Question Results

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

	Authentication
	Accountability
	Authorization

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

	Data Link
	Network
	Transport
	Session
	Application

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which access control includes locked doors?

Response:

	Physical
	Owner
	Technical
	Organizational
	Administrative

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which of the following is the strongest wireless encryption?

Response:

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

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

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

Score 1 of 5

Question:

Match the following cryptology tools and technologies

Response:

Match	User answer	Feedback
One-time pads	Manual	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	Electro-mechanical	Think ceasar's spin wheel here
Single photon emissions	Quantum cryptography	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

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

	2
	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
	4

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

	Physical controls
	Technical controls
	Administrative controls
	Both technical and administrative controls

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

	SMDS
	MPLS
	SONET
	ATM
	Frame Relay

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:

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

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

Response:

	Preventative
	Compensating
	Corrective
	Detective
	Recovery

Score 0 of 1

Question:

What OSI Layer includes data encryption?

Response:

	Application
	Datalink
	Presentation
	Transport
	Network

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which classification of fuel type is a computer given?

Response:

	A
	C
	B
	D

Score 1 of 1

Question:

All of the following are true about encryption EXCEPT:

Response:

	Encryption is used to protect the confidentiality of the data
	Encryption algorithms are constant from version to version
	Longer keys usually result in more secure encryption
	Encryption keys are constant from version to version

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:

Which classification of fuel type is paper given?

Response:

	B
	A
	D
	C

Score 0 of 1

Question:

Encryption is related to Confidentiality, Hashing is related to

Response:

	Confidentiality
	Authenticity
	Integrity
	Availability

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

	5
	7
	10
	8
	6

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

	Administrative Controls
	Technical controls
	Both Technical and Administrative
	Physical Controls

Score 1 of 1

Question:

In MAC the access policy is set by:

Response:

	the system
	the GPO
	the role
	network ACL
	the owner

Score 0 of 1

Question:

What formula provides total keyspace size?

Response:

	w[i] = (w[i-3] xor w[i-8] xor w[i-14] xor w[i-16])
	(n*(n-1))/2
	SLE x ALE
	m^e mod n
	Feedback: That's RSA's encryption operation (e'th power to modulo n)

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Bell-La Padula focuses primarily on:

Response:

	Accessibility
	Availability
	Authentication
	Confidentialty
	Data Integrity

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which of the following have the best CER?

Response:

	Finger scanning
	Hand scanning
	Badge Scanning
	Iris Scanning

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

	Physical
	Transport
	Session
	Data Link
	Network

Score 1 of 1

Question:

A WAN is

Response:

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

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which classification of fuel type is gasoline given?

Response:

	A
	B
	D
	C

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

	1024
	160
	255
	256

Score 0 of 1

Question:

VoIP uses which protocol for AV streaming

Response:

	SRTP
	TCP/IP
	H.264
	Vorbis

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

	Detective
	Compensating
	Preventative
	Recovery
	Corrective

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

	Data Link
	Physical
	Network
	Presentation
	Transport

Score 0 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
	IDEA
	Feedback: IDEA is good but because it is patented, it is not widely used today. Pity, too, since there are currently (2013) no known realistic cryptanalytic attacks against it.
	EC
	Feedback: EC - Elliptical Curve, because it is less processor intensive than more traditional algorithms
	One-way hashing

Score 0 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

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

Score 0 of 1

Question:

Clark-Wilson focuses primarily on:

Response:

	Confidentialty
	Availability
	Accessibility
	Authentication
	Address Integrity

Score 0 of 1

Question:

What is the primary difference between NIST and ISO ?

Response:

	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
	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.

Score 3 of 3

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

Score 0 of 1

Question:

Which access control protects the entire system?

Response:

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

Score 0 of 1

Question:

Which access control includes audit trails?

Response:

	Administrative
	Technical
	Physical
	Organizational
	Owner

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

	CO2
	Soda Acid
	Water
	ESD Blanket

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

	CFB
	CBC
	ECB
	Feedback: Actually, this is one of the few instances where ECB's disadvantages don't overcome its advantages
	CCMP

Score 4 of 4

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)

Score 5 of 5

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

Score 0 of 1

Question:

Which of the following packet switched networks uses HDLC?

Response:

	SMDS
	Frame Relay
	MPLS
	SONET
	ATM

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

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which of the following is primarily focused on reducing risk?

Response:

	Recovery
	Corrective
	Preventative
	Deterrent
	Detective

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 5

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	Exposure
The probability of a threat being realized	Risk
Presence of a vulnerability which exposes the organization	Threat

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

	Both Technical and Administrative controls
	Physical controls
	Administrative controls
	Technical controls

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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)

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Owner-set permissions are an example of:

Response:

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

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which of the following is a remote authentication system?

Response:

	TACACS
	KERBEROS
	OpenVPN
	SESAME

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which access control includes training?

Response:

	Physical
	Organizational
	Technical
	Administrative

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

	Network
	Transport
	Datalink
	Session
	Presentation

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

	MPLS
	Frame Relay
	SMDS
	ATM
	SONET

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which access control includes motion detectors?

Response:

	Technical
	Administrative
	Organizational
	Physical
	Authentication

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:

Which access control includes asset classification?

Response:

	Technical
	Organizational
	Physical
	Owner
	Administrative

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which of the following is NOT a RAW authentication protocol?

Response:

	CHAP
	EAP
	PAP
	LDAP

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

	Datalink
	Session
	Network
	Presentation

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which access control includes job rotation?

Response:

	Technical
	Administrative
	Organizational
	Physical

Score 1 of 1

Question:

A LAN is

Response:

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

Score 5 of 5

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

Score 0 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

	ring
	2 layer star
	bus
	star
	mesh

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which access control includes job rotation?

Response:

	Administrative
	Physical
	Organizational
	Technical

Score 1 of 5

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	Transposition
Swapping values around using static or dynamic lookup tables	Substitution
Removing redundant or common letters/phrases from plaintext	Compression
Adding redundant or common letters to plaintext to create a more complex encrypted message	Expansion
Adding redundant or repeating letters to expand plaintext to create a more appropriately sized encrypted message	Padding

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

	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
	ALU - Arithmetic Logic Unit
	SCU - Security Control Unit

Score 0 of 1

Question:

What is the ideal humidity level for a data center?

Response:

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

Score 6 of 6

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

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which access control includes cameras?

Response:

	Organizational
	Visual
	Administrative
	Technical
	Physical

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

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

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Work factor is defined as:

Response:

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

Score 1 of 1

Question:

What is encrypted data called?

Response:

	Ciphertext
	Data-in-transit
	Payload
	Message Digest

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

	Retinal imagery
	Ear shape/pattern
	Voice
	Hand shape/pattern

Score 1 of 1

Question:

What OSI Layer includes data compression?

Response:

	Transport
	Application
	Presentation
	Network
	Datalink

Score 0 of 1

Question:

Biometric authentication is most often hampered by:

Response:

	Initial Registration
	User acceptance
	Cost to implement
	Rings/Weight change

Score 0 of 1

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.

Score 3 of 7

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	Installation
Keys should be protected at rest and prevent unauthorized access	Storage
Keys should be protected, maintained with integrity checks and safe from frequency analysis	Control
Keys should follow the least-access priviliege model and align with appropriate safeguards and levels of classification	Change
Keys must be rotated out, ensuring proper remediation/destruction of storage media and outdated keys	Disposal

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which classification of fuel type is wood given?

Response:

	A
	B
	C
	D

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

	Diffe-Hillman's Axiom
	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.
	Moore's Law

Score 1 of 5

Question:

Matchup - Terms

Response:

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

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Hashing is used to

Response:

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

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

	Physical
	Network
	Transport
	Session
	Data Link

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

	Recovery
	Compensating
	Preventative
	Detective
	Corrective

Score 0 of 1

Question:

Which classification of fuel type is grease given?

Response:

	C
	A
	B
	D

Score 1 of 1

Question:

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

Response:

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

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which access control includes intrusion detection?

Response:

	Administrative
	Technical
	Organizational
	Techincal
	Owner
	Physical

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Falsely rejecting an authorized user is:

Response:

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

Score 1 of 1

Question:

Which classification of fuel type are electrical fires given?

Response:

	B
	A
	C
	D