CISSP-ISSAP: Information Systems Security Architecture Professional — Free Practice Questions
10 free sample questions from a bank of 108, with the correct answers and explanations. No signup required — start practising right now.
1Which of the following elements of planning gap measures the gap between the total potential for the market and the actual current usage by all the consumers in
the market?
Project gap
Product gap
Competitive gap
Usage gap
Answer: D
2Which of the following terms refers to the method that allows or restricts specific types of packets from crossing over the firewall?
Hacking
Packet filtering
Web caching
Spoofing
Answer: B
3You work as a Network Administrator for NetTech Inc. The company wants to encrypt its e-mails. Which of the following will you use to accomplish this?
PGP
PPTP
IPSec
NTFS
Answer: A
4Peter works as a Network Administrator for Net World Inc. The company wants to allow remote users to connect and access its private network through a dial-up
connection via the Internet. All the data will be sent across a public network. For security reasons, the management wants the data sent through the Internet to be
encrypted. The company plans to use a Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) connection. Which communication protocol will Peter use to accomplish the task?
IP Security (IPSec)
Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption (MPPE)
Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
Data Encryption Standard (DES)
Answer: A
5Which of the following protocols multicasts messages and information among all member devices in an IP multicast group?
ARP
ICMP
TCP
IGMP
Answer: D
6Which of the following security devices is presented to indicate some feat of service, a special accomplishment, a symbol of authority granted by taking an oath, a
sign of legitimate employment or student status, or as a simple means of identification?
Sensor
Alarm
Motion detector
Badge
Answer: D
7Which of the following is a method for transforming a message into a masked form, together with a way of undoing the transformation to recover the message?
Cipher
CrypTool
Steganography
MIME
Answer: A
8Mark works as a Network Administrator for NetTech Inc. He wants users to access only those resources that are required for them. Which of the following access
control models will he use?
Policy Access Control
Mandatory Access Control
Discretionary Access Control
Role-Based Access Control
Answer: D
9Which of the following is used to authenticate asymmetric keys?
Digital signature
MAC Address
Demilitarized zone (DMZ)
Password
Answer: A
10IPsec VPN provides a high degree of data privacy by establishing trust points between communicating devices and data encryption. Which of the following
encryption methods does IPsec VPN use? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose two.