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_______________________________ occurs when an individual or process acquires a higher level of privilege, or access, than originally intended. A. Security Triad B. Privilege aggregation C. Need-to-know D. Privilege escalation E. Least privilege
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A (n) __________________________ is issued by senior management, and defines an organization's security goals. A. Records-retention procedure B. Acceptable-use policy C. Organizational security policy D. Security policy mission statement E. Service level agreement
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Which of the following is NOT a restriction, for partners accessing internal corporate resources through an extranet? A. Preventing modification of restricted information B. Using restricted programs, to access databases and other information resources C. Allowing access from any location D. Preventing access to any network resource, other than those explicitly permitted E. Viewing inventory levels for partner products only
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Which of these choices correctly describe denial-of-service (DoS) attacks? (Choose THREE.) A. DoS attacks do not require attackers to have any privileges on a target system. B. DoS attacks are nearly impossible to stop, once they begin. C. DoS attacks free the target system of excessive overhead. D. DoS ties up a system with so many requests, system resources are consumed, and performance degrades. E. DoS attacks cause the attacked system to accept legitimate access requests.
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Virtual corporations typically use a(n) _______ for maintaining centralized information assets. A. Off-line repository B. Floppy disk C. Data warehouse D. CD-ROM burner E. Colocation
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Which of the following calculations is used when selecting countermeasures? A. Annualized Rate of Occurrence B. Single Loss Expectancy C. Annualized Loss Expectancy D. Business Impact Analysis E. Business Continuity Plan
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traffic, known as attack signatures. A. Pattern matching B. Statistical anomaly C. Behavioral analysis D. Host E. Network
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Why should the number of services on a server be limited to required services? A. Every open service represents a potential vulnerability. B. Closed systems require special connectivity services. C. Running extra services makes machines more efficient. D. All services are inherently stable and secure.
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Which of these metrics measure how a biometric device performs, when attempting to authenticate subjects? (Choose THREE.) A. False Rejection Rate B. User Acceptance Rate C. Crossover Error Rate D. False Acceptance Rate E. Enrollment Failure Rate
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To comply with the secure design principle of fail-safe defaults, what must a system do if it receives an instruction it does not understand? The system should: A. send the instruction to a peer server, to see if the peer can execute. B. not attempt to execute the instruction. C. close the connection, and refuse all further traffic from the originator. D. not launch its debugging features, and attempt to resolve the instruction. E. search for a close match in the instruction set it understands.
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Which of the following is the MOST important consideration, when developing security- awareness training materials? A. Training material should be accessible and attractive. B. Delivery mechanisms should allow easy development of additional materials, to complement core material. C. Security-awareness training materials should never contradict an organizational security policy. D. Appropriate language should be used to facilitate localization, should training materials require translation. E. Written documentation should be archived, in case of disaster.
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_______ can mimic the symptoms of a denial-of-service attack, and the resulting loss in productivity can be no less devastating to an organization. A. ICMP traffic B. Peak traffic C. Fragmented packets D. Insufficient bandwidth E. Burst traffic
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_______ can mimic the symptoms of a denial-of-service attack, and the resulting loss in productivity can be no less devastating to an organization. A. ICMP traffic B. Peak traffic C. Fragmented packets D. Insufficient bandwidth E. Burst traffic
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Which of the following tests provides testing teams some information about hosts or networks? A. Partial-knowledge test B. Full-knowledge test C. Zero-knowledge test
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Which of the following statements about the maintenance and review of information security policies is NOT true? A. The review and maintenance of security policies should be tied to the performance evaluations of accountable individuals. B. Review requirements should be included in the security policies themselves. C. When business requirements change, security policies should be reviewed to confirm that policies reflect the new business requirements. D. Functional users and information custodians are ultimately responsible for the accuracy and relevance of information security policies. E. In the absence of changes to business requirements and processes, information-security policy reviews should be annual.
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Which of the following is a cost-effective solution for securely transmitting data between remote offices? A. Standard e-mail B. Fax machine C. Virtual private network D. Bonded courier E. Telephone
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One individual is selected from each department, to attend a security-awareness course. Each person returns to his department, delivering the course to the remainder of the department. After training is complete, each person acts as a peer coach. Which type of training is this? A. On-line training B. Formal classroom training C. Train-the-mentor training D. Alternating-facilitator training E. Self-paced training
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What is mandatory sign-on? An authentication method that: A. uses smart cards, hardware tokens, and biometrics to authenticate users; also known as three- factor authentication B. requires the use of one-time passwords, so users authenticate only once, with a given set of credentials C. requires users to re-authenticate at each server and access control D. stores user credentials locally, so that users need only authenticate the first time a local machine is used E. allows users to authenticate once, and then uses tokens or other credentials to manage subsequent authentication attempts
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Which of the following is MOST likely to cause management to view a security-needs proposal as invalid? A. Real-world examples B. Exaggeration C. Ranked threats D. Quantified risks E. Temperate manner
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Digital signatures are typically provided by a ____________________, where a third party verifies a key's authenticity. A. Network firewall B. Security administrator C. Domain controller D. Certificate Authority E. Hash function
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