3C051 Exam

Front 1

List the inventory requirements for each category of accounting legend code material

Back 1

a. ALC-1 Inventory this material by short title, edition, accounting control number, and quantity.
b. This material is accounted for continuously, just as ALC-1, except you inventory and account by quantity rather than by the accounting control number.
c. ALC-4 It is not required to account for this material on the daily or the shift inventory.

Hint 1

vol 1 section 203 p# 1-54

Front 2

What is a trap?

Back 2

An unsolicited message from an agent to the manager and, therefore, does not have a corresponding request message. The trap operation reports the occurrance of an event on a system and may provide the value of one or more instances of management information.

Hint 2

vol5 section 803

Front 3

How can we catorgorize users in relation to file management?

Back 3

By their job or duty position.

Hint 3

vol 5 sect 809

Front 4

What is AF form 1109, visitor register, used for?

Back 4

To record access to COMSEC materials by persons not on the authorized access list.

Hint 4

vol 2 sect 202

Front 5

What is the difference between a fault and an error?

Back 5

Faults are abnormal conditions that require NCC personnel to take action to correct or repair. Errors sometimes arise on a normal functioning of the network and do not necessarily require attention.

Hint 5

vol 5 section 802 Management Funtional Areas.

Front 6

Convert the following octal numbers to their decimal equivalents:
a. 73^8
b. 460^8
c. 1045^8
d. 1724^8
e. 4304^8
f. 11762^8

Back 6

a. 50^10
b. 304^10
c. 549^10
d. 980^10
e. 2244^10
f. 5106^10

Hint 6

vol 1 section 038 Use a place value chart.
8^4 8^3 8^2 8^1 8^0
4096 512 64 8 1
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6 7 5 2 5
Multiply the number by it's place value to obtain the decimal equivalent.

Front 7

Which layer provides a routing path through a network by which users can comunicate?

Back 7

The network layer

Hint 7

vol 4 section 608 Protocol suites.

Front 8

What is the major portion of a comsec managers job?

Back 8

Training those individuals who are responsible for the COMSEC program within their units.

Hint 8

vol 2 section 201 Intro to COMSEC account management.

Front 9

If there is a disreprancy in the classification marking of a received COMSEC material, what do you do.

Back 9

Send a message to the originator, keep the wrappers, and await disposition.

Hint 9

vol 2 section 204 Requesting & processing COMSEC materials.

Front 10

Why is each device assigned a separate interupt level?

Back 10

To reduce or eliminate conflicts with other devices that require the attention of the CPU.

Hint 10

vol 3 section 404 Interrupt requests.

Front 11

Who is responsible for the production and management of crytographic material within the US Government?

Back 11

The Director of the National Security Agency (DIRNSA)

Front 12

List the 4 phases of DITSCAP

Back 12

1. Definition
2. Verification
3. Validation
4. Post accreditation

Hint 12

vol 5 section 819
D - DOD
I - Information
T - Technology
S - Security
C - Certification
A - Accreditation
P - Process

Front 13

In fiber optic cabling what is the principles that keeps the light trapped in the core and allows it to bend round curves in the fiber?

Back 13

Total internal reflection.

Hint 13

vol 4 sect 606 Fiber optic technologies.

Front 14

Subtract the following Hex numbers:
1CD^16 400^16 D29^16
-142^16 -240^16 - C5^16
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Back 14

a. 8A^16
b. 1C0^16
c. C64^16

Hint 14

vol 1 sect 042 Make sure you borrow the base when you borrow(hex=16, octal = 8 and binary = 2)

Front 15

When in doubt about wether or not someone is eligible for access to classified information who do you ask?

Back 15

Your supervisor

Hint 15

vol 1 section 018

Front 16

When must you change a security container combinations.

Back 16

When placed in/out of service
When an individual is no longer authorized access.
Annually
If the container is found open, but certified as having been locked.
If there is a possibility that the combination has been compromised.

Hint 16

vol 2 sect 202 Controlling access to comsec material.

Front 17

When would a controlled area warning sign not be posted?

Back 17

Cotrolled area warning signs are posted conspicuously, except when a sign would compromise the security of the area.

Hint 17

vol 1 section 024 AF resource protection program.

Front 18

How do you insure a binary number contains the required number of digits to be converted to its octal equivalent?

Back 18

To condition a binary number for conversion to octal equivalence, you must add placeholder zeros to the extreme left of the integer portion and to the extreme right of the fractional portion(if any) until the total number of binary digits is divisible by three.

Hint 18

vol 1 sect 038

Front 19

What is meant by talking shop?

Back 19

Discussing our mission or jobs in a leisure or unsecured area.

Hint 19

vol 1 sect 013

Front 20

What component is connected to the oscillator to lend consistency to the oscillation.

Back 20

The crystal.

Hint 20

vol 3 sect 402

Front 21

Beyond the terms RAM or ROM, memory in a pc is broken into what four basic divisions?

Back 21

Conventional memory, upper memory, high memory and extended memmory areas.

Hint 21

vol 3 section 403

Front 22

What is the basic stance of the network security policy?

Back 22

To allow authorized traffic and deny all else.

Hint 22

vol 5 sect 821

Front 23

What is the basis for any decision a computer makes?

Back 23

Any decision a computer makes is based upon a comparison of some type.

Hint 23

vol 3 sect 401

Front 24

What is the protocol used for error reporting with IP?

Back 24

Internet control message protocol(ICMP)

Hint 24

vol 4 sect 610

Front 25

What action should you take if you discover a classified document is improperly marked?

Back 25

Report it to your security manager.

Hint 25

vol 1 sect 020

Front 26

Why is personal awareness especially important for security of a controlled area?

Back 26

Unless physical barriers are specifically required, the actual effectiveness of a controlled area may depend entirely on the security awareness of the people working within that area.

Hint 26

vol 1 sect 024

Front 27

What is a comsec user?

Back 27

Any individual required to use and safeguard COMSEC material and or aids in the performance of their official duties.

Hint 27

vol 1

Front 28

What is a simple add-on device that works at the physical layer of the OSI model, and helps to reduce attenuation by duplication the cables signal?

Back 28

A repeater.

Front 29

What are two ways you can receive classified COMSEC material?

Back 29

Via the Defense Courier service or the US postal system.

Hint 29

vol 2 sect 204

Front 30

What form is normally used to record daily, shift, or other local inventories of COMSEC material?

Back 30

AFCOMSEC Form 16

Hint 30

vol 2 sect 203