CPP CERTIFICATION EXAMPREP REVIEW
SHEET TESTED QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE
ANSWERS
●● What are indirect costs of security
Answer: Harm to reputation, Lost of Goodwill, Loss of employees, harm
to employee morale
●● What members should comprise a vulnerability assessment team
Answer: Security Specialist (leader, Security systems engineer, response
expert, data expert, operations representative, subject matter (locksmith
etc)
●● What is the goal of a vulnerability assessment
Answer: To Identify PPS components in the functional areas of
detection, delay, and response and to gather data to estimate their
performance against particular threats
●● What are the 3 primary functions of a PPS
Answer: Detection, Delay, response
●● What are the 2 key measurements for the effectiveness of the
detection function of a physical protection system
,Answer: Probability of sensing adversary action, Time required for
reporting and assessing alarm
●● How is the response function of a PPS measured
Answer: By the time between receipt of a communication of adversary
action and interruption of the adversary action
●● What is the vulnerability assessment team's primary job as it pertains
to a PPS
Answer: To determine security system effectiveness
●● What are the 2 analytical approaches to a risk assessment
Answer: Compliance based, performance based
●● What is the formula for residual risk
Answer: R=TxAxV R=residual risk T=threat A =Asset V=vulnerability
●● A well engineered PPS exhibits which 3 characteristics
Answer: Protection in Depth, Min. consequence of component failure,
balanced protection
●● What are the three contributors to cost of replacement
, Answer: Purchase price or manufacturing cost, Freight and shipping
charges, Make-ready or preparation cost to install it or make it functional
●● What is the formula for lost income cost
Answer: I=i/365xPxt I=income earned , i=annual percent rate of return,
P=principal amount (in dollars) available for investment.
●● What is the cost of loss formula
Answer: K=z(Cp+Ct+Cr+Ci)I-a K=total loss of cost, Cp=Cost of
permanent replacement, Ct= cost of temporary substitute, Cr=total
related costs, Ci=Lost income cost, I=available insurance
●● What are the elements of a systems approach to developing a PPS
Answer: Assessment of vulnerability, Implementation of
countermeasures, Evaluation of effectiveness
●● What three questions does a risk assessment attempt to answer
Answer: What can go wrong? What is the likelihood it would go wrong?
What are the consequences?
●● What 4 questions does risk management attempt to answer
Answer: What can be done? What options are available? What are the
associated trade offs in terms of costs, benefits, and risks?
SHEET TESTED QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE
ANSWERS
●● What are indirect costs of security
Answer: Harm to reputation, Lost of Goodwill, Loss of employees, harm
to employee morale
●● What members should comprise a vulnerability assessment team
Answer: Security Specialist (leader, Security systems engineer, response
expert, data expert, operations representative, subject matter (locksmith
etc)
●● What is the goal of a vulnerability assessment
Answer: To Identify PPS components in the functional areas of
detection, delay, and response and to gather data to estimate their
performance against particular threats
●● What are the 3 primary functions of a PPS
Answer: Detection, Delay, response
●● What are the 2 key measurements for the effectiveness of the
detection function of a physical protection system
,Answer: Probability of sensing adversary action, Time required for
reporting and assessing alarm
●● How is the response function of a PPS measured
Answer: By the time between receipt of a communication of adversary
action and interruption of the adversary action
●● What is the vulnerability assessment team's primary job as it pertains
to a PPS
Answer: To determine security system effectiveness
●● What are the 2 analytical approaches to a risk assessment
Answer: Compliance based, performance based
●● What is the formula for residual risk
Answer: R=TxAxV R=residual risk T=threat A =Asset V=vulnerability
●● A well engineered PPS exhibits which 3 characteristics
Answer: Protection in Depth, Min. consequence of component failure,
balanced protection
●● What are the three contributors to cost of replacement
, Answer: Purchase price or manufacturing cost, Freight and shipping
charges, Make-ready or preparation cost to install it or make it functional
●● What is the formula for lost income cost
Answer: I=i/365xPxt I=income earned , i=annual percent rate of return,
P=principal amount (in dollars) available for investment.
●● What is the cost of loss formula
Answer: K=z(Cp+Ct+Cr+Ci)I-a K=total loss of cost, Cp=Cost of
permanent replacement, Ct= cost of temporary substitute, Cr=total
related costs, Ci=Lost income cost, I=available insurance
●● What are the elements of a systems approach to developing a PPS
Answer: Assessment of vulnerability, Implementation of
countermeasures, Evaluation of effectiveness
●● What three questions does a risk assessment attempt to answer
Answer: What can go wrong? What is the likelihood it would go wrong?
What are the consequences?
●● What 4 questions does risk management attempt to answer
Answer: What can be done? What options are available? What are the
associated trade offs in terms of costs, benefits, and risks?
