GIAC Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional
Domain 1Objective 2
ICS Overview & Concepts GICSP Practice Questions (Page 7)
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 46 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 31–35
- 31
Which of the following best describes the role of an ICS in an industrial facility?
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Why do legacy systems pose a unique security challenge in ICS environments?
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A technician is configuring a new temperature sensor on a reactor. The sensor sends a 4-20 mA signal to a PLC. The PLC converts this signal into a temperature value and displays it on the HMI. Which component is responsible for converting the analog signal into a digital value?
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A manufacturing plant uses OPC to connect its control system to a historian database. The OPC server runs on a Windows machine in the OT network. The IT team wants to move the historian to the corporate network and connect it to the OPC server over the enterprise network. The OT team is concerned about security. What is the most appropriate solution?
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A plant is adding a new remote I/O panel to an existing control system. The panel will connect sensors and actuators to a central PLC via a fieldbus. Which layer of the ICS architecture does the remote I/O panel belong to?
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