Deck 7: Physical and Environmental Security

Question 1

Which of the following does not destroy the data on a hard drive?

A) Disk wiping
B) Data destruction
C) Formatting
D) Degaussing

Answer 1

Formatting

Question 2

Which of the following can permanently remove data from a drive?

A) Deleting and formatting
B) Deleting and disk wiping
C) Formatting and degaussing
D) Disk wiping and degaussing

Answer 2

Disk wiping and degaussing

Question 3

Which of the following statements best describes hidden files?

A) Temporary storage of web documents, such as HTML pages and downloads
B) Files that the operating system by design does not display
C) A temporary holding area for files being created
D) Files that authorized users can view and access

Answer 3

Files that the operating system by design does not display

Question 4

Which of the following statements about formatting is not true?

A) System recovery software can be used to restore data from a formatted disk.
B) Formatting permanently deletes the files on a disk.
C) Formatting erases the operating system address tables.
D) All of the above

Question 5

Which of the following statements best describes metadata?

A) Information about websites visited
B) Files that the operating system by design does not display
C) Details about a file that describes or identifies it
D) Temporary storage area for web documents

Question 6

Which of the following statements best describes a cookie?

A) File with information about websites visited
B) File that the operating system by design does not display
C) Details about a file that describe or identify it
D) Temporary storage area for web documents

Question 7

Which of the following is a temporary storage for web documents such as HTML pages and downloads?

A) Data cache
B) Metadata
C) Web cache
D) Cookies

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of a browser-based data?

A) Cookies
B) Form history
C) Search bar history
D) All of the above

Question 9

Layered defense for securing facilities is both physical and __________.

A) alarmed
B) psychological
C) monitored
D) structural

Question 10

Class C fire extinguishers are best suited for which of the following fires?

A) Computer equipment fires
B) Fires in document storage areas
C) Fires with liquids and gases
D) Fires involving metals

Question 11

Class A fire extinguishers are best suited for which of the following fires?

A) Computer equipment fires
B) Fires in document storage areas
C) Fires with liquids and gases
D) Fires involving metals

Question 12

The design of a secure site starts with the __________ of the site.

A) scope
B) dimensions
C) storage needs
D) location

Question 13

Which of the following is the first line of defense for fires?

A) Fire detection controls
B) Fire prevention controls
C) Fire containment controls
D) Fire suppression controls

Question 14

Which of the following is an example of a fire prevention control?

A) Fire containment equipment
B) Fire extinguishers
C) Fire suppressors
D) Adhering to building and construction codes

Question 15

Fences used in perimeter security should be at least how many feet in height?

A) 6
B) 7
C) 8
D) 9

Question 16

Which of the following refers to a prolonged increase in voltage (minutes or hours)?

A) Power surge
B) Power spike
C) Sag
D) Fault

Question 17

Which of the following refers to a prolonged period of power loss (hours or days)?

A) Fault
B) Brownout
C) Sag
D) Blackout

Question 18

Which of the following is defined by NIST as "the result of actions taken to ensure that media cannot be reused as originally intended and that information is virtually impossible to recover or prohibitively expensive."

A) Data destruction
B) Degaussing
C) Disk wiping
D) Chain of custody

Question 19

Which of the following refers to a technique that uses the encryption of target data by enabling sanitization of the target data's encryption key?

A) Degaussing
B) Shoulder surfing
C) Cryptographic erase
D) Layered defense