WGU COURSE C836 - FUNDAMENTALS OF INFORMATION
SECURITY 200+ QUESITIONS||GRANTEE PASS
Which cybersecurity term is defined as the potential for an attack on a resource?
A Impact
B Vulnerability
C Risk
D Threat
CORRECT ANSWER: D
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 ANSWER: D
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 ANSWER: C
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 ANSWER: C
Which web attack is a server-side attack?
A Clickjacking
B Cross-site scripting
C SQL injection
D Cross-site request forgery
CORRECT ANSWER: C
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 ANSWER: A
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 ANSWER: D
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 ANSWER: D
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.
, 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
CORRECT ANSWER: D
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
CORRECT ANSWER: C
Which file action implements the principle of confidentiality from the CIA triad?
A Compression
B Hash
C Backup
D Encryption
CORRECT ANSWER: D
SECURITY 200+ QUESITIONS||GRANTEE PASS
Which cybersecurity term is defined as the potential for an attack on a resource?
A Impact
B Vulnerability
C Risk
D Threat
CORRECT ANSWER: D
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 ANSWER: D
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 ANSWER: C
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 ANSWER: C
Which web attack is a server-side attack?
A Clickjacking
B Cross-site scripting
C SQL injection
D Cross-site request forgery
CORRECT ANSWER: C
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 ANSWER: A
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 ANSWER: D
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 ANSWER: D
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.
, 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
CORRECT ANSWER: D
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
CORRECT ANSWER: C
Which file action implements the principle of confidentiality from the CIA triad?
A Compression
B Hash
C Backup
D Encryption
CORRECT ANSWER: D
