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QUESTION: Which phase of the software development life cycle follows system design?
A. System requirements
B. Development
C. Testing
D. Deployment - ANSWER-B
QUESTION: A system data owner needs to give access to a new employee, so the owner
formally requests that the system administrator create an account and permit the new
employee to use systems necessary to the job.
Which type of control does the system administrator use to grant these permissions?
A. Physical
B. Protocol
C. Access
D. Firewall - ANSWER-C
QUESTION: The chief information security officer (CISO) for an organization knows that the
organization's datacenter lacks the physical controls needed to adequately control access to
sensitive corporate systems. The CEO, CIO, and CFO feel that the current physical access is
within a tolerable risk level, and they agree not to pay for upgrades to the facility.
Which risk management strategy has the senior leadership decided to employ?
A. Deterrence
B. Assignment
C. Acceptance
D. Avoidance - ANSWER-C
QUESTION: Which question relates to the functional aspect of computer security?
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A. Does the system do the right things in the right way?
B. Does the security staff do the right job in the right way?
C. Does the system do the right things in the wrong way?
D. Does the security staff do the right job in the wrong way? - ANSWER-A
QUESTION: Which leg of the CIA triad is addressed when a business contracts with a cloud
vendor to backup its information?
A. Information
B. Availability
C. Integrity
D. Confidentiality - ANSWER-B
QUESTION: Which action is an example of a loss of information integrity based on the CIA triad?
A. A system administrator uses another administrator's password without request.
B. A security engineer accidentally scrambles information in a database.
C. A help desk employee verifies customers' identities before changing passwords.
D. A help desk employee refuses to share an employee's information with a partner. - ANSWERB
QUESTION: What is included in quantitative risk analysis?
A. Risk ranking
B. Risk mitigation
C. Risk transfer
D. Risk insurance - ANSWER-A
QUESTION: What is a fundamentally objective concept in determining risk?
A. Risk acceptance
B. Risk recovery
C. Resource availability
D. Resource costs - ANSWER-D
Which two passwords are the weakest?
A. Pa$$w0Rd%^78
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B. Love@$MySon80
C. C@1Il@VEm1
D. Password1234 - ANSWER-BD
QUESTION: Which two secure methods should be used to keep track of passwords?
A. Encrypt text files of them on the user's workstation
B. Store them on a sticky note in a convenient spot
C. Share them with a trusted manager or coworker
D. Organization-approved password storage software - ANSWER-AD
QUESTION: Which groups typically report to the chief security officer (CSO)?
A. Security engineering and operations
B. Physical and software security
C. Audit and incident response
D. Facilities and information technology functions - ANSWER-A
QUESTION: A company is considering which controls to buy to protect an asset.
What should the price of the controls be in relation to the cost of the asset?
A. Less than the annual loss expectancy
B. More than the annual loss expectancy
C. Equal to the cost of the asset
D. More than the cost of the asset - ANSWER-A
QUESTION: How many keys are used in asymmetric encryption?
A. No keys are used to encrypt and decrypt a message.
B. One key is used to encrypt and decrypt a message.
C. Two keys are used to encrypt and decrypt a message.
D. Three keys are used to encrypt and decrypt a message. - ANSWER-C
QUESTION: Which protocol is a variant of a standard web transfer protocol that adds a layer of
security on the data in transit using a secure socket layer?
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A. HTTPS
B. HTTP
C. FTP
D. SFTP - ANSWER-A
QUESTION: Which description characterizes symmetric cryptography?
A. The same key is used to lock and unlock the cipher.
B. Two separate but unrelated keys are used to unlock the cipher.
C. Two separate and related keys are used to unlock the cipher.
D. Keys are unnecessary when using symmetric cryptography to unlock a cipher. - ANSWER-A
QUESTION: An employee uses a secure hashing algorithm for message integrity. The employee
sends a plain text message with the embedded hash to a colleague. A rogue device receives and
retransmits the message to its destination. Once received and checked by the intended
recipient, the hashes do not match.
Which STRIDE concept has been violated?
A. Tampering
B. Repudiation
C. Elevation of privilege
D. Denial-of-service - ANSWER-A
QUESTION: An attacker accesses private emails between the company's CISO and board
members. The attacker then publishes the emails online.
Which type of an attack is this, according to the STRIDE model?
A. Repudiation
B. Information disclosure
C. Elevation of privilege
D. Tampering - ANSWER-B
QUESTION: A security guard at the front desk of a building checks every employee's name
badge with their photo before they are allowed in the building.
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QUESTION: Which phase of the software development life cycle follows system design?
A. System requirements
B. Development
C. Testing
D. Deployment - ANSWER-B
QUESTION: A system data owner needs to give access to a new employee, so the owner
formally requests that the system administrator create an account and permit the new
employee to use systems necessary to the job.
Which type of control does the system administrator use to grant these permissions?
A. Physical
B. Protocol
C. Access
D. Firewall - ANSWER-C
QUESTION: The chief information security officer (CISO) for an organization knows that the
organization's datacenter lacks the physical controls needed to adequately control access to
sensitive corporate systems. The CEO, CIO, and CFO feel that the current physical access is
within a tolerable risk level, and they agree not to pay for upgrades to the facility.
Which risk management strategy has the senior leadership decided to employ?
A. Deterrence
B. Assignment
C. Acceptance
D. Avoidance - ANSWER-C
QUESTION: Which question relates to the functional aspect of computer security?
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A. Does the system do the right things in the right way?
B. Does the security staff do the right job in the right way?
C. Does the system do the right things in the wrong way?
D. Does the security staff do the right job in the wrong way? - ANSWER-A
QUESTION: Which leg of the CIA triad is addressed when a business contracts with a cloud
vendor to backup its information?
A. Information
B. Availability
C. Integrity
D. Confidentiality - ANSWER-B
QUESTION: Which action is an example of a loss of information integrity based on the CIA triad?
A. A system administrator uses another administrator's password without request.
B. A security engineer accidentally scrambles information in a database.
C. A help desk employee verifies customers' identities before changing passwords.
D. A help desk employee refuses to share an employee's information with a partner. - ANSWERB
QUESTION: What is included in quantitative risk analysis?
A. Risk ranking
B. Risk mitigation
C. Risk transfer
D. Risk insurance - ANSWER-A
QUESTION: What is a fundamentally objective concept in determining risk?
A. Risk acceptance
B. Risk recovery
C. Resource availability
D. Resource costs - ANSWER-D
Which two passwords are the weakest?
A. Pa$$w0Rd%^78
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B. Love@$MySon80
C. C@1Il@VEm1
D. Password1234 - ANSWER-BD
QUESTION: Which two secure methods should be used to keep track of passwords?
A. Encrypt text files of them on the user's workstation
B. Store them on a sticky note in a convenient spot
C. Share them with a trusted manager or coworker
D. Organization-approved password storage software - ANSWER-AD
QUESTION: Which groups typically report to the chief security officer (CSO)?
A. Security engineering and operations
B. Physical and software security
C. Audit and incident response
D. Facilities and information technology functions - ANSWER-A
QUESTION: A company is considering which controls to buy to protect an asset.
What should the price of the controls be in relation to the cost of the asset?
A. Less than the annual loss expectancy
B. More than the annual loss expectancy
C. Equal to the cost of the asset
D. More than the cost of the asset - ANSWER-A
QUESTION: How many keys are used in asymmetric encryption?
A. No keys are used to encrypt and decrypt a message.
B. One key is used to encrypt and decrypt a message.
C. Two keys are used to encrypt and decrypt a message.
D. Three keys are used to encrypt and decrypt a message. - ANSWER-C
QUESTION: Which protocol is a variant of a standard web transfer protocol that adds a layer of
security on the data in transit using a secure socket layer?
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A. HTTPS
B. HTTP
C. FTP
D. SFTP - ANSWER-A
QUESTION: Which description characterizes symmetric cryptography?
A. The same key is used to lock and unlock the cipher.
B. Two separate but unrelated keys are used to unlock the cipher.
C. Two separate and related keys are used to unlock the cipher.
D. Keys are unnecessary when using symmetric cryptography to unlock a cipher. - ANSWER-A
QUESTION: An employee uses a secure hashing algorithm for message integrity. The employee
sends a plain text message with the embedded hash to a colleague. A rogue device receives and
retransmits the message to its destination. Once received and checked by the intended
recipient, the hashes do not match.
Which STRIDE concept has been violated?
A. Tampering
B. Repudiation
C. Elevation of privilege
D. Denial-of-service - ANSWER-A
QUESTION: An attacker accesses private emails between the company's CISO and board
members. The attacker then publishes the emails online.
Which type of an attack is this, according to the STRIDE model?
A. Repudiation
B. Information disclosure
C. Elevation of privilege
D. Tampering - ANSWER-B
QUESTION: A security guard at the front desk of a building checks every employee's name
badge with their photo before they are allowed in the building.
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