WorksheetsCISSP Chapter#9
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Many PC operating systems provide functionality that enables them to support the simultaneous execution of multiple applications on single-processor systems. What term is used to describe this capability?
Multiprogramming
Multithreading
Multitasking
Multiprocessing
What is a security risk of an embedded system that is not commonly found in a standard PC?
Software flaws
Access to the Internet
Control of a mechanism in the physical world
Power loss
What type of memory chip allows the end user to write information to the memory only one time and then preserves that information indefinitely without the possibility of erasure?
ROM
PROM
EPROM
EEPROM
Which type of memory chip can be erased only when it is removed from the computer and exposed to a special type of ultraviolet light?
ROM
PROM
EPROM
EEPROM
What is the most effective means of reducing the risk of losing the data on a mobile device, such as a notebook computer?
Defining a strong logon password
Minimizing sensitive data stored on the mobile device
Using a cable lock
Encrypting the hard drive
In which of the following security modes can you be assured that all users have access permissions for all information processed by the system but will not necessarily need to know of all that information?
Dedicated
System high
Compartmented
Multilevel
The most commonly overlooked aspect of mobile phone eavesdropping is related to which of the following?
Storage device encryption
Screen locks
Overhearing conversations
Wireless networking
In what type of addressing scheme is the data actually supplied to the CPU as an argument to the instruction?
Direct addressing
Immediate addressing
Base+offset addressing
Indirect addressing
Which security principle mandates that only a minimum number of operating system processes should run in supervisory mode?
Abstraction
Layering
Data hiding
Least privilege
Which security principle takes the concept of process isolation and implements it using physical controls?
Hardware segmentation
Data hiding
Layering
Abstraction
How many terms are used to describe the various computer mechanisms that allow multiple simultaneous activities? (Number)
(a)
