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WGU D333 Ethics in Technology – WGU ACTUAL
EXAM NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) | LATEST
VERSION 2025-2026
A document that stipulates restrictions and practices
acceptable use policy (AUP)
that a user must agree in order to use organizational
computing and network resources.
When an organization decides to accept a risk because
the cost of avoiding the risk outweighs the potential
loss of the risk. A decision to accept a risk can be
acceptance extremely difficult and controversial when dealing with
safety-critical systems because making that
determination involves forming personal judgments
about the value of human life, assessing potential
liability in case of an accident, evaluating the potential
impact on the surrounding natural environment, and
estimating the system's costs and benefits.
A network attack in which an intruder gains access to a network
advanced persistent threat and stays there—
(APT) undetected—with the intention of stealing data over a
long period of time (weeks or even months).
A software development
methodology in which a system
is developed in iterations lasting
agile development from one to four weeks. Unlike
the waterfall system
development model, agile
development accepts the fact
that system requirements are
evolving and cannot be fully
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understood or defined at the
start of the project.
An agreement of the World Trade Organization that
Agreement on Trade-Related
requires member governments to ensure that
Aspects of Intellectual
intellectual property rights can be enforced under their
Property Rights (TRIPS)
laws and that penalties for infringement are tough
enough to deter further violations.
A wide-ranging act that authorized $787 billion in
spending and tax cuts over a 10- year period and
American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act included strong privacy provisions for electronic
health records, such as banning the sale of health
information, promoting the use of audit trails and
encryption, and providing rights of access for
patients.
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The estimated loss from a potential risk event over the course of
a year. The
annualized loss expectancy following equation is used to calculate the annual loss
(ALE) expectancy: ARO × SLE = ALE. Where ARO is the
annualized rate of occurrence, an estimate of the
probability that this event will occur over the course of a
year and SLE is the single loss expectancy, the
estimated loss that would be incurred if the event
happens.
annualized rate of occurrence An estimate of the probability that a risk event will occur over the
(ARO) course of a year.
anonymous expression The expression of opinions by people who do not reveal their
identity.
A service that allows anonymity on the Internet by
anonymous remailer service using a computer program that strips the originating
header and/or IP address from the message and then
forwards the message to its intended recipient.
Laws designed to reduce frivolous SLAPPs (strategic lawsuit
against public
anti-SLAPP laws participation (SLAPP), which is a lawsuit filed by
corporations, government officials, and others against
citizens and community groups who oppose them on
matters of concern).
Software that scans for a specific sequence of bytes,
antivirus software
known as a virus signature, that indicates the
presence of a specific virus.
The people, procedures, hardware, software, data, and
knowledge needed to develop computer systems and
artificial intelligence systems machines that can simulate human intelligence
processes, including learning (the acquisition of
information and rules for using the information),
reasoning (using rules to reach conclusions), and self-
correction (using the outcome from one scenario to
improve its performance on future scenarios).
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A group that provides assistance to the board of directors in
fulfilling its
responsibilities with respect to the oversight of the quality and
audit committee integrity of the
organization's accounting and reporting practices and
controls, including financial statements and reports; the
organization's compliance with legal and regulatory
requirements; the qualifications, independence, and
performance of the company's independent auditor;
and the performance of the company's internal audit
team.
The elimination of a vulnerability that gives rise to a
avoidance particular risk in order to avoid the risk altogether. This
is the most effective solution but often not possible
due to organizational requirements and factors
beyond an organization's control.
The moral corruption of people in power, which is often
Bathsheba syndrome
facilitated by a tendency for people to look the other
way when their leaders act inappropriately.
A method or technique that has consistently shown
best practice results superior to those achieved with other means
and that is used as a benchmark within a particular
industry.
The first 10 amendments to the United States
Bill of Rights
Constitution that spell out additional rights of
individuals.
A type of dynamic testing that involves viewing the
black-box testing software unit as a device that has expected input and
output behaviors but whose internal workings are
unknown (a
black box).
A sophisticated threat that combines the features of a
blended threat
virus, worm, Trojan horse, and other malicious code
into a single payload.
An agreed-upon sets of skills and abilities that all
body of knowledge
licensed professionals must possess.
A large group of computers, which are controlled from
botnet
one or more remote locations by hackers, without
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WGU D333 Ethics in Technology – WGU ACTUAL
EXAM NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) | LATEST
VERSION 2025-2026
A document that stipulates restrictions and practices
acceptable use policy (AUP)
that a user must agree in order to use organizational
computing and network resources.
When an organization decides to accept a risk because
the cost of avoiding the risk outweighs the potential
loss of the risk. A decision to accept a risk can be
acceptance extremely difficult and controversial when dealing with
safety-critical systems because making that
determination involves forming personal judgments
about the value of human life, assessing potential
liability in case of an accident, evaluating the potential
impact on the surrounding natural environment, and
estimating the system's costs and benefits.
A network attack in which an intruder gains access to a network
advanced persistent threat and stays there—
(APT) undetected—with the intention of stealing data over a
long period of time (weeks or even months).
A software development
methodology in which a system
is developed in iterations lasting
agile development from one to four weeks. Unlike
the waterfall system
development model, agile
development accepts the fact
that system requirements are
evolving and cannot be fully
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understood or defined at the
start of the project.
An agreement of the World Trade Organization that
Agreement on Trade-Related
requires member governments to ensure that
Aspects of Intellectual
intellectual property rights can be enforced under their
Property Rights (TRIPS)
laws and that penalties for infringement are tough
enough to deter further violations.
A wide-ranging act that authorized $787 billion in
spending and tax cuts over a 10- year period and
American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act included strong privacy provisions for electronic
health records, such as banning the sale of health
information, promoting the use of audit trails and
encryption, and providing rights of access for
patients.
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The estimated loss from a potential risk event over the course of
a year. The
annualized loss expectancy following equation is used to calculate the annual loss
(ALE) expectancy: ARO × SLE = ALE. Where ARO is the
annualized rate of occurrence, an estimate of the
probability that this event will occur over the course of a
year and SLE is the single loss expectancy, the
estimated loss that would be incurred if the event
happens.
annualized rate of occurrence An estimate of the probability that a risk event will occur over the
(ARO) course of a year.
anonymous expression The expression of opinions by people who do not reveal their
identity.
A service that allows anonymity on the Internet by
anonymous remailer service using a computer program that strips the originating
header and/or IP address from the message and then
forwards the message to its intended recipient.
Laws designed to reduce frivolous SLAPPs (strategic lawsuit
against public
anti-SLAPP laws participation (SLAPP), which is a lawsuit filed by
corporations, government officials, and others against
citizens and community groups who oppose them on
matters of concern).
Software that scans for a specific sequence of bytes,
antivirus software
known as a virus signature, that indicates the
presence of a specific virus.
The people, procedures, hardware, software, data, and
knowledge needed to develop computer systems and
artificial intelligence systems machines that can simulate human intelligence
processes, including learning (the acquisition of
information and rules for using the information),
reasoning (using rules to reach conclusions), and self-
correction (using the outcome from one scenario to
improve its performance on future scenarios).
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A group that provides assistance to the board of directors in
fulfilling its
responsibilities with respect to the oversight of the quality and
audit committee integrity of the
organization's accounting and reporting practices and
controls, including financial statements and reports; the
organization's compliance with legal and regulatory
requirements; the qualifications, independence, and
performance of the company's independent auditor;
and the performance of the company's internal audit
team.
The elimination of a vulnerability that gives rise to a
avoidance particular risk in order to avoid the risk altogether. This
is the most effective solution but often not possible
due to organizational requirements and factors
beyond an organization's control.
The moral corruption of people in power, which is often
Bathsheba syndrome
facilitated by a tendency for people to look the other
way when their leaders act inappropriately.
A method or technique that has consistently shown
best practice results superior to those achieved with other means
and that is used as a benchmark within a particular
industry.
The first 10 amendments to the United States
Bill of Rights
Constitution that spell out additional rights of
individuals.
A type of dynamic testing that involves viewing the
black-box testing software unit as a device that has expected input and
output behaviors but whose internal workings are
unknown (a
black box).
A sophisticated threat that combines the features of a
blended threat
virus, worm, Trojan horse, and other malicious code
into a single payload.
An agreed-upon sets of skills and abilities that all
body of knowledge
licensed professionals must possess.
A large group of computers, which are controlled from
botnet
one or more remote locations by hackers, without
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