Performance-based questions

The part of the exam that fails the most people. Partial credit applies, so place what you know.

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3.2Performance-based~6 min

Choose the appropriate failure mode for each system. There is no single correct answer across all of them — decide from what each system protects and what it would cost to be wrong.

Failure mode configuration

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    Emergency exit door lock in an office building

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    Firewall protecting a segment holding regulated financial data

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    Cabinet lock inside a staffed data centre

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    Inline IPS in front of a hospital's patient monitoring network

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    Authentication service for a public banking application