WGU C838 FINAL SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
VERIFIED
●● "Which phase of the cloud data security lifecycle typically occurs
simultaneously with creation?
(A) Use
(B) Share
(C) Store
(D) Destroy"
Answer: Store
●● "Which phase of the cloud data life cycle uses content delivery
networks?
(A) Share
(B) Create
(C) Destroy
(D) Archive"
Answer: Share
●● "Which phase of the cloud data life cycle is associated with crypto-
shredding?
,(A) Use
(B) Store
(C) Share
(D) Destroy"
Answer: Destroy
●● "Which cloud data storage architecture allows sensitive data to be
replaced with unique identification symbols that retain all the essential
information about the data without compromising its security?
(A) Obfuscation
(B) Tokenization
(C) Anonymization
(D) Randomization"
Answer: Tokenization
●● "Which methodology could cloud data storage utilize to encrypt all
data associated in an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) deployment
model?
(A) Sandbox encryption
(B) Client-side encryption
(C) Polymorphic encryption
(D) Whole-instance encryption"
Answer: Whole-instance encryption
,●● "There is a threat to a banking cloud platform service. The developer
needs to provide inclusion in a relational database that is seamless and
readily searchable by search engine algorithms. Which platform as a
service (PaaS) data type should be used?
(A) Structured
(B) Unstructured
(C) Long-term storage
(D) Short-term storage"
Answer: Structured
●● "Which platform as a service (PaaS) storage architecture should be
used if an organization wants to store presentations, documents, and
audio files?
(A) Block
(B) Object
(C) Distributed
(D) Relational database"
Answer: Object
●● "Which technique scrambles the content of data using a
mathematical algorithm while keeping the structural arrangement of the
data?
(A) Tokenization
, (B) Dynamic masking
(C) Proxy-based encryption
(D) Format-preserving encryption"
Answer: Format-preserving encryption
●● "Which encryption technique connects the instance to the encryption
instance that handles all crypto operations?
(A) Proxy
(B) Database
(C) Server-side
(D) Externally managed"
Answer: Proxy
●● "Which type of control should be used to implement custom controls
that safeguard data?
(A) Application level
(B) Management plane
(C) Options for access
(D) Public and internal sharing"
Answer: Application level
●● "Which element is protected by an encryption system?
(A) Data
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
VERIFIED
●● "Which phase of the cloud data security lifecycle typically occurs
simultaneously with creation?
(A) Use
(B) Share
(C) Store
(D) Destroy"
Answer: Store
●● "Which phase of the cloud data life cycle uses content delivery
networks?
(A) Share
(B) Create
(C) Destroy
(D) Archive"
Answer: Share
●● "Which phase of the cloud data life cycle is associated with crypto-
shredding?
,(A) Use
(B) Store
(C) Share
(D) Destroy"
Answer: Destroy
●● "Which cloud data storage architecture allows sensitive data to be
replaced with unique identification symbols that retain all the essential
information about the data without compromising its security?
(A) Obfuscation
(B) Tokenization
(C) Anonymization
(D) Randomization"
Answer: Tokenization
●● "Which methodology could cloud data storage utilize to encrypt all
data associated in an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) deployment
model?
(A) Sandbox encryption
(B) Client-side encryption
(C) Polymorphic encryption
(D) Whole-instance encryption"
Answer: Whole-instance encryption
,●● "There is a threat to a banking cloud platform service. The developer
needs to provide inclusion in a relational database that is seamless and
readily searchable by search engine algorithms. Which platform as a
service (PaaS) data type should be used?
(A) Structured
(B) Unstructured
(C) Long-term storage
(D) Short-term storage"
Answer: Structured
●● "Which platform as a service (PaaS) storage architecture should be
used if an organization wants to store presentations, documents, and
audio files?
(A) Block
(B) Object
(C) Distributed
(D) Relational database"
Answer: Object
●● "Which technique scrambles the content of data using a
mathematical algorithm while keeping the structural arrangement of the
data?
(A) Tokenization
, (B) Dynamic masking
(C) Proxy-based encryption
(D) Format-preserving encryption"
Answer: Format-preserving encryption
●● "Which encryption technique connects the instance to the encryption
instance that handles all crypto operations?
(A) Proxy
(B) Database
(C) Server-side
(D) Externally managed"
Answer: Proxy
●● "Which type of control should be used to implement custom controls
that safeguard data?
(A) Application level
(B) Management plane
(C) Options for access
(D) Public and internal sharing"
Answer: Application level
●● "Which element is protected by an encryption system?
(A) Data
