WGU D431 - DIGITAL FORENSICS IN CYBERSECURITY EXAM
QUESTIONS |LATEST UPDATED SET 2026\2027
American Standard Code for Information A set of codes defining all the various keystrokes you could
Interchange (ASCII) make, including letters, numbers, characters, and even the
spacebar and return keys.
Anonymous remailing The process of sending an email message to an
anonymizer. The anonymizer strips identifying information
from an email message before forwarding it with the
anonymous mailing
computer's IP address.
Anti-forensics The actions that perpetrators take to conceal their locations,
activities, or identities.
Asymmetric cryptography Cryptography wherein two keys are used: one to encrypt the
message and another to decrypt it.
Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) A high-speed connection technology that uses fixed-
length, 53-byte packets called calls.
, Authenticate To verify the identity of a person, or to verify evidence.
Base transceiver station (BTS) The part of the cell network responsible for communications
between the mobile phone and the network switching
system.
Basic input/output system (BIOS) The basic instructions stored on a chip for booting up the
computer.
Bit-level information Information at the level of actual 1s and 0s stored in memory
or on the storage device.
Block cipher A form of cryptography that encrypts data in blocks; 64-bit
blocks are quite common, although some algorithms (like
AES) use larger blocks.
Bootstrap environment A special program, such as U-Boot or RedBoot, that is stored
in a special section of the flash memory.
Brute-force attack An attack in which the attacker tries to decrypt a message by
simply applying every possible key in the keyspace.
Business continuity plan (BCP) A plan for maintaining minimal operations until the business
can return to full normal operations.
QUESTIONS |LATEST UPDATED SET 2026\2027
American Standard Code for Information A set of codes defining all the various keystrokes you could
Interchange (ASCII) make, including letters, numbers, characters, and even the
spacebar and return keys.
Anonymous remailing The process of sending an email message to an
anonymizer. The anonymizer strips identifying information
from an email message before forwarding it with the
anonymous mailing
computer's IP address.
Anti-forensics The actions that perpetrators take to conceal their locations,
activities, or identities.
Asymmetric cryptography Cryptography wherein two keys are used: one to encrypt the
message and another to decrypt it.
Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) A high-speed connection technology that uses fixed-
length, 53-byte packets called calls.
, Authenticate To verify the identity of a person, or to verify evidence.
Base transceiver station (BTS) The part of the cell network responsible for communications
between the mobile phone and the network switching
system.
Basic input/output system (BIOS) The basic instructions stored on a chip for booting up the
computer.
Bit-level information Information at the level of actual 1s and 0s stored in memory
or on the storage device.
Block cipher A form of cryptography that encrypts data in blocks; 64-bit
blocks are quite common, although some algorithms (like
AES) use larger blocks.
Bootstrap environment A special program, such as U-Boot or RedBoot, that is stored
in a special section of the flash memory.
Brute-force attack An attack in which the attacker tries to decrypt a message by
simply applying every possible key in the keyspace.
Business continuity plan (BCP) A plan for maintaining minimal operations until the business
can return to full normal operations.
