	Organizational
	Physical
	Techincal
	Administrative
	Technical
	Owner

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Question:

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

Response:

	Owner set access control
	Role-based access control
	Need-to-Know control
	Mandatory access control
	Access List Control

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

Response:

	Detective
	Recovery
	Preventative
	Compensating
	Corrective

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Question:

Match the following terms and definitions

Response:

Match	User answer	Feedback
Intended to discourage a potential attacker	Deterrent
Intended to avoid an incident from happening	Preventive
Fixes component or systems after an incident has occurred	Corrective
Intended to bring the environment back to production levels	Recovery
Identify an incidents activities	Detective
Alternate measures of control	Compensating

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Question:

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

Response:

	Heat/Fuel/Oxygen
	Heat/Combustion/Oxygen
	Fire/Combustion/Oxygen
	Fire/Fuel/Oxygen

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

Response:

	Retinal imagery
	Voice
	Ear shape/pattern
	Hand shape/pattern

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Question:

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

Response:

	160
	1024
	256
	255

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Question:

What OSI Layer includes data compression?

Response:

	Application
	Datalink
	Network
	Transport
	Presentation

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Question:

Match the following terms to definitions

Response:

Match	User answer	Feedback
Training, configuration management of documentation, risk management	Administrative controls
Firewalls, IDS, encryption	Technical controls
Lighting, Fencing, guard patrols	Physical Controls

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Question:

Which classification of fuel type is a computer given?

Response:

	D
	B
	C
	A

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Question:

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

Response:

	Access List Control
	Manager set control
	Discretionary access control
	Role-based access control
	Mandatory access control

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Question:

Which classification of fuel type is gasoline given?

Response:

	A
	D
	B
	C

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Question:

Encryption is related to Confidentiality, Hashing is related to

Response:

	Availability
	Integrity
	Confidentiality
	Authenticity

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Question:

All of the following are true about encryption EXCEPT:

Response:

	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
	Encryption algorithms are constant from version to version

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Question:

Which of the following have the best CER?

Response:

	Finger scanning
	Iris Scanning
	Hand scanning
	Badge Scanning

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Question:

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

Response:

	One-way hashing
	IDEA
	Merkle-Hellman Knapsack
	EC

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Which classification of fuel type is grease given?

Response:

	D
	C
	A
	B

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Question:

Matchup - Terms

Response:

Match	User answer	Feedback
Converts internal port numbers to external port numbers	PAT
Converts MAC addresses to IP	ARP
Converts Domain Names to IP	DNS
Converts internal IP to external IP	NAT
Converts IP to MAC Address	RARP

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Question:

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

Response:

	CPU - Central Processing Unit
	Feedback: As it turns out GPU's (with their dedicated hardware of multiple ALU's) provide 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.
	GPU - Graphical Processing Unit
	SCU - Security Control Unit
	ALU - Arithmetic Logic Unit

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Question:

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

Response:

	Accountability
	Authentication
	Authorization

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Question:

What is the primary difference between NIST and ISO ?

Response:

	ISO publications cover international standards and are therefore not applicable within the US
	NIST standards are free, ISO charges
	NIST produces guidelines only available to federal agencies.
	NIST insures compliance only within the United States
	Feedback: Actually, NIST is an informational resource and does not mandate compliance, they publish guidelines only - they are not a directive agency.

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Question:

Owner-set permissions are an example of:

Response:

	role-based access control
	Discretionary access control
	Clark-Wilson
	mandatory access control

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Question:

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

Response:

	Datalink
	Presentation
	Session
	Network

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Which access control includes job rotation?

Response:

	Technical
	Physical
	Organizational
	Administrative

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Question:

Which classification of fuel type is wood given?

Response:

	C
	A
	B
	D

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Question:

A LAN is

Response:

	a Local Account Name
	a Least Access Notification
	a Local Authentication Node
	a Local Area Network
	a Linear Applebaum Network diagram

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Question:

Bell-La Padula focuses primarily on:

Response:

	Authentication
	Accessibility
	Data Integrity
	Confidentialty
	Availability

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A cryptosystem's strength is primarily based on

Response:

	The openness of the algorithm (how widely available it is, how well-published it is)
	The cryptographic key
	The Security Parameter Index (SPI)
	The closedness of the algorithm (how well-protected it is, how proprietary it is)

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

Response:

	Data Link
	Network
	Application
	Session
	Transport

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Which of the following is NOT an example of SSO?

Response:

	LDAP
	KryptoKnight
	SESAME
	KErberos

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

Response:

	SONET
	SMDS
	MPLS
	Frame Relay
	ATM

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Which access control includes training?

Response:

	Administrative
	Physical
	Technical
	Organizational

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Question:

Which of the following is a remote authentication system?

Response:

	KERBEROS
	TACACS
	SESAME
	OpenVPN

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Question:

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

Response:

	Technical controls
	Physical controls
	Both technical and administrative controls
	Administrative controls

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Question:

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

Response:

	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
	4

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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)

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Question:

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

Response:

	Physical controls
	Technical controls
	Both Technical and Administrative controls
	Administrative controls

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Question:

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

Response:

	Physical Controls
	Both Technical and Administrative
	Technical controls
	Administrative Controls

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Question:

Which of the following is primarily focused on reducing risk?

Response:

	Deterrent
	Corrective
	Detective
	Preventative
	Recovery

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Question:

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

Response:

	Transport
	Physical
	Data Link
	Session
	Network

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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 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

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Question:

Match the following cryptology tools and technologies

Response:

Match	User answer	Feedback
One-time pads	Quantum cryptography	Still in use in some instances. Recall, one-time pads are the most secure approach
Enigma machine	Mechanical	Electrical lights, mechanical crank/spinwheel
AES, RSA Algorithms	Electronic	I know, you wanted to think "digital" but technically, electronic works as well
Cipherdisks	Manual	Think ceasar's spin wheel here
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

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Question:

Which access control includes motion detectors?

Response:

	Physical
	Administrative
	Authentication
	Technical
	Organizational

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Question:

What is encrypted data called?

Response:

	Data-in-transit
	Ciphertext
	Message Digest
	Payload

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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.

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

Response:

	Compensating
	Corrective
	Recovery
	Preventative
	Detective

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Question:

Match the following key terms

Response:

Match	User answer	Feedback
Availability	Reliable and timely access to data and resources
Confidentiality	Necessary level of secrecy, unauthorized disclosure is prevented
Shoulder surfing	Unauthorized viewing of information (screen peeking)
Social Engineering	Tricking someone into giving sensitive information (to gain unauthorized access)

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Question:

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

Response:

	Recovery
	Detective
	Corrective
	Compensating
	Preventative

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Question:

Which classification of fuel type are electrical fires given?

Response:

	B
	D
	C
	A

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Question:

Match the following control types to their purposes

Response:

Match	User answer	Feedback
Reducing Risk	Preventative
Correcting violations and incidents	Detective	Corrective controls also help improve existing preventative and detective controls
Discouraging violations	Deterrent
Providing alternate ways of accomplishing a task	Compensating
Restoring systems and information	Recovery

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Question:

A WAN is

Response:

	a Wide Array Node
	a Working Authentication Name
	the Westinghouse Address Naming convention
	one of the Wilson-Adder Need types
	a Wide Area Network

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Question:

What formula provides total keyspace size?

Response:

	SLE x ALE
	w[i] = (w[i-3] xor w[i-8] xor w[i-14] xor w[i-16])
	Feedback: That's SHA-0
	(n*(n-1))/2
	m^e mod n

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Question:

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

Response:

	ESD Blanket
	Water
	Soda Acid
	CO2

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Question:

Match the following cryptographic definitions to their terms

Response:

Match	User answer	Feedback
Replacing one value for another using static or dynamic lookup tables	Substitution
Swapping values around using static or dynamic lookup tables	Transposition
Removing redundant or common letters/phrases from plaintext	Compression
Adding redundant or common letters to plaintext to create a more complex encrypted message	Padding
Adding redundant or repeating letters to expand plaintext to create a more appropriately sized encrypted message	Expansion

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Question:

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

Response:

	Network
	Presentation
	Transport
	Physical
	Data Link

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Question:

Clark-Wilson focuses primarily on:

Response:

	Address Integrity
	Authentication
	Accessibility
	Availability
	Confidentialty

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Question:

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

Response:

	2 layer star
	mesh
	star
	ring
	bus

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Question:

Which access control includes asset classification?

Response:

	Physical
	Technical
	Owner
	Organizational
	Administrative

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Question:

Which access control includes cameras?

Response:

	Organizational
	Administrative
	Visual
	Technical
	Physical