Question 1(Strategic Planning, Finance, Procurement, and Third-Party Management)
Which of the following conditions would be the MOST probable reason for a security project to be rejected by the executive board of an organization?
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The Net Present Value (NPV) of the project is positive
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The NPV of the project is negative
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The Return on Investment (ROI) is larger than 10 months
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The ROI is lower than 10 months
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The NPV of the project is negative
Question 2(Strategic Planning, Finance, Procurement, and Third-Party Management)
SCENARIO: A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) recently had a third party conduct an audit of the security program. Internal policies and international standards were used as audit baselines. The audit report was presented to the CISO and a variety of high, medium and low rated gaps were identified.
The CISO has validated audit findings, determined if compensating controls exist, and started initial remediation planning. Which of the following is the MOST logical next step?
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Validate the effectiveness of current controls
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Create detailed remediation funding and staffing plans
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Report the audit findings and remediation status to business stake holders
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Review security procedures to determine if they need modified according to findings
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Report the audit findings and remediation status to business stake holders
Question 3(Governance, Risk, Compliance)
According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) SP 800-40, which of the following considerations are MOST important when creating a vulnerability management program?
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Susceptibility to attack, mitigation response time, and cost
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Attack vectors, controls cost, and investigation staffing needs
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Vulnerability exploitation, attack recovery, and mean time to repair
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Susceptibility to attack, expected duration of attack, and mitigation availability
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Susceptibility to attack, mitigation response time, and cost
Question 4(Strategic Planning, Finance, Procurement, and Third-Party Management)
Which of the following is an accurate description of a balance sheet?
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The percentage of earnings that are retained by the organization for reinvestment in the business
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The details of expenses and revenue over a long period of time
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A summarized statement of all assets and liabilities at a specific point in time
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A review of regulations and requirements impacting the business from a financial perspective
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A summarized statement of all assets and liabilities at a specific point in time
Question 5(Strategic Planning, Finance, Procurement, and Third-Party Management)
Your organization provides open guest wireless access with no captive portals. What can you do to assist with law enforcement investigations if one of your guests is suspected of committing an illegal act using your network?
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Configure logging on each access point
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Install a firewall software on each wireless access point.
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Provide IP and MAC address
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Disable SSID Broadcast and enable MAC address filtering on all wireless access points.
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Provide IP and MAC address
Question 7(Governance, Risk, Compliance)
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?
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Need to comply with breach disclosure laws
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Need to transfer the risk associated with hosting PII data
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Need to better understand the risk associated with using PII data
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Fiduciary responsibility to safeguard credit card information
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Need to better understand the risk associated with using PII data
Question 8(Information Security Controls and Audit Management)
The remediation of a specific audit finding is deemed too expensive and will not be implemented. Which of the following is a TRUE statement?
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The asset is more expensive than the remediation
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The audit finding is incorrect
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The asset being protected is less valuable than the remediation costs
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The remediation costs are irrelevant; it must be implemented regardless of cost.
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The asset being protected is less valuable than the remediation costs
Question 9(Information Security Controls and Audit Management)
To have accurate and effective information security policies how often should the CISO review the organization policies?
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Every 6 months
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Quarterly
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Before an audit
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At least once a year
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At least once a year
Question 10(Governance, Risk, Compliance)
Information security policies should be reviewed:
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by stakeholders at least annually
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by the CISO when new systems are brought online
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by the Incident Response team after an audit
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by internal audit semiannually
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by stakeholders at least annually
Question 11(Security Program Management and Operations)
A CISO sees abnormally high volumes of exceptions to security requirements and constant pressure from business units to change security processes. Which of the following represents the MOST LIKELY cause of this situation?
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Poor audit support for the security program
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A lack of executive presence within the security program
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Poor alignment of the security program to business needs
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This is normal since business units typically resist security requirements
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Poor alignment of the security program to business needs
Question 12(Governance, Risk, Compliance)
Which of the following are the MOST important factors for proactively determining system vulnerabilities?
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Subscribe to vendor mailing list to get notification of system vulnerabilities
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Deploy Intrusion Detection System (IDS) and install anti-virus on systems
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Configure firewall, perimeter router and Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
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Conduct security testing, vulnerability scanning, and penetration testing
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Conduct security testing, vulnerability scanning, and penetration testing
Question 13(Security Program Management and Operations)
When should IT security project management be outsourced?
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When organizational resources are limited
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When the benefits of outsourcing outweigh the inherent risks of outsourcing
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On new, enterprise-wide security initiatives
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On projects not forecasted in the yearly budget
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When the benefits of outsourcing outweigh the inherent risks of outsourcing
Question 14(Strategic Planning, Finance, Procurement, and Third-Party Management)
Scenario: You are the CISO and have just completed your first risk assessment for your organization. You find many risks with no security controls, and some risks with inadequate controls. You assign work to your staff to create or adjust existing security controls to ensure they are adequate for risk mitigation needs.
When adjusting the controls to mitigate the risks, how often should the CISO perform an audit to verify the controls?
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Annually
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Semi-annually
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Quarterly
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Never
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Never
Question 15(Governance, Risk, Compliance)
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?
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Enforce the existing security standards and do not allow the deployment of the new technology.
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Amend the standard to permit the deployment.
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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.
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Permit a 90-day window to see if an issue occurs and then amend the standard if there are no issues.
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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.
Question 16(Information Security Controls and Audit Management)
Which of the following best represents a calculation for Annual Loss Expectancy (ALE)?
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Single loss expectancy multiplied by the annual rate of occurrence
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Total loss expectancy multiplied by the total loss frequency
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Value of the asset multiplied by the loss expectancy
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Replacement cost multiplied by the single loss expectancy
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Single loss expectancy multiplied by the annual rate of occurrence
Question 17(Governance, Risk, Compliance)
When would it be more desirable to develop a set of decentralized security policies and procedures within an enterprise environment?
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When there is a need to develop a more unified incident response capability.
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When the enterprise is made up of many business units with diverse business activities, risks profiles and regulatory requirements.
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When there is a variety of technologies deployed in the infrastructure.
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When it results in an overall lower cost of operating the security program.
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When the enterprise is made up of many business units with diverse business activities, risks profiles and regulatory requirements.
Question 18(Governance, Risk, Compliance)
The PRIMARY objective for information security program development should be:
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Reducing the impact of the risk to the business.
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Establishing strategic alignment with business continuity requirements
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Establishing incident response programs.
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Identifying and implementing the best security solutions.
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Reducing the impact of the risk to the business.
Question 19(Information Security Controls and Audit Management)
Which of the following activities must be completed BEFORE you can calculate risk?
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Determining the likelihood that vulnerable systems will be attacked by specific threats
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Calculating the risks to which assets are exposed in their current setting
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Assigning a value to each information asset
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Assessing the relative risk facing the organization’s information assets
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Assigning a value to each information asset
Question 20(Security Program Management and Operations)
Which of the following can the company implement in order to avoid this type of security issue in the future?
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Network based intrusion detection systems
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A security training program for developers
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A risk management process
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A audit management process
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A security training program for developers
About the 512-50 Free Practice Test
This page holds a free practice test for the EC-Council Information Security Manager (E|ISM) (512-50) certification from ECCouncil. The 20 questions are a free sample of the full Study4Pass practice set of 404 questions, so you can check your level before you commit to the real exam. The free sample is made up of 20 single-answer questions, each with a full explanation. Questions are spread across the areas that matter most on the real exam: Strategic Planning, Finance, Procurement, and Third-Party Management, Governance, Risk, Compliance, Information Security Controls and Audit Management and Security Program Management and Operations. ECCouncil 512-50 is the exam for the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification.
The target audience for the ECCouncil 512-50 exam is IT professionals who want to become Certified Ethical Hackers (CEH). The prerequisite for the ECCouncil 512-50 exam is the ECCouncil Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification and a minimum of two years of experience in the information security domain.
Certification: EC-Council Information Security Manager (E|ISM) (512-50)
Vendor: ECCouncil
Free on this page: 20 practice questions with answers and explanations
Full practice set: 404 questions
Treat this sample as a diagnostic. Answer honestly, check the explanation after every question, and note which topics feel shaky. A short, focused review of those topics is worth more than re-reading everything — and the full set lets you drill them topic by topic.
A good way to use this page: take the whole sample in one sitting, then go back over every explanation with fresh eyes. Mark the topics that felt uncertain, not just the ones you got wrong — uncertain answers are unmarked risk on the real exam. One or two focused passes like this usually move a score more than days of passive reading.
Inside the full 512-50 practice set:
All 404 questions with answers and explanations
Timed Exam Simulation that mirrors the real exam pressure
Topic Training to drill one domain at a time
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Flag questions and review them before you finish
How to use this 512-50 free practice test
Answer a question, then check the result to see the correct answer and the explanation behind it. Work at your own pace — there is no timer and no signup. Stuck on a concept? This is an AI-Enabled practice test: use Ask AI on any question and get the underlying concept explained in plain words, so you learn the reasoning instead of memorizing answers. Ready for more? The full 404-question set adds a timed Exam Simulation mode, topic training for your weak areas, and a flagged-question review, so you can practise the way the real exam feels.
What to study for each 512-50 topic
Strategic Planning, Finance, Procurement, and Third-Party Management — about 32% of this practice set — For Strategic Planning, Finance, Procurement, and Third-Party Management, focus on understanding why each correct answer is right; the real exam rewards reasoning over recall.
Governance, Risk, Compliance — about 24% of this practice set — Drill Governance, Risk, Compliance with the questions above, and revisit any explanation that surprises you — surprises are exactly what to fix before the exam.
Information Security Controls and Audit Management — about 19% of this practice set — Work through the Information Security Controls and Audit Management questions until the reasoning behind each answer is clear — guessing your way past this area will show up on exam day.
Security Program Management and Operations — about 17% of this practice set — Use the practice questions to find your gaps in Security Program Management and Operations first, then read the official ECCouncil documentation for anything you missed.
Information Security Core Competencies — about 8% of this practice set — For Information Security Core Competencies, focus on understanding why each correct answer is right; the real exam rewards reasoning over recall.
512-50 practice test — quick questions
Is this 512-50 practice test free?
Yes — the 20 questions on this page are completely free, with no signup and no payment details needed.
How many questions are in the full 512-50 set?
404 questions. The 20 free questions above are a sample of that full set, in the same style and topic balance.
Does the free test show the answers?
Yes — every question shows the correct answer with an explanation, and Ask AI can explain the concept behind a question in plain words if you want to go deeper.
Is this the real 512-50 exam?
No. This is a practice test: the questions are written to mirror the real 512-50 exam’s topics and difficulty, not copied from it.