WGU C700 network security QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A

Which type of attack is primarily intended to disrupt the availability of critical business functions? A Man in the middle B Denial of Service C Eavesdropping D Covert Channel Correct Answer: B Denial of Service Classify each attack method in relation to its direct impact on the CIA triad. Key Logger DNS poisoning Covert channels DDoS Correct Answer: Key Logger: Confidentiality DNS Poisoning: Integrity Covert channels: Confidentiality DDOS: Availability A security administrator has configured a small keysize to protect the VPN. Which security objective does this affect? C, I or A? Correct Answer: Confidentiality A laptop has been stolen, and the data has been seen for sale on the darknet. Which process could have protected the confidentiality of the data? Correct Answer: Hard drive encryption When browsing to a financial website, a user receives an error on the browser that points to the certificate on the website. The user reviews the certificate and maps it to a known certificate authority. Why did the user need to perform these actions? Correct Answer: To establish a trust relationship A team of scientists is working on a secure project. The network administrator needs to configure a network for the team that is not routable from the Internet. A firewall is protecting the scientists' network and is using network address translation (NAT) to translate the internal IP addresses to public IP addresses. Which IP address should the network administrator configure on the inside interface of the firewall? Correct Answer: 10.14.15.16 An ad hoc network design team has just finished a presentation on the latest updates to the organization's network infrastructure. The team ensured that plenty of redundancy has been built in and bottlenecks have been eliminated.