CISSP Domain 7 Questions
and Complete Solutions
Graded A+
Asset - Answer: Any resource, product, process, system, or digital or physical entity that has value to an
organization and must be protected.
Acoustical systems - Answer: Detection systems that use strategically placed microphones to detect any
sound made during a forced entry.
Best evidence rule - Answer: A rule which states that when evidence, such as a document or recording,
is presented, only the original will be accepted unless a legitimate reason exists for not using the
original.
Blacklisting - Answer: Configuring unacceptable email addresses, Internet addresses, websites,
applications, or some other identifiers as bad senders or as denied.
Bollards - Answer: Short vertical posts placed at entrances to buildings and lining sidewalks that help
provide protection from vehicles that might either intentionally or unintentionally crash into or enter
the building or injure pedestrians.
Chain of custody - Answer: A list that shows who controlled evidence, who secured the evidence, and
who obtained the evidence.
Circumstantial evidence - Answer: Evidence that provides inference of information from other
intermediate relevant facts.
Civil investigation - Answer: An investigation that occurs when one organization or party suspects
another organization of civil wrongdoing.
Class 1 gate - Answer: A gate suitable for residential use.
, Class 2 gate - Answer: A gate suitable for commercial usage.
Class 3 gate - Answer: A gate suitable for industrial usage.
Class 4 gate - Answer: A gate that is used for a restricted area.
Clipping levels - Answer: Set a baseline for normal user errors, and violations exceeding that threshold
will be recorded for analysis of why the violations occurred.
Closed-circuit television (CCTV) system - Answer: A system that uses sets of cameras that can either be
monitored in real time or record days of activity that can be viewed as needed at a later time.
Cold site - Answer: A leased facility that contains only electrical and communications wiring, air
conditioning, plumbing, and raised flooring.
Conclusive evidence - Answer: Evidence that requires no other corroboration.
Content analysis - Answer: Analysis of the contents of a drive or software. Drive content analysis gives a
report detailing the types of data by percentage. Software content analysis determines the purpose of
the software.
Copy backup - Answer: A backup that backs up all the files, much like to a full backup, but does not reset
the file's archive bit.
Corroborative evidence - Answer: Evidence that supports another piece of evidence.
Crime scene - Answer: The environment in which potential evidence exists.
Criminal investigation - Answer: An investigation that is carried out because a federal, state, or local law
has been violated.
and Complete Solutions
Graded A+
Asset - Answer: Any resource, product, process, system, or digital or physical entity that has value to an
organization and must be protected.
Acoustical systems - Answer: Detection systems that use strategically placed microphones to detect any
sound made during a forced entry.
Best evidence rule - Answer: A rule which states that when evidence, such as a document or recording,
is presented, only the original will be accepted unless a legitimate reason exists for not using the
original.
Blacklisting - Answer: Configuring unacceptable email addresses, Internet addresses, websites,
applications, or some other identifiers as bad senders or as denied.
Bollards - Answer: Short vertical posts placed at entrances to buildings and lining sidewalks that help
provide protection from vehicles that might either intentionally or unintentionally crash into or enter
the building or injure pedestrians.
Chain of custody - Answer: A list that shows who controlled evidence, who secured the evidence, and
who obtained the evidence.
Circumstantial evidence - Answer: Evidence that provides inference of information from other
intermediate relevant facts.
Civil investigation - Answer: An investigation that occurs when one organization or party suspects
another organization of civil wrongdoing.
Class 1 gate - Answer: A gate suitable for residential use.
, Class 2 gate - Answer: A gate suitable for commercial usage.
Class 3 gate - Answer: A gate suitable for industrial usage.
Class 4 gate - Answer: A gate that is used for a restricted area.
Clipping levels - Answer: Set a baseline for normal user errors, and violations exceeding that threshold
will be recorded for analysis of why the violations occurred.
Closed-circuit television (CCTV) system - Answer: A system that uses sets of cameras that can either be
monitored in real time or record days of activity that can be viewed as needed at a later time.
Cold site - Answer: A leased facility that contains only electrical and communications wiring, air
conditioning, plumbing, and raised flooring.
Conclusive evidence - Answer: Evidence that requires no other corroboration.
Content analysis - Answer: Analysis of the contents of a drive or software. Drive content analysis gives a
report detailing the types of data by percentage. Software content analysis determines the purpose of
the software.
Copy backup - Answer: A backup that backs up all the files, much like to a full backup, but does not reset
the file's archive bit.
Corroborative evidence - Answer: Evidence that supports another piece of evidence.
Crime scene - Answer: The environment in which potential evidence exists.
Criminal investigation - Answer: An investigation that is carried out because a federal, state, or local law
has been violated.
