WGU C105 ACTUAL EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ honeypot. Answer: A type of tool that deliberately displays
vulnerabilities or attractive data so it can detect, monitor, and sometimes
tamper with the activities of an attacker
⩥ hping3. Answer: A tool used to test the security of firewalls and map
network topology.
- constructs specially crafted ICMP packets to evade measures to hide
devices behind firewall
- scripting functionality to test firewall/IDS
⩥ physical security. Answer: A type of security that is concerned with
the protection of people, equipment, and data
⩥ BCP (Business Continuity Plan). Answer: the plans we put in place to
ensure that critical business functions can continue operations in the
event of an emergency
⩥ DRP (Disaster Recovery Plan). Answer: the plans we put in place in
preparation for a potential disaster, and what exactly we will do during
and after
,⩥ major categories of physical threats. Answer: extreme temperature,
gases, living organisms, projectiles, movement, energy anomalies,
people, toxins, smoke, and fire
⩥ physical security controls. Answer: The devices, systems, people, and
other methods we put in place to ensure our security in a physical sense
⩥ deterrent, detective, preventive. Answer: name the 3 main types of
physical controls
⩥ deterrent controls. Answer: Controls designed to discourage those
who might seek to violate our security controls
⩥ detective controls. Answer: controls designed to detect and report
undesirable events that are taking place
⩥ preventive controls. Answer: Controls designed to physically prevent
unauthorized entities from breaching our physical security
⩥ residual data. Answer: Data that is unintentionally left behind on a
storage device
⩥ Safety, evacuation plans, administrative controls. Answer: Name the 3
main considerations for protecting people
, ⩥ availability, residual data, backups. Answer: Name the 3 main
considerations for protecting data
⩥ equipment, facility repair/replacement. Answer: Name the
considerations for protecting equipment
⩥ flash media. Answer: storage media that is least sensitive to
temperature, humidity, magnetic fields, and impacts
⩥ RAID (redundant array of inexpensive disks). Answer: a data storage
virtualization technology that combines multiple physical disk drive
components into a single logical unit for the purposes of data
redundancy, performance improvement, or both.
⩥ most common security awareness issues. Answer: protecting data,
passwords, social engineering, network usage, malware, the use of
personal equipment, clean desk, policy knowledge
⩥ protecting data. Answer: a security awareness issue that is concerned
with the criticality of carefully handling data from the perspectives of
compliance, as well as reputation and customer retention
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ honeypot. Answer: A type of tool that deliberately displays
vulnerabilities or attractive data so it can detect, monitor, and sometimes
tamper with the activities of an attacker
⩥ hping3. Answer: A tool used to test the security of firewalls and map
network topology.
- constructs specially crafted ICMP packets to evade measures to hide
devices behind firewall
- scripting functionality to test firewall/IDS
⩥ physical security. Answer: A type of security that is concerned with
the protection of people, equipment, and data
⩥ BCP (Business Continuity Plan). Answer: the plans we put in place to
ensure that critical business functions can continue operations in the
event of an emergency
⩥ DRP (Disaster Recovery Plan). Answer: the plans we put in place in
preparation for a potential disaster, and what exactly we will do during
and after
,⩥ major categories of physical threats. Answer: extreme temperature,
gases, living organisms, projectiles, movement, energy anomalies,
people, toxins, smoke, and fire
⩥ physical security controls. Answer: The devices, systems, people, and
other methods we put in place to ensure our security in a physical sense
⩥ deterrent, detective, preventive. Answer: name the 3 main types of
physical controls
⩥ deterrent controls. Answer: Controls designed to discourage those
who might seek to violate our security controls
⩥ detective controls. Answer: controls designed to detect and report
undesirable events that are taking place
⩥ preventive controls. Answer: Controls designed to physically prevent
unauthorized entities from breaching our physical security
⩥ residual data. Answer: Data that is unintentionally left behind on a
storage device
⩥ Safety, evacuation plans, administrative controls. Answer: Name the 3
main considerations for protecting people
, ⩥ availability, residual data, backups. Answer: Name the 3 main
considerations for protecting data
⩥ equipment, facility repair/replacement. Answer: Name the
considerations for protecting equipment
⩥ flash media. Answer: storage media that is least sensitive to
temperature, humidity, magnetic fields, and impacts
⩥ RAID (redundant array of inexpensive disks). Answer: a data storage
virtualization technology that combines multiple physical disk drive
components into a single logical unit for the purposes of data
redundancy, performance improvement, or both.
⩥ most common security awareness issues. Answer: protecting data,
passwords, social engineering, network usage, malware, the use of
personal equipment, clean desk, policy knowledge
⩥ protecting data. Answer: a security awareness issue that is concerned
with the criticality of carefully handling data from the perspectives of
compliance, as well as reputation and customer retention
