WGU COURSE C836 FUNDAMENTALS OF
INFORMATION SECURITY COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2024
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
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's IT policy manual states that "All company computers, workstations,
application servers, and mobile devices must have current versions of antivirus
software."
Which principle or concept of cybersecurity does this policy statement impact?
A Accounting policy
B Operating system security
C Access control policy
D Physical security - (correct answer) B
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 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 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
Which cyber defense concept suggests limiting permissions to only what is necessary
to perform a particular task?
A Authentication
B Authorization
C Defense in depth
D Principle of least privilege - (correct answer) D
A company institutes a new policy that "All office computer monitors must face toward
employees and must face away from doorways. The monitor screens must not be
visible to people visiting the office."
Which principle of the CIA triad is this company applying?
A Availability
B Confidentiality
C Utility
D Integrity - (correct answer) B
, At a small company, an employee makes an unauthorized data alteration.
Which component of the CIA triad has been compromised?
A Confidentiality
B Authenticity
C Integrity
D Availability - (correct answer) C
An organization plans to encrypt data in transit on a network.
Which aspect of data is the organization attempting to protect?
A Integrity
B Possession
C Availability
D Authenticity - (correct answer) A
Which aspect of the CIA triad is violated by an unauthorized database rollback or undo?
A Availability
B Identification
C Integrity
D Confidentiality - (correct answer) C
A company's website has suffered several denial of service (DoS) attacks and wishes
to thwart future attacks.
Which security principle is the company addressing?
A Availability
B Authenticity
C Confidentiality
D Possession - (correct answer) A
An organization has a requirement that all database servers and file servers be
configured to maintain operations in the presence of a failure.
Which principle of the CIA triad is this requirement implementing?
A Utility
B Integrity
C Availability
INFORMATION SECURITY COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2024
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
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's IT policy manual states that "All company computers, workstations,
application servers, and mobile devices must have current versions of antivirus
software."
Which principle or concept of cybersecurity does this policy statement impact?
A Accounting policy
B Operating system security
C Access control policy
D Physical security - (correct answer) B
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 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 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
Which cyber defense concept suggests limiting permissions to only what is necessary
to perform a particular task?
A Authentication
B Authorization
C Defense in depth
D Principle of least privilege - (correct answer) D
A company institutes a new policy that "All office computer monitors must face toward
employees and must face away from doorways. The monitor screens must not be
visible to people visiting the office."
Which principle of the CIA triad is this company applying?
A Availability
B Confidentiality
C Utility
D Integrity - (correct answer) B
, At a small company, an employee makes an unauthorized data alteration.
Which component of the CIA triad has been compromised?
A Confidentiality
B Authenticity
C Integrity
D Availability - (correct answer) C
An organization plans to encrypt data in transit on a network.
Which aspect of data is the organization attempting to protect?
A Integrity
B Possession
C Availability
D Authenticity - (correct answer) A
Which aspect of the CIA triad is violated by an unauthorized database rollback or undo?
A Availability
B Identification
C Integrity
D Confidentiality - (correct answer) C
A company's website has suffered several denial of service (DoS) attacks and wishes
to thwart future attacks.
Which security principle is the company addressing?
A Availability
B Authenticity
C Confidentiality
D Possession - (correct answer) A
An organization has a requirement that all database servers and file servers be
configured to maintain operations in the presence of a failure.
Which principle of the CIA triad is this requirement implementing?
A Utility
B Integrity
C Availability
