712-50 Practice Test Free – 50 Questions to Test Your Knowledge

Are you preparing for the 712-50 certification exam? If so, taking a 712-50 practice test free is one of the best ways to assess your knowledge and improve your chances of passing. In this post, we provide 50 free 712-50 practice questions designed to help you test your skills and identify areas for improvement.

By taking a free 712-50 practice test, you can:

• Familiarize yourself with the exam format and question types
• Identify your strengths and weaknesses
• Gain confidence before the actual exam

50 Free 712-50 Practice Questions

Below, you will find 50 free 712-50 practice questions to help you prepare for the exam. These questions are designed to reflect the real exam structure and difficulty level.

Who in the organization determines access to information?

A. Compliance officer
B. Legal department
C. Data Owner
D. Information security officer
 

Why is it vitally important that senior management endorse a security policy?

A. So that employees will follow the policy directives.
B. So that they can be held legally accountable.
C. So that external bodies will recognize the organizations commitment to security.
D. So that they will accept ownership for security within the organization.
 

The PRIMARY objective of security awareness is to:

A. Encourage security-conscious employee behavior
B. Put employees on notice in case follow-up action for noncompliance is necessary
C. Ensure that security policies are read
D. Meet legal and regulatory requirements
 

An organization licenses and uses personal information for business operations, and a server containing that information has been compromised.

What kind of law would require notifying the owner or licensee of this incident?

A. Consumer right disclosure
B. Data breach disclosure
C. Special circumstance disclosure
D. Security incident disclosure
 

A method to transfer risk is to______________.

A. Implement redundancy
B. Move operations to another region
C. Align to business operations
D. Purchase breach insurance
 

Which of the following is the MAIN reason to follow a formal risk management process in an organization that hosts and uses privately identifiable information (PII) as part of their business models and processes?

A. Need to comply with breach disclosure laws
B. Fiduciary responsibility to safeguard credit information
C. Need to transfer the risk associated with hosting PII data
D. Need to better understand the risk associated with using PII data
 

A security manager regularly checks work areas after business hours for security violations; such as unsecured files or unattended computers with active sessions.

This activity BEST demonstrates what part of a security program?

A. Compliance management
B. Audit validation
C. Physical control testing
D. Security awareness training
 

A global retail organization is looking to implement a consistent Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Process across all of its business units.

Which of the following standards and guidelines can BEST address this organization's need?

A. International Organization for Standardizations ג€" 22301 (ISO-22301)
B. Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
C. Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS)
D. International Organization for Standardizations ג€" 27005 (ISO-27005)
 

Which of the following should be determined while defining risk management strategies?

A. Organizational objectives and risk tolerance
B. Enterprise disaster recovery plans
C. Risk assessment criteria
D. IT architecture complexity
 

Which of the following is the MOST important benefit of an effective security governance process?

A. Senior management participation in the incident response process
B. Better vendor management
C. Reduction of security breaches
D. Reduction of liability and overall risk to the organization
 

When briefing senior management on the creation of a governance process, the MOST important aspect should be:

A. knowledge required to analyze each issue
B. information security metrics
C. linkage to business area objectives
D. baseline against which metrics are evaluated
 

An organization has defined a set of standard security controls. This organization has also defined the circumstances and conditions in which they must be applied.

What is the NEXT logical step in applying the controls in the organization?

A. Determine the risk tolerance
B. Perform an asset classification
C. Analyze existing controls on systems
D. Create an architecture gap analysis
 

A global retail company is creating a new compliance management process.

Which of the following regulations is of MOST importance to be tracked and managed by this process?

A. Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
B. National Institute for Standards and technology (NIST) standard
C. International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards
D. Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS)
 

One of the MAIN goals of a Business Continuity Plan is to_______________.

A. Ensure all infrastructure and applications are available in the event of a disaster
B. Assign responsibilities to the technical teams responsible for the recovery of all data
C. Provide step by step plans to recover business processes in the event of a disaster
D. Allow all technical first-responders to understand their roles in the event of a disaster.
 

From an information security perspective, information that no longer supports the main purpose of the business should be:

A. protected under the information classification policy
B. analyzed under the data ownership policy
C. assessed by a business impact analysis.
D. analyzed under the retention policy.
 

Regulatory requirements typically force organizations to implement ____________.

A. Financial controls
B. Mandatory controls
C. Discretionary controls
D. Optional controls
 

A security professional has been promoted to be the CISO of an organization. The first task is to create a security policy for this organization. The CISO creates and publishes the security policy.

This policy, however, is ignored and not enforced consistently. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for the policy shortcomings?

A. Lack of a formal risk management policy
B. Lack of a formal security policy governance process
C. Lack of formal definition of roles and responsibilities
D. Lack of a formal security awareness program
 

Which of the following international standards can be BEST used to define a Risk Management process in an organization?

A. International Organization for Standardizations ג€" 27005 (ISO-27005)
B. National Institute for Standards and Technology 800-50 (NIST 800-50)
C. Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS)
D. International Organization for Standardizations ג€" 27004 (ISO-27004)
 

Ensuring that the actions of a set of people, applications and systems follow the organization's rules is BEST described as:

A. Compliance management
B. Security management
C. Risk management
D. Mitigation management
 

When an organization claims it is secure because it is PCI-DSS certified, what is a good first question to ask towards assessing the effectiveness of their security program?

A. How many credit records are stored?
B. What is the value of the assets at risk?
C. What is the scope of the certification?
D. How many servers do you have?
 

The FIRST step in establishing a security governance program is to?

A. Obtain senior level sponsorship
B. Conduct a workshop for all end users.
C. Conduct a risk assessment.
D. Prepare a security budget.
 

When managing an Information Security Program, which of the following is of MOST importance in order to influence the culture of an organization?

A. Compliance with local privacy regulations
B. An independent Governance, Risk and Compliance organization
C. Support Legal and HR teams
D. Alignment of security goals with business goals
 

What is the relationship between information protection and regulatory compliance?

A. That all information in an organization must be protected equally.
B. The information required to be protected by regulatory mandate does not have to be identified in the organizations data classification policy.
C. There is no relationship between the two.
D. That the protection of some information such as National ID information is mandated by regulation and other information such as trade secrets are protected based on business need.
 

When dealing with a risk management process, asset classification is important because it will impact the overall:

A. Threat identification
B. Risk treatment
C. Risk monitoring
D. Risk tolerance
 

When dealing with Security Incident Response procedures, which of the following steps come FIRST when reacting to an incident?

A. Eradication
B. Escalation
C. Containment
D. Recovery
 

A Security Operations Centre (SOC) manager is informed that a database containing highly sensitive corporate strategy information is under attack. Information has been stolen, and the database server was disconnected.

Who must be informed of this incident?

A. Internal audit
B. The data owner
C. All executive staff
D. Government regulators
 

Which of the following is MOST likely to be discretionary?

A. Policies
B. Procedures
C. Guidelines
D. Standards
 

An organization's Information Security Policy is of MOST importance because_____________.

A. It defines a process to meet compliance requirements
B. It establishes a framework to protect confidential information
C. It communicates management's commitment to protecting information resources
D. It is formally acknowledged by all employees and vendors
 

Which of the following has the GREATEST impact on the implementation of an information security governance model?

A. Complexity of organizational structure
B. Distance between physical locations
C. Organizational budget
D. Number of employees
 

If your organization operates under a model of "assumption of breach", you should:

A. Establish active firewall monitoring protocols
B. Purchase insurance for your compliance liability
C. Focus your security efforts on high value assets
D. Protect all information resource assets equally
 

Which of the following is of MOST importance when security leaders of an organization are required to align security to influence the culture of an organization?

A. Understand the business goals of the organization
B. Poses a strong technical background
C. Poses a strong auditing background
D. Understand all regulations affecting the organization
 

An organization is required to implement background checks on all employees with access to databases containing credit card information. This is considered a security___________.

A. Technical control
B. Management control
C. Procedural control
D. Administrative control
 

The Information Security Management program MUST protect:

A. Audit schedules and findings
B. Intellectual property released into the public domain
C. all organizational assets
D. critical business processes and revenue streams
 

Your IT auditor is reviewing significant events from the previous year and has identified some procedural oversights.

Which of the following would be the MOST concerning?

A. Failure to notify police of an attempted intrusion
B. Lack of reporting of a successful denial of service attack on the network.
C. Lack of periodic examination of access rights
D. Lack of notification to the public of disclosure of confidential information
 

Which of the following best represents a calculation for Annual Loss Expectancy (ALE)?

A. Value of the asset multiplied by the loss expectancy
B. Replacement cost multiplied by the single loss expectancy
C. Single loss expectancy multiplied by the annual rate of occurrence
D. Total loss expectancy multiplied by the total loss frequency
 

An organization is looking for a framework to measure the efficiency and effectiveness of their Information Security Management System.

Which of the following international standards can BEST assist this organization?

A. Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS)
B. International Organization for Standardizations ג€" 27005 (ISO-27005)
C. International Organization for Standardizations ג€" 27004 (ISO-27004)
D. Control Objectives for Information Technology (COBIT)
 

Risk that remains after risk mitigation is known as_____________.

A. Accepted risk
B. Residual risk
C. Non-tolerated risk
D. Persistent risk
 

Which of the following is MOST important when dealing with an Information Security Steering committee?

A. Ensure that security policies and procedures have been vetted and approved.
B. Review all past audit and compliance reports.
C. Include a mix of members from different departments and staff levels.
D. Be briefed about new trends and products at each meeting by a vendor.
 

The establishment of a formal risk management framework and system authorization program is essential.

The LAST step of the system authorization process is:

A. Getting authority to operate the system from executive management
B. Contacting the Internet Service Provider for an IP scope
C. Changing the default passwords
D. Conducting a final scan of the live system and mitigating all high and medium level vulnerabilities
 

Which of the following is the MOST important goal of risk management?

A. Finding economic balance between the impact of the risk and the cost of the control
B. Identifying the victim of any potential exploits
C. Identifying the risk
D. Assessing the impact of potential threats
 

A business unit within your organization intends to deploy a new technology in a manner that places it in violation of existing information security standards.

What immediate action should the information security manager take?

A. Enforce the existing security standards and do not allow the deployment of the new technology.
B. If the risks associated with that technology are not already identified, perform a risk analysis to quantify the risk, and allow the business unit to proceed based on the identified risk level.
C. Amend the standard to permit the deployment.
D. Permit a 90-day window to see if an issue occurs and then amend the standard if there are no issues.
 

Within an organization's vulnerability management program, who has the responsibility to implement remediation actions?

A. Data owner
B. Data center manager
C. Network architect
D. System administrator
 

What is the definition of Risk in Information Security?

A. Risk = Probability x Impact
B. Risk = Impact x Threat
C. Risk = Threat x Probability
D. Risk = Financial Impact x Probability
 

What role should the CISO play in properly scoping a PCI environment?

A. Complete the self-assessment questionnaire and work with an Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV) to determine scope
B. Work with a Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) to determine the scope of the PCI environment
C. Validate the business units' suggestions as to what should be included in the scoping process
D. Ensure internal scope validation is completed and that an assessment has been done to discover all credit card data
 

Quantitative Risk Assessments have the following advantages over qualitative risk assessments:

A. They are subjective and can be completed more quickly
B. They are objective and express risk / cost in approximates
C. They are subjective and can express risk / cost in real numbers
D. They are objective and can express risk / cost in real numbers
 

The Information Security Governance program MUST:

A. integrate with other organizational governance processes
B. show a return on investment for the organization
C. integrate with other organizational governance processes
D. support user choice for Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
 

You have a system with 2 identified risks. You determine the probability of one risk occurring is higher than the

A. Relative likelihood of event
B. Controlled mitigation effort
C. Risk impact comparison
D. Comparative threat analysis
 

The exposure factor of a threat to your organization is defined by?

A. Annual loss expectancy minus current cost of controls
B. Percentage of loss experienced due to a realized threat event
C. Asset value times exposure factor
D. Annual rate of occurrence
 

The regular review of a firewall ruleset is considered a _______________________.

A. Procedural control
B. Organization control
C. Management control
D. Technical control
 

Risk is defined as:

A. Quantitative plus qualitative impact
B. Asset loss times likelihood of event
C. Advisory plus capability plus vulnerability
D. Threat times vulnerability divided by control