CAP : Certified Authorization Professional : Part 15

CAP : Certified Authorization Professional : Part 15

1. Which of the following techniques are used after a security breach and are intended to limit the extent of any damage caused by the incident?

   • Safeguards
   • Preventive controls
   • Detective controls
   • Corrective controls

2. Risks with low ratings of probability and impact are included on a ____ for future monitoring.

   • Watchlist
   • Risk alarm
   • Observation list
   • Risk register

3. Penetration testing (also called pen testing) is the practice of testing a computer system, network, or Web application to find vulnerabilities that an attacker could exploit. Which of the following areas can be exploited in a penetration test?

   Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

   • Social engineering
   • File and directory permissions
   • Buffer overflows
   • Kernel flaws
   • Race conditions
   • Information system architectures
   • Trojan horses

4. Frank is the project manager of the NHH Project. He is working with the project team to create a plan to document the procedures to manage risks throughout the project. This document will define how risks will be identified and quantified. It will also define how contingency plans will be implemented by the project team. What document is Frank and the NHH Project team creating in this scenario?

   • Project management plan
   • Resource management plan
   • Risk management plan
   • Project plan

5. What are the subordinate tasks of the Initiate and Plan IA C&A phase of the DIACAP process?

   Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

   • Develop DIACAP strategy.
   • Assign IA controls.
   • Assemble DIACAP team.
   • Initiate IA implementation plan.
   • Register system with DoD Component IA Program.
   • Conduct validation activity.

6. Information risk management (IRM) is the process of identifying and assessing risk, reducing it to an acceptable level, and implementing the right mechanisms to maintain that level. What are the different categories of risk?

   Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

   • System interaction
   • Human interaction
   • Equipment malfunction
   • Inside and outside attacks
   • Social status
   • Physical damage

7. Neil works as a project manager for SoftTech Inc. He is working with Tom, the COO of his company, on several risks within the project. Tom understands that through qualitative analysis Neil has identified many risks in the project. Tom’s concern, however, is that the priority list of these risk events are sorted in “high-risk,” “moderate-risk,” and “low-risk” as conditions apply within the project. Tom wants to know that is there any other objective on which Neil can make the priority list for project risks. What will be Neil’s reply to Tom?

   • Risk may be listed by the responses in the near-term
   • Risks may be listed by categories
   • Risks may be listed by the additional analysis and response
   • Risks may be listed by priority separately for schedule, cost, and performance

8. Which of the following DoD directives is referred to as the Defense Automation Resources Management Manual?

   • DoDD 8000.1
   • DoD 7950.1-M
   • DoD 5200.22-M
   • DoD 8910.1
   • DoD 5200.1-R

9. The phase 3 of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) process is known as mitigation planning.

   Which of the following processes take place in phase 3?

   Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

   • Identify threats, vulnerabilities, and controls that will be evaluated.
   • Document and implement a mitigation plan.
   • Agree on a strategy to mitigate risks.
   • Evaluate mitigation progress and plan next assessment.

10. Gary is the project manager of his organization. He is managing a project that is similar to a project his organization completed recently. Gary has decided that he will use the information from the past project to help him and the project team to identify the risks that may be present in the project. Management agrees that this checklist approach is ideal and will save time in the project. Which of the following statement is most accurate about the limitations of the checklist analysis approach for Gary?

    • The checklist analysis approach is fast but it is impossible to build and exhaustive checklist.
    • The checklist analysis approach only uses qualitative analysis.
    • The checklist analysis approach saves time, but can cost more.
    • The checklist is also known as top down risk assessment

11. Adrian is the project manager of the NHP Project. In her project there are several work packages that deal with electrical wiring. Rather than to manage the risk internally she has decided to hire a vendor to complete all work packages that deal with the electrical wiring. By removing the risk internally to a licensed electrician Adrian feels more comfortable with project team being safe.

    What type of risk response has Adrian used in this example?

    • Mitigation
    • Transference
    • Avoidance
    • Acceptance

12. James work as an IT systems personnel in SoftTech Inc. He performs the following tasks:

    Runs regular backups and routine tests of the validity of the backup data.

    Performs data restoration from the backups whenever required.

    Maintains the retained records in accordance with the established information classification policy.

    What is the role played by James in the organization?

    • Manager
    • User
    • Owner
    • Custodian

13. Which of the following is an entry in an object’s discretionary access control list (DACL) that grants permissions to a user or group?

    • Access control entry (ACE)
    • Discretionary access control entry (DACE)
    • Access control list (ACL)
    • Security Identifier (SID)

14. In which type of access control do user ID and password system come under?

    • Administrative
    • Technical
    • Power
    • Physical

15. You and your project team are identifying the risks that may exist within your project. Some of the risks are small risks that won’t affect your project much if they happen. What should you do with these identified risk events?

    • These risks can be accepted.
    • These risks can be added to a low priority risk watch list.
    • All risks must have a valid, documented risk response.
    • These risks can be dismissed.

16. Your project uses a piece of equipment that if the temperature of the machine goes above 450 degree Fahrenheit the machine will overheat and have to be shut down for 48 hours. Should this machine overheat even once it will delay the project’s end date. You work with your project to create a response that should the temperature of the machine reach 430, the machine will be paused for at least an hour to cool it down. The temperature of 430 is called what?

    • Risk identification
    • Risk response
    • Risk trigger
    • Risk event

17. You work as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. You are currently working with the project stakeholders to identify risks in your project. You understand that the qualitative risk assessment and analysis can reflect the attitude of the project team and other stakeholders to risk. Effective assessment of risk requires management of the risk attitudes of the participants. What should you, the project manager, do with assessment of identified risks in consideration of the attitude and bias of the participants towards the project risk?

    • Document the bias for the risk events and communicate the bias with management
    • Evaluate and document the bias towards the risk events
    • Evaluate the bias through SWOT for true analysis of the risk events
    • Evaluate the bias towards the risk events and correct the assessment accordingly

18. Which of the following formulas was developed by FIPS 199 for categorization of an information system?

    • SC information system = {(confidentiality, impact), (integrity, controls), (availability, risk)}
    • SC information system = {(confidentiality, impact), (integrity, impact), (availability, impact)}
    • SC information system = {(confidentiality, controls), (integrity, controls), (availability, controls )}
    • SC information system = {(confidentiality, risk), (integrity, impact), (availability, controls)}

19. Which of the following NIST documents defines impact?

    • NIST SP 800-53
    • NIST SP 800-26
    • NIST SP 800-30
    • NIST SP 800-53A

20. Which of the following relations correctly describes residual risk?

    • Residual Risk = Threats x Vulnerability x Asset Gap x Control Gap
    • Residual Risk = Threats x Exploit x Asset Value x Control Gap
    • Residual Risk = Threats x Exploit x Asset Value x Control Gap
    • Residual Risk = Threats x Vulnerability x Asset Value x Control Gap