WGU D487 PRE-ASSESSMENT: SECURE SOFTWARE
DESIGN (KEO1) (PKEO) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is a study of real-world software security initiatives organized so companies can measure their initiatives and
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understand how to evolve them over time?, - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Building Security In Maturity Model (BSIMM)
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What is the analysis of computer software that is performed without executing programs? - Correct Answer ✔✔ -
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Static analysis
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Which International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard is the benchmark for information security today
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Correct Answer ✔✔ - ISO/IEC 27001.
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What is the analysis of computer software that is performed by executing programs on a real or virtual processor in re
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time?, - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Dynamic analysis
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Which person is responsible for designing, planning, and implementing secure coding practices and security testing
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methodologies? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Software security architect
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A company is preparing to add a new feature to its flagship software product. The new feature is similar to features th
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have been added in previous years, and the requirements are well-documented. The project is expected to last three
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four months, at which time the new feature will be released to customers. Project team members will focus solely on t
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new feature until the project ends. Which software development methodology is being used? - Correct Answer ✔✔
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Waterfall
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A new product will require an administration section for a small number of users. Normal users will be able to view
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limited customer information and should not see admin functionality within the application. Which concept is being
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used? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Principle of least privilege
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The scrum team is attending their morning meeting, which is scheduled at the beginning of the work day. Each team
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member reports what they accomplished yesterday, what they plan to accomplish today, and if they have any
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impediments that may cause them to miss their delivery deadline. Which scrum ceremony is the team participating in
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- Correct Answer ✔✔ - Daily Scrum
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What is a list of information security vulnerabilities that aims to provide names for publicly known problems? - Correct
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Answer ✔✔ - Common computer vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE)
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Which secure coding best practice uses well-tested, publicly available algorithms to hide product data from
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unauthorized access? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Cryptographic practices
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Which secure coding best practice uses well-tested, publicly available algorithms to hide product data from
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unauthorized access? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Cryptographic practices
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Which secure coding best practice ensures servers, frameworks, and system components are all running the latest
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approved versions? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - System configuration
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,Which secure coding best practice says to use parameterized queries, encrypted connection strings stored in separa
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configuration files, and strong passwords or multi-factor authentication? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Database security
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Which secure coding best practice says that all information passed to other systems should be encrypted? - Correct
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Answer ✔✔ - Communication security
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eam members are being introduced during sprint zero in the project kickoff meeting. The person being introduced is a
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member of the scrum team, responsible for writing feature logic and attending sprint ceremonies. Which role is the
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team member playing? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Software developer
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A software security team member has created data flow diagrams, chosen the STRIDE methodology to perform thre
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reviews, and created the security assessment for the new product. Which category of secure software best practices
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did the team member perform? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Architecture analysis
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Team members are being introduced during sprint zero in the project kickoff meeting. The person being introduced w
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be a facilitator, will try to remove roadblocks and ensure the team is communicating freely, and will be responsible for
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facilitating all scrum ceremonies. Which role is the team member playing? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Scrum master
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The new product standards state that all traffic must be secure and encrypted. What is the name for this secure codin
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practice? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Communication security
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Which DREAD category is based on how easily a threat exploit can be repeated? - Correct Answer ✔✔ -
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Reproducibility
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Which mitigation technique can be used to fight against a data tampering threat? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Digital
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signatures
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What is a countermeasure to the web application security frame (ASF) configuration management threat category? -
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Correct Answer ✔✔ - Compliance requirement
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Which type of requirement specifies that file formats the application sends to financial institutions must be certified
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every four years? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Compliance requirement
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Which type of requirement specifies that credit card numbers displayed in the application will be masked so they only
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show the last four digits? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Privacy requirement
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Which type of requirement specifies that user passwords will require a minimum of 8 characters and must include at
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least one uppercase character, one number, and one special character? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Security requireme
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Which type of requirement specifies that credit card numbers are designated as highly sensitive confidential persona
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information? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Data classification requirement
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Which privacy impact statement requirement type defines how personal information is protected on devices used by
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more than a single associate? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Privacy control requirements
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In which step of the PASTA threat modeling methodology does design flaw analysis take place? - Correct Answer ✔
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- Vulnerability and weakness analysis
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DESIGN (KEO1) (PKEO) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is a study of real-world software security initiatives organized so companies can measure their initiatives and
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understand how to evolve them over time?, - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Building Security In Maturity Model (BSIMM)
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What is the analysis of computer software that is performed without executing programs? - Correct Answer ✔✔ -
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Static analysis
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Which International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard is the benchmark for information security today
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Correct Answer ✔✔ - ISO/IEC 27001.
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What is the analysis of computer software that is performed by executing programs on a real or virtual processor in re
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time?, - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Dynamic analysis
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Which person is responsible for designing, planning, and implementing secure coding practices and security testing
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methodologies? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Software security architect
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A company is preparing to add a new feature to its flagship software product. The new feature is similar to features th
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have been added in previous years, and the requirements are well-documented. The project is expected to last three
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four months, at which time the new feature will be released to customers. Project team members will focus solely on t
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new feature until the project ends. Which software development methodology is being used? - Correct Answer ✔✔
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Waterfall
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A new product will require an administration section for a small number of users. Normal users will be able to view
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limited customer information and should not see admin functionality within the application. Which concept is being
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used? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Principle of least privilege
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The scrum team is attending their morning meeting, which is scheduled at the beginning of the work day. Each team
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member reports what they accomplished yesterday, what they plan to accomplish today, and if they have any
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impediments that may cause them to miss their delivery deadline. Which scrum ceremony is the team participating in
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- Correct Answer ✔✔ - Daily Scrum
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What is a list of information security vulnerabilities that aims to provide names for publicly known problems? - Correct
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Answer ✔✔ - Common computer vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE)
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Which secure coding best practice uses well-tested, publicly available algorithms to hide product data from
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unauthorized access? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Cryptographic practices
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Which secure coding best practice uses well-tested, publicly available algorithms to hide product data from
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unauthorized access? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Cryptographic practices
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Which secure coding best practice ensures servers, frameworks, and system components are all running the latest
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approved versions? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - System configuration
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,Which secure coding best practice says to use parameterized queries, encrypted connection strings stored in separa
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configuration files, and strong passwords or multi-factor authentication? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Database security
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Which secure coding best practice says that all information passed to other systems should be encrypted? - Correct
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Answer ✔✔ - Communication security
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eam members are being introduced during sprint zero in the project kickoff meeting. The person being introduced is a
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member of the scrum team, responsible for writing feature logic and attending sprint ceremonies. Which role is the
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team member playing? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Software developer
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A software security team member has created data flow diagrams, chosen the STRIDE methodology to perform thre
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reviews, and created the security assessment for the new product. Which category of secure software best practices
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did the team member perform? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Architecture analysis
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Team members are being introduced during sprint zero in the project kickoff meeting. The person being introduced w
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be a facilitator, will try to remove roadblocks and ensure the team is communicating freely, and will be responsible for
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facilitating all scrum ceremonies. Which role is the team member playing? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Scrum master
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The new product standards state that all traffic must be secure and encrypted. What is the name for this secure codin
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practice? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Communication security
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Which DREAD category is based on how easily a threat exploit can be repeated? - Correct Answer ✔✔ -
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Reproducibility
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Which mitigation technique can be used to fight against a data tampering threat? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Digital
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signatures
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What is a countermeasure to the web application security frame (ASF) configuration management threat category? -
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Correct Answer ✔✔ - Compliance requirement
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Which type of requirement specifies that file formats the application sends to financial institutions must be certified
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every four years? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Compliance requirement
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Which type of requirement specifies that credit card numbers displayed in the application will be masked so they only
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show the last four digits? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Privacy requirement
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Which type of requirement specifies that user passwords will require a minimum of 8 characters and must include at
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least one uppercase character, one number, and one special character? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Security requireme
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Which type of requirement specifies that credit card numbers are designated as highly sensitive confidential persona
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information? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Data classification requirement
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Which privacy impact statement requirement type defines how personal information is protected on devices used by
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more than a single associate? - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Privacy control requirements
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In which step of the PASTA threat modeling methodology does design flaw analysis take place? - Correct Answer ✔
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- Vulnerability and weakness analysis
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