WGU D481 FINAL PAPER 2026
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉Examples of confidentiality. Answer: A patron using an ATM card
wants to keep their PIN number confidential.
An ATM owner wants to keep bank account numbers confidential.
◉How can confidentiality be broken?. Answer: Losing a laptop
An attacker gets access to info
A person can look over your shoulder
◉Define integrity in the CIA triad.. Answer: The ability to prevent
people from changing your data and the ability to reverse unwanted
changes.
◉How do you control integrity?. Answer: Permissions restrict what
users can do (read, write, etc.)
◉Examples of integrity. Answer: Data used by a doctor to make
medical decisions needs to be correct or the patient can die.
, ◉Define the availability in the CIA triad.. Answer: Our data needs to
be accessible when we need it.
◉How can availability be broken?. Answer: Loss of power,
application problems. If caused by an attacker, this is a Denial of
Service attack.
◉Define information security.. Answer: The protection of
information and information systems from unauthorized access, use,
disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order to
provide confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
◉Define the Parkerian Hexad and its principles.. Answer: The
Parkerian Hexad includes confidentiality, integrity, and availability
from the CIA triad. It also includes possession (or control),
authenticity, and utility.
◉Authenticity. Answer: Whether the data in question comes from
who or where it says it comes from (i.e. did this person actually send
this email?)
◉Confidentiality is affected by what type of attack?. Answer:
Interception (eaves dropping)
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉Examples of confidentiality. Answer: A patron using an ATM card
wants to keep their PIN number confidential.
An ATM owner wants to keep bank account numbers confidential.
◉How can confidentiality be broken?. Answer: Losing a laptop
An attacker gets access to info
A person can look over your shoulder
◉Define integrity in the CIA triad.. Answer: The ability to prevent
people from changing your data and the ability to reverse unwanted
changes.
◉How do you control integrity?. Answer: Permissions restrict what
users can do (read, write, etc.)
◉Examples of integrity. Answer: Data used by a doctor to make
medical decisions needs to be correct or the patient can die.
, ◉Define the availability in the CIA triad.. Answer: Our data needs to
be accessible when we need it.
◉How can availability be broken?. Answer: Loss of power,
application problems. If caused by an attacker, this is a Denial of
Service attack.
◉Define information security.. Answer: The protection of
information and information systems from unauthorized access, use,
disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order to
provide confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
◉Define the Parkerian Hexad and its principles.. Answer: The
Parkerian Hexad includes confidentiality, integrity, and availability
from the CIA triad. It also includes possession (or control),
authenticity, and utility.
◉Authenticity. Answer: Whether the data in question comes from
who or where it says it comes from (i.e. did this person actually send
this email?)
◉Confidentiality is affected by what type of attack?. Answer:
Interception (eaves dropping)
