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Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Certification Exam

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ISC2 CISSP Free Practice Questions

Q1. An internal Service Level Agreement (SLA) covering security is signed by senior managers and is in place. When should compliance to the SLA be reviewed to ensure that a good security posture is being delivered? 

A. As part of the SLA renewal process 

B. Prior to a planned security audit 

C. Immediately after a security breach 

D. At regularly scheduled meetings 

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Q2. Refer.to the information below to answer the question. 

A new employee is given a laptop computer with full administrator access. This employee does not have a personal computer at home and has a child that uses the computer to send and receive e-mail, search the web, and use instant messaging. The organization’s Information Technology (IT) department discovers that a peer-to-peer program has been installed on the computer using the employee's access. 

Which of the following documents explains the proper use of the organization's assets? 

A. Human resources policy 

B. Acceptable use policy 

C. Code of ethics 

D. Access control policy 

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Q3. Which of the following is a BEST practice when traveling internationally with laptops containing Personally Identifiable Information (PII)? 

A. Use a thumb drive to transfer information from a foreign computer. 

B. Do not take.unnecessary.information, including sensitive information. 

C. Connect the laptop only to well-known networks like the hotel or public Internet cafes. 

D. Request international points of contact help scan the laptop on arrival to ensure it is protected..

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Q4. Which of the following is the PRIMARY benefit of a formalized information classification program? 

A. It drives audit processes. 

B. It supports risk assessment. 

C. It reduces asset vulnerabilities. 

D. It minimizes system logging requirements. 

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Q5. Which of the following violates identity and access management best practices? 

A. User accounts 

B. System accounts 

C. Generic accounts 

D. Privileged accounts 

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Q6. Which of the following is a function of Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)? 

A. File allocation 

B. Redundancy check 

C. Extended validation 

D. Policy enforcement 

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Q7. An organization is found lacking the ability to properly establish performance indicators for its Web hosting solution during an audit. What would be the MOST probable cause? 

A. Improper deployment of the Service-Oriented Architecture.(SOA) 

B. Absence of a Business Intelligence.(BI) solution 

C. Inadequate cost modeling 

D. Insufficient Service Level Agreement.(SLA).

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Q8. Which of the following is the BEST method to assess the effectiveness of an organization's vulnerability management program? 

A. Review automated patch deployment reports 

B. Periodic third party vulnerability assessment 

C. Automated vulnerability scanning 

D. Perform vulnerability scan by security team 

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Q9. DRAG DROP 

Match the objectives to the assessment questions in the governance domain of Software Assurance Maturity Model (SAMM). 

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Q10. Refer.to the information below to answer the question. 

During the investigation of a security incident, it is determined that an unauthorized individual accessed a system which hosts a database containing financial information. 

If the intrusion causes the system processes to hang, which of the following has been affected? 

A. System integrity 

B. System availability 

C. System confidentiality 

D. System auditability 

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Q11. The BEST way to check for good security programming practices, as well as auditing for possible backdoors, is to conduct 

A. log auditing. 

B. code reviews. 

C. impact assessments. 

D. static analysis. 

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Q12. DRAG DROP 

A software security engineer is developing a black box-based test plan that will measure the system's reaction to incorrect or illegal inputs or unexpected operational errors and situations. Match the functional testing techniques on the left with the correct input parameters on.the right. 

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Q13. Which of the following is a security limitation of File Transfer Protocol (FTP)? 

A. Passive FTP is not compatible with web browsers. 

B. Anonymous access is allowed. 

C. FTP uses Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) ports 20 and 21. 

D. Authentication is not encrypted. 

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Q14. Refer.to the information below to answer the question. 

An organization experiencing a negative financial impact is forced to reduce budgets and the number of Information Technology (IT) operations staff performing basic logical access security administration functions. Security processes have been tightly integrated into normal IT operations and are not separate and distinct roles. 

Which of the following will be the PRIMARY security concern as staff is released from the organization? 

A. Inadequate IT support 

B. Loss of data and separation of duties 

C. Undocumented security controls 

D. Additional.responsibilities for remaining staff 

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Q15. From a security perspective, which of the following is a best practice to configure a Domain Name Service (DNS) system? 

A. Configure secondary servers to use the primary server as a zone forwarder. 

B. Block all Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connections. 

C. Disable all recursive queries on the name servers. 

D. Limit zone transfers to authorized devices. 

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