SSCP Practice Test

SSCP Practice Test practice questions, page 3 of 43, with answer review and explanations.

Question 11

Which of the following exemplifies proper separation of duties?

  1. Operators are not permitted modify the system time.
  2. Programmers are permitted to use the system console.
  3. Console operators are permitted to mount tapes and disks.
  4. Tape operators are permitted to use the system console.

Question 12

Which of the following is not a logical control when implementing logical access security?

  1. access profiles.
  2. userids.
  3. employee badges.
  4. passwords.

Question 13

Which one of the following authentication mechanisms creates a problem for mobile users?

  1. Mechanisms based on IP addresses
  2. Mechanism with reusable passwords
  3. one-time password mechanism.
  4. challenge response mechanism.

Question 14

Organizations should consider which of the following first before allowing external access to their LANs via the Internet?

  1. plan for implementing workstation locking mechanisms.
  2. plan for protecting the modem pool.
  3. plan for providing the user with his account usage information.
  4. plan for considering proper authentication options.

Question 15

Which of the following would assist the most in Host Based intrusion detection?

  1. audit trails.
  2. access control lists.
  3. security clearances.
  4. host-based authentication.