WGU C836 FUNDAMENTALS OF
INFORMATION SECURITY FINAL
PAPER 2026 FULL 300 QUESTIONS
AND ACCURATE SOLUTIONS STUDY
GUIDE
◉ The Interception attack type most commonly affects which
principle(s) of the CIA triad? This task contains the radio buttons and
checkboxes for options. The shortcut keys to perform this task are A to
H and alt+1 to alt+9.
A.Integrity and Availability
B.Confidentiality and Integrity
C.Availability
D.Integrity
E.Confidentiality. Answer: Confidentiality
◉ Something that has the potential to cause harm to our assets is
known as a(n) ________.
A.Threat
B.Impact
C.Risk
D.Vulnerability. Answer: Threat
,◉ Controls that protect the systems, networks, and environments that
process, transmit, and store our data are called _______.
A.Logical controls
B.Administrative controls
C.Physical controls. Answer: Logical Control
◉ What is the first and arguably one of the most important steps of the
risk management process?
A.Assess risks
B.Mitigate risks
C.Identify threats
D.Assess vulnerabilities
E.Identify assets. Answer: Identify assets
◉ Protects information and information systems from unauthorized
access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction.
Answer: information security
◉ A type of attack, primarily against confidentiality. Answer:
Interception
,◉ Something that has the potential to cause harm to our assets.
Answer: Threat
◉ A weakness that can be used to harm us. Answer: Vulnerability
◉ The likelihood that something bad will happen. Answer: Risk
◉ An attack that involves tampering with our assets. Answer:
Modification attack
◉ A model that adds three more principles to the CIA triad: possession
or control, utility, and authenticity. Answer: Parkerian hexad
◉ The physical disposition of the media on which the data is stored.
Answer: Possession or control
◉ An attack that involves generating data, processes, communications,
or other similar activities with a system. Answer: Fabrication attack
◉ A multilayered defense that will allow us to achieve a successful
defense should one or more of our defensive measures fail. Answer:
Defense in depth
, ◉ Sometimes called technical controls, these protect the systems,
networks, and environments that process, transmit, and store our data.
Answer: Logical controls
◉ Controls that protect the physical environment in which our systems
sit, or where our data is stored. Answer: Physical controls
◉ The risk management phase that consists of all of the activities that
we can perform in advance of the incident itself, in order to better
enable us to handle it. Answer: Preparation phase
◉ The risk management phase where we detect the occurrence of an
issue and decide whether it is actually an incident so that we can
respond to it appropriately. Answer: Detection and analysis phase
◉ The biometric characteristic that measures how well a factor resists
change over time and with advancing age is called __________.
A. Collectability
B. Acceptability
C.Universality
D.Uniqueness
E.Permanence. Answer: E.Permanence
INFORMATION SECURITY FINAL
PAPER 2026 FULL 300 QUESTIONS
AND ACCURATE SOLUTIONS STUDY
GUIDE
◉ The Interception attack type most commonly affects which
principle(s) of the CIA triad? This task contains the radio buttons and
checkboxes for options. The shortcut keys to perform this task are A to
H and alt+1 to alt+9.
A.Integrity and Availability
B.Confidentiality and Integrity
C.Availability
D.Integrity
E.Confidentiality. Answer: Confidentiality
◉ Something that has the potential to cause harm to our assets is
known as a(n) ________.
A.Threat
B.Impact
C.Risk
D.Vulnerability. Answer: Threat
,◉ Controls that protect the systems, networks, and environments that
process, transmit, and store our data are called _______.
A.Logical controls
B.Administrative controls
C.Physical controls. Answer: Logical Control
◉ What is the first and arguably one of the most important steps of the
risk management process?
A.Assess risks
B.Mitigate risks
C.Identify threats
D.Assess vulnerabilities
E.Identify assets. Answer: Identify assets
◉ Protects information and information systems from unauthorized
access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction.
Answer: information security
◉ A type of attack, primarily against confidentiality. Answer:
Interception
,◉ Something that has the potential to cause harm to our assets.
Answer: Threat
◉ A weakness that can be used to harm us. Answer: Vulnerability
◉ The likelihood that something bad will happen. Answer: Risk
◉ An attack that involves tampering with our assets. Answer:
Modification attack
◉ A model that adds three more principles to the CIA triad: possession
or control, utility, and authenticity. Answer: Parkerian hexad
◉ The physical disposition of the media on which the data is stored.
Answer: Possession or control
◉ An attack that involves generating data, processes, communications,
or other similar activities with a system. Answer: Fabrication attack
◉ A multilayered defense that will allow us to achieve a successful
defense should one or more of our defensive measures fail. Answer:
Defense in depth
, ◉ Sometimes called technical controls, these protect the systems,
networks, and environments that process, transmit, and store our data.
Answer: Logical controls
◉ Controls that protect the physical environment in which our systems
sit, or where our data is stored. Answer: Physical controls
◉ The risk management phase that consists of all of the activities that
we can perform in advance of the incident itself, in order to better
enable us to handle it. Answer: Preparation phase
◉ The risk management phase where we detect the occurrence of an
issue and decide whether it is actually an incident so that we can
respond to it appropriately. Answer: Detection and analysis phase
◉ The biometric characteristic that measures how well a factor resists
change over time and with advancing age is called __________.
A. Collectability
B. Acceptability
C.Universality
D.Uniqueness
E.Permanence. Answer: E.Permanence
