PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
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1) What does spof mean? - answer single point of failure - a component
in a system whose failure can cause the entire system to stop working.
2) what is risk appetite? - answer the amount of risk a company is
willing to accept
3) what is residual risk? - answer risk leftover after applying initial
contermeasures
4) what is homomorphic encryption? - answer allows data to remain
encrypted while it is being processed.
5) what is the data processor? - answer anyone who processes personal
information on behalf of a data controller - storing, printing, etc
6) what is label-based discovery? - answer labels created by the data
owner greatly aid any discovery
,7) what is metadata-based discovery? - answer data about data, metadata
is a listing of traits and characteristics about specific data elements and
sets.
8) what is information rights management (irm)? - answer controlling
how data is used, restricting data access to unauthorized persons
(prevents copy and paste, control screenshots, manage printing, restrict
editing).
9) what is dmca? - answer created to provide additional protections to
creative works in digital formats.
10) what is file-based storage? - answer data stored and displayed
just as with a file structure in the traditional environment, as files and
folders.
11) what is block storage? - answer where data is split into fixed-
size chunks (blocks) and each block is stored separately, with a unique
address.
12) where is block storage typically seen and why? - answer
databases, for fast low-latency access
13) what is transparent encryption? - answer encryption that
happens automatically, without user intervention, during read/write
operations.
(database encryption key is stored in the database itself)
14) what is randomization? - answer replacement of data with
random characters.
,15) what is shuffling? - answer using different entries from within
the same data set to represent the data.
16) what is portability? - answer the general level of ease or
difficulty when transferring data out of a providers data center
17) what is vendor lock in? - answer when a provider uses
proprietary data format or medium to store information and the customer
may not be able to move their data to another provider
18) what is vendor lock out? - answer when the cloud provider goes
out of business, is acquired by another company, or ceases operation for
any reason. The concern is whether the customer can still readily access
and recover their data
19) what is another term for whole disk encryption? - answer
whole-instance encryption
20) what is volume encryption? - answer only encrypts a partition
on a hard drive instead of the whole disk
21) what is the the american institute of certified public accountants
(aicpa)? - answer sets accounting and auditing standards, created the
soc framework
22) what is the nist sp 800-37? - answer the guide for implementing
the risk management framework (rmf).
23) what is the csa star program? - answer it integrates best
practices, standards, and auditing processes to assess and validate the
security practices of csps.
, 24) what is anonymization? - answer the process of removing or
altering personal information from data so that the person it refers to can't
be identified—directly or indirectly.
25) what is ephemeral cloud storage? - answer temporary storage
provided to a cloud instance, short lived, usually not backed up
26) which cloud computing characteristic allows customers to manage
their utilization by only paying for the resources used? - answer
metered service
27) what is on-demand self-service? - answer users can increase
storage and processing power as needed without csp interaction
28) which cloud consideration refers to the ability of the infrastructure
to withstand disruptive events? - answer resiliency
29) what is a network security group? - answer a virtual firewall
used in cloud environments to control inbound and outbound traffic
30) what is federal risk and authorization management program
(fedramp)? - answer to make sure cloud services used by the u.s.
government are secure, reliable, and compliant with federal standards.
31) which design pillar represents the ability of a workload to execute
its intended function accurately and consistently when it is expected to? -
answer reliability
32) what is interoperability? - answer interoperability in cloud
computing means the ability of different cloud systems, services, or