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Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Certification Exam

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ISC2 CISSP Free Practice Questions

Q1. Which of the following command line tools can be used in the reconnaisance phase of a network vulnerability assessment? 

A. dig 

B. ifconfig 

C. ipconfig 

D. nbtstat 

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Q2. Which of the following is a method used to prevent Structured Query Language (SQL) 

injection attacks? 

A. Data compression 

B. Data classification 

C. Data warehousing 

D. Data validation 

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Q3. What should be the INITIAL response to Intrusion Detection System/Intrusion Prevention System (IDS/IPS) alerts? 

A. Ensure that the Incident Response Plan is available and current. 

B. Determine the traffic's initial source and block the appropriate port. 

C. Disable or disconnect suspected target and source systems. 

D. Verify the threat and determine the scope of the attack. 

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Q4. Passive Infrared Sensors (PIR) used in a non-climate controlled environment should 

A. reduce the detected object temperature in relation to the background temperature. 

B. increase the detected object temperature in relation to the background temperature. 

C. automatically compensate for variance in background temperature. 

D. detect objects of a specific temperature independent of the background temperature. 

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Q5. For privacy protected data, which of the following roles has the highest authority for establishing dissemination rules for the data? 

A. Information Systems Security Officer 

B. Data Owner 

C. System Security Architect 

D. Security Requirements Analyst 

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Q6. Which of the following explains why record destruction requirements are included in a data retention policy? 

A. To comply with legal and business requirements 

B. To save cost for storage and backup 

C. To meet destruction.guidelines 

D. To validate data ownership 

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Q7. While investigating a malicious event, only six days of audit logs from the last month were available. What policy should be updated to address this problem? 

A. Retention 

B. Reporting 

C. Recovery 

D. Remediation 

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Q8. Following the completion of a network security assessment, which of the following can BEST be demonstrated? 

A. The effectiveness of controls can be accurately measured 

B. A penetration test of the network will fail 

C. The network is compliant to industry standards 

D. All unpatched vulnerabilities have been identified 

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Q9. Which one of the following transmission media is MOST effective in preventing data interception? 

A. Microwave 

B. Twisted-pair 

C. Fiber optic 

D. Coaxial cable 

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Q10. Multi-threaded applications are more at risk than single-threaded applications to 

A. race conditions. 

B. virus infection. 

C. packet sniffing. 

D. database injection. 

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Q11. In a basic SYN flood attack, what is the attacker attempting to achieve? 

A. Exceed the threshold limit of the connection queue for a given service 

B. Set the threshold to zero for a given service 

C. Cause the buffer to overflow, allowing root access 

D. Flush the register stack, allowing hijacking of the root account 

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Q12. In order for a security policy to be effective within an organization, it MUST include 

A. strong statements that clearly define the problem. 

B. a list of all standards that apply to the policy. 

C. owner information and date of last revision. 

D. disciplinary measures for non compliance. 

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Q13. Which of the following assures that rules are followed in an identity management architecture? 

A. Policy database 

B. Digital signature 

C. Policy decision point 

D. Policy enforcement point 

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Q14. During the risk assessment phase of the project the CISO discovered that a college within the University is collecting Protected Health Information (PHI) data via an application that was developed in-house. The college collecting this data is fully aware of the regulations for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and is fully compliant. 

What is the best approach for the CISO? 

During the risk assessment phase of the project the CISO discovered that a college within the University is collecting Protected Health Information (PHI) data via an application that was developed in-house. The college collecting this data is fully aware of the regulations for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and is fully compliant. 

What is the best approach for the CISO? 

A. Document the system as high risk 

B. Perform a vulnerability assessment 

C. Perform a quantitative threat assessment 

D. Notate the information and move on 

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Q15. Which of the following roles has the obligation to ensure that a third party provider is capable of processing and handling data in a secure manner and meeting the standards set by the organization? 

A. Data Custodian 

B. Data Owner 

C. Data Creator 

D. Data User 

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