EMT Practice Test

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Question1: You are the owner of SpeeDelivery courier service. Because of your companys growth you have to think about information security. You know that you have to start creating a policy. Why is it so important to have an information security policy as a starting point?

Question2: Why do organizations have an information security policy?

Question3: A Dutch company requests to be listed on the American Stock Exchange. Which legislation within the scope of information security is relevant in this case?

Question4: What physical security measure is necessary to control access to company information?

Question5: What is an example of a non-human threat to the physical environment?

Question6: Susan sends an email to Paul. Who determines the meaning and the value of information in this email?

Question7: What is the best way to comply with legislation and regulations for personal data protection?

Question8: You are the owner of the courier company SpeeDelivery. You have carried out a risk analysis and now want to determine your risk strategy. You decide to take measures for the large risks but not for the small risks. What is this risk strategy called?

Question9: Three characteristics determine the reliability of information. Which characteristics are these?

Question10: What do employees need to know to report a security incident?

Question11: Your company is in the news as a result of an unfortunate action by one of your employees. The phones are ringing off the hook with customers wanting to cancel their contracts. What do we call this type of damage?

Question12: The Information Security Manager (ISM) at Smith Consultants Inc. introduces the following measures to assure information security:
- The security requirements for the network are specified.
- A test environment is set up for the purpose of testing reports coming from the database.
- The various employee functions are assigned corresponding access rights.
- RFID access passes are introduced for the building.
Which one of these measures is not a technical measure?

Question13: My user profile specifies which network drives I can read and write to. What is the name of the type of logical access management wherein my access and rights are determined centrally?

Question14: A well executed risk analysis provides a great deal of useful information. A risk analysis has four main objectives. What is not one of the four main objectives of a risk analysis?

Question15: What is the definition of the Annual Loss Expectancy?

Question16: Peter works at the company Midwest Insurance. His manager, Linda, asks him to send the terms and conditions for a life insurance policy to Rachel, a client. Who determines the value of the information in the insurance terms and conditions document?

Question17: You apply for a position in another company and get the job. Along with your contract, you are asked to sign a code of conduct. What is a code of conduct?

Question18: Which of the following measures is a corrective measure?

Question19: Why is air-conditioning placed in the server room?

Question20: We can acquire and supply information in various ways. The value of the information depends on whether it is reliable. What are the reliability aspects of information?

Question21: What is the goal of an organization's security policy?

Question22: At Midwest Insurance, all information is classified. What is the goal of this classification of information?

Question23: What sort of security does a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) offer?

Question24: You are the owner of the courier company SpeeDelivery. On the basis of your risk analysis you have decided to take a number of measures. You have daily backups made of the server, keep the server room locked and install an intrusion alarm system and a sprinkler system. Which of these measures is a detective measure?

Question25: You own a small company in a remote industrial areA. Lately, the alarm regularly goes off in the middle of the night. It takes quite a bit of time to respond to it and it seems to be a false alarm every time. You decide to set up a hidden camerA. What is such a measure called?

Question26: You are the owner of the SpeeDelivery courier service. Last year you had a firewall installed. You now discover that no maintenance has been performed since the installation. What is the biggest risk because of this?

Question27: Why is compliance important for the reliability of the information?

Question28: There was a fire in a branch of the company Midwest Insurance. The fire department quickly arrived at the scene and could extinguish the fire before it spread and burned down the entire premises. The server, however, was destroyed in the fire. The backup tapes kept in another room had melted and many other documents were lost for good. What is an example of the indirect damage caused by this fire?

Question29: Midwest Insurance grades the monthly report of all claimed losses per insured as confidential.
What is accomplished if all other reports from this insurance office are also assigned the appropriate grading?

Question30: What is a risk analysis used for?

Question31: Which one of the threats listed below can occur as a result of the absence of a physical measure?

Question32: Which measure assures that valuable information is not left out available for the taking?

Question33: You are the owner of the courier company SpeeDelivery. You employ a few people who, while waiting to make a delivery, can carry out other tasks. You notice, however, that they use this time to send and read their private mail and surf the Internet. In legal terms, in which way can the use of the Internet and e-mail facilities be best regulated?

Question34: You work in the IT department of a medium-sized company. Confidential information has got into the wrong hands several times. This has hurt the image of the company. You have been asked to propose organizational security measures for laptops at your company. What is the first step that you should take?

Question35: You read in the newspapers that the ex-employee of a large company systematically deleted files out of revenge on his manager. Recovering these files caused great losses in time and money.
What is this kind of threat called?

Question36: Who is authorized to change the classification of a document?

Question37: A company moves into a new building. A few weeks after the move, a visitor appears unannounced in the office of the director. An investigation shows that visitors passes grant the same access as the passes of the companys staff. Which kind of security measure could have prevented this?

Question38: You have a small office in an industrial areA. You would like to analyze the risks your company faces. The office is in a pretty remote location; therefore, the possibility of arson is not entirely out of the question.
What is the relationship between the threat of fire and the risk of fire?

Question39: Which of these is not malicious software?

Question40: What is an example of a physical security measure?

Question41: What is a human threat to the reliability of the information on your company website?

Question42: What is the relationship between data and information?

Question43: What is the most important reason for applying segregation of duties?

Question44: You have just started working at a large organization. You have been asked to sign a code of conduct as well as a contract. What does the organization wish to achieve with this?

Question45: Midwest Insurance controls access to its offices with a passkey system. We call this a preventive measure.
What are some other measures?

Question46: You are the first to arrive at work in the morning and notice that the CD ROM on which you saved contracts yesterday has disappeared. You were the last to leave yesterday. When should you report this information security incident?

Question47: What is the best description of a risk analysis?

Question48: What is an example of a good physical security measure?

Question49: When we are at our desk, we want the information system and the necessary information to be available.
We want to be able to work with the computer and access the network and our files.
What is the correct definition of availability?

Question50: An airline company employee notices that she has access to one of the company's applications that she has not used before. Is this an information security incident?

Question51: Which of the following measures is a preventive measure?

Question52: You have an office that designs corporate logos. You have been working on a draft for a large client. Just as you are going to press the <save> button, the screen goes blank. The hard disk is damaged and cannot be repaired. You find an early version of the design in your mail folder and you reproduce the draft for the customer. What is such a measure called?

Question53: An employee in the administrative department of Smiths Consultants Inc. finds out that the expiry date of a contract with one of the clients is earlier than the start date. What type of measure could prevent this error?

Question54: Under which condition is an employer permitted to check if Internet and email services in the workplace are being used for private purposes?

Question55: There is a network printer in the hallway of the company where you work. Many employees dont pick up their printouts immediately and leave them in the printer. What are the consequences of this to the reliability of the information?

Question56: Your organization has an office with space for 25 workstations. These workstations are all fully equipped and in use. Due to a reorganization 10 extra workstations are added, 5 of which are used for a call centre
24 hours per day. Five workstations must always be available. What physical security measures must be taken in order to ensure this?

Question57: What is the greatest risk for an organization if no information security policy has been defined?

Question58: What action is an unintentional human threat?

Question59: A couple of years ago you started your company which has now grown from 1 to 20 employees.
Your companys information is worth more and more and gone are the days when you could keep it all in hand yourself. You are aware that you have to take measures, but what should they be?
You hire a consultant who advises you to start with a qualitative risk analysis. What is a qualitative risk analysis?

Question60: Which type of malware builds a network of contaminated computers?

Question61: A non-human threat for computer systems is a flood. In which situation is a flood always a relevant threat?

Question62: Some threats are caused directly by people, others have a natural cause. What is an example of an intentional human threat?

Question63: The act of taking organizational security measures is inextricably linked with all other measures that have to be taken. What is the name of the system that guarantees the coherence of information security in the organization?

Question64: You work in the office of a large company. You receive a call from a person claiming to be from the Helpdesk. He asks you for your password. What kind of threat is this?

Question65: Some security measures are optional. Other security measures must always be implemented.
Which measure(s) must always be implemented?

Question66: What is a repressive measure in the case of a fire?

Question67: What is the objective of classifying information?

Question68: You are the owner of a growing company, SpeeDelivery, which provides courier services. You decide that it is time to draw up a risk analysis for your information system. This includes an inventory of the threats and risks. What is the relation between a threat, risk and risk analysis?

Question69: In most organizations, access to the computer or the network is granted only after the user has entered a correct username and password. This process consists of 3 steps: identification, authentication and authorization. What is the purpose of the second step, authentication?

Question70: You work for a large organization. You notice that you have access to confidential information that you should not be able to access in your position. You report this security incident to the helpdesk. The incident cycle isinitiated. What are the stages of the security incident cycle?

Question71: Which is a legislative or regulatory act related to information security that can be imposed upon all organizations?

Question72: What is an example of a security incident?

Question73: The consultants at Smith Consultants Inc. work on laptops that are protected by asymmetrical cryptography. To keep the management of the keys cheap, all consultants use the same key pair.
What is the companys risk if they operate in this manner?

Question74: You are a consultant and are regularly hired by the Ministry of Defense to perform analysis.
Since the assignments are irregular, you outsource the administration of your business to temporary workers. You don't want the temporary workers to have access to your reports. Which reliability aspect of the information in your reports must you protect?

Question75: In the organization where you work, information of a very sensitive nature is processed.
Management is legally obliged to implement the highest-level security measures. What is this kind of risk strategy called?

Question76: The company Midwest Insurance has taken many measures to protect its information. It uses an Information Security Management System, the input and output of data in applications is validated, confidential documents are sent in encrypted form and staff use tokens to access information systems.
Which of these is not a technical measure?

Question77: Logging in to a computer system is an access-granting process consisting of three steps: identification, authentication and authorization.
What occurs during the first step of this process: identification?

Question78: You work for a flexible employer who doesnt mind if you work from home or on the road. You regularly take copies of documents with you on a USB memory stick that is not secure. What are the consequences for the reliability of the information if you leave your USB memory stick behind on the train?

Question79: What is the relationship between data and information?

Question80: Your company has to ensure that it meets the requirements set down in personal data protection legislation. What is the first thing you should do?