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CISSP Domain 3: Security Architecture and Engineering
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Domain 3 Security Architecture and Engineering Practice Questions
Questions from the following topics are included in this domain:
Research and manage secure design principles
Understand fundamental security models
Select and determine cryptographic solutions
Understand cryptanalytic attacks
Apply security principles to the facility
Design facility security controls

CISSP Domain 3: Security Architecture and Engineering
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1. Computers add multiple CPUs to improve performance. These systems are called what?
2. Heather, a systems administrator, following PCI-DSS requirements encrypts all credit card information on the hard drive. A breach of the system is discovered, and over 10,000 customer credit card details are stolen. What is the MOST LIKELY cause?
3. Databases use four transaction properties to guarantee data validity. Which of the following is NOT one of these data validity properties?
4. Which hashing algorithm produces a 160-bit digest from a message with the maximum length of (264
5. Thomas, a security engineer, is passing values from one system to another, but only after the data has been XORed. What result does he get by XORing the following two values? 11001110 and 10111010
6. Radu, a security engineer, sends a secret, encrypted message to another security engineer named Katerina. Katerina will decrypt the message using which key?
7. Judy encrypts the message GOLD HERE for Carolyn. Carolyn receives MWLI CMOM, which is an example of what?
8. Which of the following systems requires strict identity verification for every subject accessing resources over a network?
9. Patricia is a security manager investigating the best models to use for their next automated teller machine (ATM) design. Which of the following would be her BEST choice?
10. Mikhail is a worldwide traveler. What is his BEST protection for his top-secret documents carried on his first-generation smartphone in case it is lost or stolen?
11. Public key certificates are defined by the X.509 standard format. Which of the following is NOT part of the standard?
12. 3DES (triple DES) has four modes. Which mode uses three keys: two for encryption and one for decryption?
13. Of the following encryption methods, which system is the MOST DIFFICULT to crack?
14. A device that resides on computer motherboards to manage cryptographic keys and passwords is called what?
15. MD5 hashing is more vulnerable than SHA-1 to which attack because it has a shorter message digest?
16. Mikael is a hacker that desires to launch an attack with the least technology possible. Which is the MOST likely attack that he performs?
17. Egor is an administrator at VBC Corp. and sends encrypted messages to his boss. Which keys are distributed?
18. When comparing encryption systems, asymmetric systems have which feature that is NOT available in symmetric systems?
19. Aria, a data analyst, notices that Camilla's computer catches fire. Which fire extinguisher does she grab to put the fire out?
20. River is a data custodian planning the backup and recovery strategy for laboratory systems. Which of the following will he consider the LEAST from a security perspective?
21. Arantxa, a systems administrator, seeks to start the computer management console on her Windows 10 system. Which command does she use?
22. Winter is a facility manager considering backup methods for stopping fires in the systems operation center (SOC). After selecting the proper gas system, which would be the BEST backup liquid system?
23. Leon, a systems administrator, just completed backing up several servers for the organization. Which is the BEST way for him to verify the entire backups?
24. Attila, a systems administrator, enables a technique to strengthen passwords, making them harder to crack. Which feature does he engage?
25. The architecture for a secure network has several stakeholders. These include who?