Questions for Domain 2: Asset Security

  1. A company outsources payroll services to a third-party company. Which of the following roles most likely applies to the payroll company?
    (a) Data controller
    (b) Data handler
    (c) Data owner
    (d) Data processor
  2. Which managerial role is responsible for the actual computers that house data, including the security of hardware & software configurations?
    (a) Custodian
    (b) Data owner
    (c) Mission owner
    (d) System owner
  3. What method destroys the integrity of magnetic media, such as tapes or disk drives, and the data they contain by exposing them to a strong magnetic field?
    (a) Bit-level overwrite
    (b) Degaussing
    (c) Destruction
    (d) Shredding
  4. What type of relatively expensive & fast memory uses small latches called “flip-flops” to store bits?
    (a) DRAM
    (b) EPROM
    (c) SRAM
    (d) SSD
  5. What type of memory stores bits in small capacitors (like small batteries)?
    (a) DRAM
    (b) EPROM
    (c) SRAM
    (d) SSD

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  1. Q1: (d) Data processor
    Note that “data handler” is not a formal term, and is a distractor answer.

    Q2: (d) System owner

    Q3: (b) Degaussing

    Q4: (c) SRAM

    Q5: (a) DRAM

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