GIAC Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional
Domain 1Objective 1
ICS Components & Architecture GICSP Practice Questions (Page 10)
Part of the ICS Fundamentals and Architecture domain, which makes up ~40% of our current practice bank. GIAC (SANS) does not publish an official question count, but from its 180-minute exam (~70–120 total, ~28–48 in this domain), expect 7–12 from this objective — we provide 53 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 46–50
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An engineer is evaluating protocols for a new wind farm SCADA system. The turbines use a proprietary protocol, but the control center needs to integrate data from different vendors. The engineer must choose a protocol that is open, supports object-oriented data modeling, and is designed for modern SCADA systems. Which protocol best fits?
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A water treatment plant has a single PLC controlling a critical filtration process. The plant manager wants to ensure that a PLC failure does not cause a process shutdown. The budget is limited, and the process can tolerate a brief interruption of control. Which redundancy option is most cost-effective?
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Which of the following is a common industrial communication protocol used for connecting field devices like sensors and actuators to controllers?
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An operator reports that the HMI in a control room is showing 'communication failure' with a PLC, but the PLC's local display shows normal operation. What is the most likely cause?
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What is the primary role of an actuator in an industrial control loop?
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