EXAM 2025/2026 COMPLETE REAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (CORRECT VERIFIED SOLUTIONS) A
NEW UPDATED VERSION |GUARANTEED PASS. WGU D431
Answer: American Standard Code for Information Interchange
(ASCII)
A set of codes defining all the various keystrokes you could make,
including letters, numbers, characters, and even the spacebar and
return keys.
Answer: Business continuity plan (BCP)
A plan for maintaining minimal operations until the business can return
to full normal operations.
Answer: Business impact analysis (BIA)
An analysis of how specific incidents might impact the business
operations.
,Answer: Caesar cipher
The method of cryptography in which someone chooses a number
by which to shift each letter of a text in the alphabet and substitute
the new letter for the letter being encrypted. For example, if your
text is "A CAT," and you choose to shift by two letters, your
encrypted text is "C ECV." This is also known as a monoalphabet,
single-alphabet, or substitution cipher.
Answer: Carrier
The signal, stream, or data file in which the payload is hidden.
Answer: Cell-phone forensics
The process of searching the contents of cell phones.
Answer: Chain of custody
The continuity of control of evidence that makes it possible to
account for all that has happened to evidence between its
original collection and its appearance in court, preferably
unaltered.
Answer: Channel
The type of medium used to hide data in steganography. This may
be photos, video, sound files, or Voice over IP.
,Answer: Clean room
An environment that has a controlled level of contamination, such
as from dust, microbes, and other particles.
Answer: Cloud computing
The practice of delivering hosted services over the internet. This can
be software as a service, platform as a service, or infrastructure as a
service.
Answer: Computer forensics
The use of analytical and investigative techniques to identify,
collect, examine, and preserve computer-based material for
presentation as evidence in a court of law.
Answer: Consistency checking
A technique for file system repair that involves scanning a disk's
logical structure and ensuring that it is consistent with its
specification.
Answer: Cryptanalysis
A method of using techniques other than brute force to derive a
cryptographic key.
, Answer: Curriculum vitae (CV)
An extensive document expounding one's experience and
qualifications for a position, similar to a résumé but with more
detail. In academia and expert work, a CV is usually used rather
than a résumé.
Answer: Cyberstalking
The use of electronic communications to harass or threaten another
person.
Answer: Digital evidence
Information that has been processed and assembled so that it is
relevant to an investigation and supports a specific finding or
determination.