PSP

PSP practice questions, page 2 of 11, with answer review and explanations.

Question 6

A type of outdoor lamp that passes electricity through a gas enclosed in a glass tube to produce 40 to 80 lumens per watt of light is known as a/an:

  1. incandescent lamp.
  2. metal-halide lamp.
  3. halogen lamp.
  4. fluorescent lamp.

Question 7

Which of the following sensors detects heat over different background levels?

  1. Visible
  2. Passive infrared
  3. Electric field
  4. Microwave

Question 8

Which of the following advantages do contactless smart cards offer?

  1. Smart card readers require no external power.
  2. They are more cost-effective than other technologies.
  3. They have a longer read range than proximity cards.
  4. Encryption presents an obstacle to compromising the code.

Question 9

Obtaining insurance to mitigate the consequences of a potential loss is an example of risk:

  1. elimination.
  2. assumption.
  3. transference.
  4. avoidance.

Question 10

The hazards that security seeks to protect against are commonly divided into which of the following categories of threat?

  1. Human and systemic
  2. Man-made and natural
  3. Internal and external
  4. Direct and indirect