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CISSP Chapter 1 Exam Questions AndAccurate Answers
Which of the following contains the primary goals and objectives of security?
A. A network's border perimeter
B. The CIA Triad
C. A stand-alone system
D. The Internet - Answer B. The primary goals and objectives of security are
confidentiality, integrity, availability commonly referred to as the CIA Triad .
Which of the following is vulnerabilities and risks assessed based on their threats
against?
A. One or more of the CIA Triad principles
B. Information utility
C. Due care
D. Liability limitation - A. The CIA Triad risks and vulnerabilities are evaluated based
upon the threats they pose against one or more principles of the CIA Triad.
Which of the following is a principle of the CIA Triad that refers to subjects being given
the timely and uninterrupted access to objects, if this is their authorization?
A. Identification
B. Availability
C. Encryption
D. Layering - Answer B. Availability refers to authorized subjects' ability to have timely
, and uninterrupted access to objects.
Which of the following is NOT a type of confidentiality violation?
A. Password theft
B. Eavesdropping
C. Hardware destruction
D. Social engineering - Answer C. Hardware destruction is considered an attack on
availability, and possibly integrity. Confirma- tions of traffic in a network, password file
theft, social engineering, port scanning, shoulder surfing, eavesdropping, and sniffing
are examples of violations in confidentiality.
Which of the following statements is not true?
A. Human errors are a type of violation of confidentiality.
B. Management oversight is a type of violation of confidentiality.
C. Violations of confidentiality are restricted to direct intentional attacks.
D. A poorly encrypted transmission can result in breaches of confidentiality. - Answer C.
Breaches in confidentiality do not have to be because of active intentional attacks. Most
cases of unauthorized information disclosure regarding sensitive or classified
information are actually caused by human error, omission, or incompetence.
STRIDE is generally related to application or operating system threat analysis. What is
NOT part of STRIDE?
A. Spoofing
B. Elevation of privilege
C. Repudiation
D. Disclosure - Answer D. Disclosure is not an element of STRIDE. The elements of
STRIDE are spoofing, tampering, repudiation, information disclosure, denial of service,
and elevation of privilege.
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