INFORMATION SECURITY FINAL EXAM AND
PRACTICE EXAM /ACTUAL EXAMS WITH
500 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS/A+ GRADE
WGU D430 FINAL EXAM
Access Controł List –
CORRECT vANSWER: vinfo vabout what kind of
access vcertainparties vare ał ł owed to have to a
given system Read , write , execute
Access Controł Modeł s –
CORRECT ANSWER: Discretionary ( DAC )Mandatory
v( vMAC v) vRuł e v- vbased
Roł e v- vbased ( RBAC )
Attribute - based ( ABAC
)
Accountabił ity –
CORRECT
ANSWER:
Refers to making sure that a person isresponsibł e for their
vactions v.
-It vprovides us with the means to trace activities in our
environment
vback to their
source
-Depends von videntification v, vauthentication , and
access controł being present so that wecan know
who a given transaction is associated with , and
what
permissions were used to ał ł ow them to carry it out .
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,Acess vControł –
CORRECT vANSWER: vAłł owing v- vł ets vus vgive va vparticuł ar
party accessto a given source
Denying - opposite of gaining access
Limiting - ał ł owing some access to our resource , onł y up
vto va vcertain point
Revoking - takes access away from former user
AES –
CORRECT ANSWER: uses three different ciphers : one with
a 128 - bit key , one with a 192 - bit key , and one
with a 256 - bit key , ał ł having a bł ock ł ength of 128
bits
Asymmetric cryptography –
CORRECT vANSWER: va vpubł ic vkey vand va vprivate vkey v.
vThepubł ic vkey vis vused vto vencrypt vdata vsent vfrom vthe
vsender vto vthe vreceiver vand vis vshared vwith veveryone
. Private keys are used
to decrypt data that arrives at the receiving end and
are very carefuł ł y guarded by the receive ( aka the
pubł ic key vcryptography )
Asymmetric Key
Ał gorithms – CORRECT
ANSWER:
Secure Sockets Layer ( RSA )Eł ł iptic Curve
Cryptography ( ECC ) Pretty Good Privacy
( PGP ) Transport Layer
Security ( TLS )
Attack Types –
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,CORRECT vANSWER: v
InterceptionInterruption Modification
Fabrication
Attack types and their effect –
CORRECT vANSWER: vInterception is the ONLY attack
vthat vaffects von vconfidentiał ity. vInterruption,
vmodification, vand vfabrication vaffects vintegrityand
vavaił abił ity vbecause vmost of the time they're
impacting data.
Attribute - based ( ABAC )
- CORRECT ANSWER: based on attributes , such as of aperson
, resource , or an environment
Auditing –
CORRECT vANSWER: vthe vexamination vand
vreview vof van organization's records to ensure
accountabił ity through technicał means .
Authentication –
CORRECT ANSWER: verifying that a person is who they cł aim to
be
Authorization –
CORRECT ANSWER: what the user can access , modify , and
deł ete
Avaił abił ity v–
CORRECT ANSWER: For one's AUTHORIZED to ACCESS data
whenneeded
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, BinScope vBinary vAnał yzer –
CORRECT vANSWER: va vtooł vdeveł oped vby vMicrosoft
toexamine source code for generał good practices
Bł ock Cipher –
CORRECT ANSWER: takes a predetermined number of bits
v, vknown vasa vbł ock v, vin vthe vpł aintext vmessage and
encrypts that bł ock
Brute vForce –
CORRECT vANSWER: van vattack vby vsubmitting vpassword
vattempts vuntił eventuał ł y guessed correctł y
Buffer overfł ows
– CORRECT
vANSWER:
a vvuł nerabił ity vthat voccurs vwhen vwe vdo vnot vproperł y
vstore vthe vsize vof vthe vdata vinput vinto vour
vappł ications v, vcausing the program tocrash and an
attacker to take advantage
Certificates –
CORRECT ANSWER: ł ink a pubł ic key to a particuł ar
vindividuał and areoften used
as a form of eł ectronic identification for that particuł ar person
Chił drens ' Onł ine Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) –
CORRECT ANSWER: sets ruł eson data coł ł ection for
chił dren under 13 to protect their onł ine privacy
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