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CISSP Cram Test Questions_ Domain 5 - Security Operations.
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CISSP Cram Test Questions: Domain 5 -Security Operations
Which of the following answer specifies the correct sequence of levels within the
Capability Maturity Model
(CMM)? - ANS-Initial, Managed, Defined, Quantitatively managed, optimized
Configuration Management controls what? - ANS-Auditing and controlling any changes
to the Trusted Computing Base.
If an operating system permits shared resources such as memory to be used
sequentially by multiple users/
application or subjects without a refresh of the objects/memory area, what security
problem is MOST likely to
exist? - ANS-Disclosure of residual data.
Operations Security seeks to primarily protect against which of the following? -
ANS-asset threats
Which of the following components are considered part of the Trusted Computing Base?
- ANS-trusted hardware, software and firmware
Which of the following is NOT an example of an operational control? - ANS-Auditing
Degaussing is used to clear data from all of the following medias except: -
ANS-Read-Only Media
It is a violation of the "separation of duties" principle when which of the following
individuals access the
software on systems implementing security? - ANS-systems programmer
When backing up an applications system's data, which of the following is a key question
to be answered first? - ANS-What records to backup
The number of violations that will be accepted or forgiven before a violation record is
produced is called which
of the following? - ANS-clipping level
,Which of the following is the most reliable, secure means of removing data from
magnetic storage media such
as a magnetic tape, or a cassette? - ANS-Degaussing
Which of the following is true related to network sniffing? - ANS-Sniffers allow an
attacker to monitor data passing across a network.
Which of the following is NOT a technique used to perform a penetration test? -
ANS-traffic padding
Which of the following is NOT a media viability control used to protect the viability of
data storage media? - ANS-clearing
Which of the following are the two commonly defined types of covert channels: -
ANS-Storage and Timing
Which of the following refers to the data left on the media after the media has been
erased? - ANS-remanence
Which of the following ensures that security is not breached when a system crash or
other system failure
occurs? - ANS-trusted recovery
Which of the following ensures that a TCB is designed, developed, and maintained with
formally controlled
standards that enforces protection at each stage in the system's life cycle? - ANS-life
cycle assurance
Which of the following is the lowest TCSEC class wherein the systems must support
separate operator and
system administrator roles? - ANS-B2
Which of the following are NOT a countermeasure to traffic analysis? -
ANS-Eavesdropping
Which of the following are the three classifications of RAID identified by the RAID
Advisory Board? - ANS-Failure Resistant Disk Systems (FRDSs), Failure Tolerant Disk
Systems, and Disaster Tolerant Disk
Systems.
, RAID Level 1 is commonly called which of the following? - ANS-mirroring
Which of the following is often implemented by a one-for-one disk to disk ratio? -
ANS-RAID Level 1
The main issue with Level 1 of RAID is which of the following? - ANS-It is very
expensive.
Which of the following effectively doubles the amount of hard drives needed but also
provides redundancy? - ANS-RAID Level 1
Which of the following is used to create parity information? - ANS-a hamming code
The only difference between RAID 3 and RAID 4 is that level 3 is implemented at the
byte level while level 4 is
usually implemented at which of the following? - ANS-block level.
The spare drives that replace the failed drives are usually hot swappable, meaning they
can be replaced on the
server in which of the following scenarios? - ANS-system is up and running
RAID level 10 is created by combining which of the following? - ANS-level 0 (striping)
with level 1 (mirroring).
A hardware RAID implementation is usually: - ANS-platform-independent.
RAID levels 3 and 5 run: - ANS-faster on hardware.
When RAID runs as part of the operating system on the file server, it is an example of a:
- ANS-software implementation.
A server cluster looks like a: - ANS-single server from the user's point of view.
Which of the following backup methods makes a complete backup of every file on the
server every time it is
run? - ANS-full backup method.
Which backup method usually resets the archive bit on the files after they have been
backed up? - ANS-Incremental backup method.
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