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1. Continuously observing and evaluating the information system security controls during the system life cycle to determine whether changes have occurred that will negatively impact the system security" best describes which process in the certification and accreditation methodology? a. Continuous monitoring b. Continuous improvement c. Continuous management d. Continuous development - correct answer Continuous monitoring 2. Which one of the following activities is not a component of the ...

In FIPS 199, a loss of Confidentiality is defined as - correct answer The unauthorized disclosure of information In FIPS 199, a loss of Integrity is defined as - correct answer The unauthorized modification or destruction of information In FIPS 199, a loss of Availability is defined as - correct answer The disruption of access to or use of information NIST Special Publication 800-53 r4 - correct answer FIPS 200 Mandated - A catalog of security controls. Defines three baselines (L, M, H)...

Document specific requirements that a customer has about any aspect of a vendor's service performance. A) DLR B) Contract C) SLR D) NDA - Answer C) SLR (Service-Level Requirements) _________ identifies and triages risks. - Answer Risk Assessment _________ are external forces that jeopardize security. - Answer Threats _________ are methods used by attackers. - Answer Threat Vectors _________ are the combination of a threat and a vulnerability. - Answer Risks We rank risks by...

Factors that limit population size - correct answer disease, war, famine, migration, high infant mortality, cultural factors (late marriage) etc. Carrying Capacity - correct answer number of organisms in a given species that can be supported indefinitely Malthus - correct answer Wrote "An Essay on the Principle of Population" 1798 -predicts population (exponential growth) will outgrow food supply (steady growth)--environmental degradation Demography - correct answer -The scie...

A spiral shape constituting one form of the secondary structure of proteins, arising from a specific hydrogen-bonding structure. - correct answer alpha helix One form of the secondary structure of proteins in which the polypeptide chain folds back and forth, or where two regions of the chain lie parallel to each other and are held together by hydrogen bonds. - correct answer beta sheet In a polypeptide chain, the first amino acid has an exposed _______ - correct answer amino group ...

A patient is exhibiting abdominal pain and is having issues associated with urine output. An ultrasound and MRI indicate a kidney is "floating" free in the abdomen (yet still attached to the ureter). What could the issue be due to? - correct answer Damaged fibrous connective tissue (it holds the kidneys in place near abdominal wall) What is the functional unit of a kidney? - correct answer nephron Where does blood filtration happen in the kidneys? - correct answer Glomerulus how...

Ecology - correct answer Study of organisms and how they interact with their organic and inorganic environment; strives to understand distribution and abundance of organisms. Examples of what ecology is and isn't - correct answer Is: -Succession -Climate Change -Darwin's Finches -Natural Selection -Thermodynamics -Optimal Foraging -Fitness Isn't: -"Tree hugging" Yes and No: -Saving the whales -Going green -Wildfire -Jurassic Period -DNA History of ecology - cor...

Factors that limit population size (disease, war, famine, etc.) - correct answer Population growth is checked by famine, disease, and cultural factors (e.g., late marriage). Regulate population through cultural taboos, abstinence and infanticide Carrying capacity - correct answer - the number of organisms of a given species that can be sustained indefinitely in a given area. - Physical carrying capacity = "packing density, limited only by space and resources" - Cultural carrying...

Genetic Diversity - correct answer measures variety of different versions of same genes within a species Species Diversity - correct answer measures number of different kinds of organisms within a community Ecological Diversity - correct answer measures richness and complexity of a community Fragmentation/Cloning - correct answer causes less genetic diversity within an ecosystem Species Richness - correct answer total number of species in a community Species Evenness - ...

What is a blank? - correct answer Has everything except what you are measuring It acts as a zero value and an accurate difference. What does Bradford reagent bind to? What colors does it change when bound or unbound? How can you visually tell the amount of proteins in a test tube? - correct answer It is usually brown in color, but when it binds to proteins it turns blue. The deeper/darker the blue color is, the more proteins there are. Why is R2 important? What is a good R2 value? ...