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Disaster Recovery Management Week 5 Midterm Exam 2/8/14 11:38 AM 2/8/14 1:38 PM Completed 30 out of 50 points

Time Elapsed 2 hours, 0 minute out of 2 hours. Instructions The midterm consists of 50 questions. You will have up to 2 hours to complete it. Good Luck.

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Question 1 1 out of 1 points A(n) ____ is an object, person, or other entity that is a potential risk of loss to an asset. Answer Selected Answer: threat Correct Answer: threat Question 2 1 out of 1 points The term ____ refers to a broad category of electronic and human activities in which an unauthorized individual gains access to the information an organization is trying to protect. Answer Selected Answer: trespass

Correct Answer: trespass Question 3 1 out of 1 points ____ of risk is the choice to do nothing to protect an information asset and to accept the outcome of its potential exploitation. Answer Selected Answer: Acceptance Correct Answer: Acceptance Question 4 1 out of 1 points Information assets have ____ when they are not exposed (while being stored, processed, or transmitted) to corruption, damage, destruction, or other disruption of their authentic states. Answer Selected Answer: integrity Correct Answer: integrity Question 5 1 out of 1 points ____ is the risk control approach that attempts to reduce the impact caused by the exploitation of vulnerability through planning and preparation. Answer Selected Answer:

Mitigation Correct Answer: Mitigation Question 6 1 out of 1 points A(n) ____ is an investigation and assessment of the impact that various attacks can have on the organization. Answer Selected Answer: business impact analysis (BIA) Correct Answer: business impact analysis (BIA) Question 7 1 out of 1 points A(n) ____ is any clearly identified attack on the organizations information assets that would threaten the assets confidentiality, integrity, or availability. Answer Selected Answer: incident Correct Answer: incident Question 8 1 out of 1 points ____ is the process of examining, documenting, and assessing the security posture of an organizations information technology and the risks it faces. Answer

Selected Answer: Risk identification Correct Answer: Risk identification Question 9 1 out of 1 points A ____ attack seeks to deny legitimate users access to services by either tying up a servers available resources or causing it to shut down. Answer Selected Answer: DoS Correct Answer: DoS Question 10 1 out of 1 points An organization aggregates all local backups to a central repository and then backs up that repository to an online vendor, with a ____ backup strategy. Answer Selected Answer: disk-to-disk-to-cloud Correct Answer: disk-to-disk-to-cloud Question 11 0 out of 1 points A(n) ____ is often included in legal documents to ensure that a vendor is not liable for actions taken by a client.

Answer Selected Answer: nondisclosure agreement Correct Answer: statement of indemnification Question 12 0 out of 1 points A ____ is a synonym for a virtualization application. Answer Selected Answer: virtual machine Correct Answer: hypervisor Question 13 1 out of 1 points A ____ is an agency that provides physical facilities in the event of a disaster for a fee. Answer Selected Answer: service bureau Correct Answer: service bureau Question 14 1 out of 1 points A ____ is a contractual document guaranteeing certain minimal levels of service provided by a vendor.

Answer Selected Answer: service agreement Correct Answer: service agreement Question 15 0 out of 1 points A(n) ____ backup only archives the files that have been modified since the last backup. Answer Selected Answer: differential Correct Answer: incremental Question 16 0 out of 1 points Considered to be the traditional lock and copy approach to database backup, _____ require the database to be inaccessible while a backup is created to a local drive. Answer Selected Answer: continuous database protections Correct Answer: legacy backup applications Question 17 1 out of 1 points RAID 0 creates one logical volume across several available hard disk drives and stores the data

using ____, in which data segments are written in turn to each disk drive in the array. Answer Selected Answer: disk striping Correct Answer: disk striping Question 18 1 out of 1 points ____ uses a number of hard drives to store information across multiple drive units. Answer Selected Answer: RAID Correct Answer: RAID Question 19 1 out of 1 points The ____ job functions and organizational roles focus on costs of system creation and operation, ease of use for system users, timeliness of system creation, and transaction response time. Answer Selected Answer: information technology management and professionals Correct Answer: information technology management and professionals Question 20 0 out of 1 points

To a large extent, incident response capabilities are part of a normal IT budget. The only area in which additional budgeting is absolutely required for incident response is the maintenance of ____. Answer Selected Answer: audit documentation Correct Answer: redundant equipment Question 21 1 out of 1 points The ____ is used to collect information directly from the end users and business managers. Answer Selected Answer: facilitated data-gathering session Correct Answer: facilitated data-gathering session Question 22 1 out of 1 points What is a common approach used in the discipline of systems analysis and design to understand the ways systems operate and to chart process flows and interdependency studies? Answer Selected Answer: systems diagramming Correct Answer: systems diagramming Question 23 1 out of 1 points

The final component to the CPMT planning process is to deal with ____. Answer Selected Answer: budgeting for contingency operations Correct Answer: budgeting for contingency operations Question 24 0 out of 1 points Which of the following collects and provides reports on failed login attempts, probes, scans, denial-of-service attacks, and detected malware? Answer Selected Answer: scheduled reports Correct Answer: system logs Question 25 0 out of 1 points The ____ is the point in time by which systems and data must be recovered after an outage as determined by the business unit. Answer Selected Answer: recovery time objective Correct Answer: recovery point objective Question 26 1 out of 1 points

Within an organization, a(n) ____ is a group of individuals who are united by shared interests or values and who have a common goal of making the organization function to meet its objectives. Answer Selected Answer: community of interest Correct Answer: community of interest Question 27 1 out of 1 points One modeling technique drawn from systems analysis and design that can provide an excellent way to illustrate how a business functions is a(n) ____.: Answer Selected Answer: collaboration diagram Correct Answer: collaboration diagram Question 28 0 out of 1 points The training delivery method with the lowest cost to the organization is ____. Answer Selected Answer: on-the-job training Correct Answer: self-study (noncomputerized) Question 29 0 out of 1 points

Incident analysis resources include network diagrams and lists of ____, such as database servers. Answer Selected Answer: protocol analyzers Correct Answer: critical assets Question 30 1 out of 1 points One of the primary responsibilities of the IRP team is to ensure that the ____ is prepared to respond to each incident it may face. Answer Selected Answer: CSIRT Correct Answer: CSIRT Question 31 1 out of 1 points The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology recommends a set of tools for the CSIRT including incident reporting mechanisms with which users can report suspected incidents. At least one of these mechanisms should permit people to report incidents ____. Answer Selected Answer: anonymously Correct Answer: anonymously Question 32

0 out of 1 points A(n) ____ is a CSIRT team member, other than the team leader, who is currently performing the responsibilities of the team leader in scanning the organizations information infrastructure for signs of an incident. Answer Selected Answer: forensic expert Correct Answer: IR duty officer Question 33 1 out of 1 points Should an incident begin to escalate, the CSIRT team leader continues to add resources and skill sets as necessary to attempt to contain and terminate the incident. The resulting team is called the ____ for this particular incident. Answer Selected Answer: reaction force Correct Answer: reaction force Question 34 1 out of 1 points The responsibility for creating an organizations IR plan often falls to the ____. Answer Selected Answer: chief information security officer Correct Answer:

chief information security officer Question 35 1 out of 1 points A(n) ____ is a detailed examination of the events that occurred, from first detection of an incident to final recovery. Answer Selected Answer: after-action review Correct Answer: after-action review Question 36 0 out of 1 points A(n) ____ is any system resource that is placed onto a functional system but has no normal use for that system. If it attracts attention, it is from unauthorized access and will trigger a notification or response. Answer Selected Answer: honeynet Correct Answer: honeytoken Question 37 1 out of 1 points Using a process known as ____, network-based IDPSs look for attack patterns by comparing measured activity to known signatures in their knowledge base to determine whether or not an attack has occurred or may be under way. Answer Selected Answer:

signature matching Correct Answer: signature matching Question 38 1 out of 1 points ____ are closely monitored network decoys serving that can distract adversaries from more valuable machines on a network; can provide early warning about new attack and exploitation trends; and can allow in-depth examination of adversaries during and after exploitation. Answer Selected Answer: Honeypots Correct Answer: Honeypots Question 39 0 out of 1 points The use of IDPS sensors and analysis systems can be quite complex. One very common approach is to use an open source software program called ____ running on an open source UNIX or Linux system that can be managed and queried from a desktop computer using a client interface. Answer Selected Answer: Match Correct Answer: Snort Question 40 0 out of 1 points When the measured activity is outside the baseline parameters in a behavior-based IDPS, it is

said to exceed the ____ (the level at which the IDPS triggers an alert to notify the administrator). Answer Selected Answer: baseline level Correct Answer: clipping level Question 41 0 out of 1 points The ____ is a federal law that creates a general prohibition on the realtime monitoring of traffic data relating to communications. Answer Selected Answer: Electronic Communication Protection Act Correct Answer: Pen/Trap Statute Question 42 0 out of 1 points A(n) ____ , a type of IDPS that is similar to the NIDPS, reviews the log files generated by servers, network devices, and even other IDPSs. Answer Selected Answer: honeynet Correct Answer: log file monitor Question 43 0 out of 1 points

Those services performed in response to a request or a defined event such as a help desk alert are called ____. Answer Selected Answer: proactive services Correct Answer: reactive services Question 44 1 out of 1 points The first step in building a CSIRT is to ____. Answer Selected Answer: obtain management support and buy-in Correct Answer: obtain management support and buy-in Question 45 0 out of 1 points Giving the IR team the responsibility for ____ is generally not recommended. Answer Selected Answer: advisory distribution Correct Answer: patch management Question 46 1 out of 1 points

The ____ flow of information needed from the CSIRT to organizational and IT/InfoSec management is a critical communication requirement. Answer Selected Answer: upward Correct Answer: upward Question 47 0 out of 1 points When an organization completely outsources its IR work, typically to an on-site contractor, it is called a(n) ____ model. Answer Selected Answer: 24/7 Correct Answer: fully outsourced Question 48 0 out of 1 points The announcement of an operational CSIRT should minimally include ____. Answer Selected Answer: the IR policy statement Correct Answer: contact methods and numbers Question 49 1 out of 1 points

The CSIRT must have a clear and concise ____ statement that, in a few sentences, unambiguously articulates what it will do. Answer Selected Answer: mission Correct Answer: mission Question 50 0 out of 1 points In the absence of the assigned team manager, the ____ should assume authority for overseeing and evaluating a provided service. Answer Selected Answer: CSIRT leader Correct Answer: deputy team manager Saturday, February 8, 2014 1:39:15 PM EST OK