WGU C836 FUNDAMENTALS OF INFORMATION SECURITY
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Which cybersecurity term is defined as the potential for an attack on a resource?
A Impact
B Vulnerability
C Risk
D Threat
Which security type deliberately exposes a system’s vulnerabilities or resources to an attacker?
A Intrusion detection
B Firewalls
C Honeypots
D Intrusion prevention
Which tool can be used to map devices on a network, along with their operating system types
and versions?
A Packet sniffer
B Packet filter
C Port scanner
D Stateful firewall
Which web attack is a server-side attack?
A Clickjacking
B Cross-site scripting
C SQL injection
D Cross-site request forgery
An organization employs a VPN to safeguard its information.
Which security principle is protected by a VPN?
A Data in motion
B Data at rest
C Data in use
D Data in storage
A malicious hacker was successful in a denial of service (DoS) attack against an institution’s
mail server. Fortunately, no data was lost or altered while the server was offline.
Which type of attack is this?
WGU C836 FUNDAMENTALS OF INFORMATION SECURITY
OA LATEST EXAM 2023 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED CORRECT
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A Modification
B Fabrication
C Interception
D Interruption
A company has had several successful denial of service (DoS) attacks on its email server.
Which security principle is being attacked?
A Possession
B Integrity
C Confidentiality
D Availability
A new start-up company has started working on a social networking website. The company has
moved all its source code to a cloud provider and wants to protect this source code from
unauthorized access.
Which cyber defense concept should the start-up company use to maintain the confidentiality of
its source code?
A Alarm systems
B Account permissions
C Antivirus software
D File encryption
A company has an annual audit of installed software and data storage systems. During the audit,
the auditor asks how the company’s most critical data is used. This determination helps the
auditor ensure that the proper defense mechanisms are in place to protect critical data.
Which principle of the Parkerian hexad is the auditor addressing?
A Possession
B Integrity
C Authenticity
D Utility
Which web attack is possible due to a lack of input validation?
A Extraneous files
B Clickjacking
C SQL injection
D Cross-site request forgery
Which file action implements the principle of confidentiality from the CIA triad?
WGU C836 FUNDAMENTALS OF INFORMATION SECURITY
OA LATEST EXAM 2023 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED CORRECT
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A Compression
B Hash
C Backup
D Encryption
Which cyber defense concept suggests limiting permissions to only what is necessary to perform
a particular task?
A Authentication
B Authorization
C Defense in depth
D Principle of least privilege
A company institutes a new policy that “All office computer monitors must face toward
employees and must face away from doorways. The monitor screens must not be visible to
people visiting the office.”
Which principle of the CIA triad is this company applying?
A Availability
B Confidentiality
C Utility
D Integrity
At a small company, an employee makes an unauthorized data alteration.
Which component of the CIA triad has been compromised?
A Confidentiality
B Authenticity
C Integrity
D Availability
An organization plans to encrypt data in transit on a network.
Which aspect of data is the organization attempting to protect?
A Integrity
B Possession
C Availability
D Authenticity
Which aspect of the CIA triad is violated by an unauthorized database rollback or undo?
A Availability
B Identification
WGU C836 FUNDAMENTALS OF INFORMATION SECURITY
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C Integrity
D Confidentiality
A company’s website has suffered several denial of service (DoS) attacks and wishes to thwart
future attacks.
Which security principle is the company addressing?
A Availability
B Authenticity
C Confidentiality
D Possession
An organization has a requirement that all database servers and file servers be configured to
maintain operations in the presence of a failure.
Which principle of the CIA triad is this requirement implementing?
A Utility
B Integrity
C Availability
D Confidentiality
A company’s IT policy manual states that “All company computers, workstations, application
servers, and mobile devices must have current versions of antivirus software.”
Which principle or concept of cybersecurity does this policy statement impact?
A Accounting policy
B Operating system security
C Access control policy
D Physical security
An organization’s procedures document states that “All electronic communications should be
encrypted during transmission across networks using encryption standards specified in the data
encryption policy.”
Which security principle is this policy addressing?
A Interruption
B Confidentiality
C Control
D Availability
A company’s website policy states that “To gain access to the corporate website, each employee
must provide a valid user name and password, and then answer one of six security questions