WGU COURSE C836 - FUNDAMENTALS OF
INFORMATION SECURITY OBJECTIVE
ASSESSMENT NEWEST 2026 TEST BANK
ACTUAL EXAM 300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |
ALREADY GRADED A+
1. Which cybersecurity term is defined as the potential
for an attack on a resource?
A Impact
B Vulnerability
C Risk
D Threat --CORRECT-- D
2. Which security type deliberately exposes a system's
vulnerabilities or resources to an attacker?
A Intrusion detection
B Firewalls
C Honeypots
D Intrusion prevention --CORRECT-- C
,3. 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 --CORRECT-- C
4. Which web attack is a server-side attack?
A Clickjacking
B Cross-site scripting
C SQL injection
D Cross-site request forgery --CORRECT-- C
5. 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 --CORRECT-- A
6. 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?
A Modification
B Fabrication
C Interception
D Interruption --CORRECT-- D
7. 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 --CORRECT-- D
, 8. 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 --CORRECT-- D
9. 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
INFORMATION SECURITY OBJECTIVE
ASSESSMENT NEWEST 2026 TEST BANK
ACTUAL EXAM 300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |
ALREADY GRADED A+
1. Which cybersecurity term is defined as the potential
for an attack on a resource?
A Impact
B Vulnerability
C Risk
D Threat --CORRECT-- D
2. Which security type deliberately exposes a system's
vulnerabilities or resources to an attacker?
A Intrusion detection
B Firewalls
C Honeypots
D Intrusion prevention --CORRECT-- C
,3. 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 --CORRECT-- C
4. Which web attack is a server-side attack?
A Clickjacking
B Cross-site scripting
C SQL injection
D Cross-site request forgery --CORRECT-- C
5. 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 --CORRECT-- A
6. 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?
A Modification
B Fabrication
C Interception
D Interruption --CORRECT-- D
7. 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 --CORRECT-- D
, 8. 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 --CORRECT-- D
9. 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
