WGU D430 PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS 2026
▶ Confidentiality is affected by what type of attack?. Answer: Interception
(eaves dropping)
▶ Integrity is affected by what type of attacks?. Answer: Interruption
(assets are unusable), modification (tampering with an asset), fabrication
(generating false data)
▶ Authenticity is affected by what type of attacks?. Answer: Interruption
(assets are unusable), modification (tampering with an asset), fabrication
(generating false data)
▶ Utility. Answer: How useful the data is to you (can be a spectrum, not
just yes or no)
▶ Possession. Answer: Do you physically have the data in question? Used
to describe the scope of a loss
▶ Identify the four types of attacks. Answer: interception, interruption,
modification, and fabrication
▶ Interception attacks. Answer: Make your assets unusable or unavailable
▶ Interruption attacks. Answer: cause assets to become unusable or
unavailable for our use, on a temporary or permanent basis
▶ Modification attacks. Answer: Tampering with an asset
▶ Fabrication attacks. Answer: Generating data, process, and
communications
▶ Define the risk management process. Answer: 1. Identify assets
2. Identify threats
, 3. Assess vulnerabilities
4. Assess risks
5. Mitigate risks
▶ Define the incident response process and its stages.. Answer:
Preparation
Detection and analysis
Containment
Eradication
Recovery
▶ Preparation in incident response. Answer: creating policies and
procedures
▶ Detection in incident response. Answer: Using tools and humans to
decide if an incident is an incident
▶ Defense in Depth. Answer: employing multiple layers of controls to
avoid a single point of failure
▶ Identify types of controls to mitigate risk. Answer: physical, logical,
administrative
▶ Identify elements of risk management in policies and procedures..
Answer: Development of robust policies
Identification of emergent recent
Identify elements of internal weakness
▶ Identify the layers of a defense-in-depth strategy.. Answer: External
network
Internal network
Host
Application
Data
▶ Define identification. Answer: The claim of who we/networks are
▶ Define identity verification.. Answer: Someone claims who they are and
you take it one step father and ask for ID
AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS 2026
▶ Confidentiality is affected by what type of attack?. Answer: Interception
(eaves dropping)
▶ Integrity is affected by what type of attacks?. Answer: Interruption
(assets are unusable), modification (tampering with an asset), fabrication
(generating false data)
▶ Authenticity is affected by what type of attacks?. Answer: Interruption
(assets are unusable), modification (tampering with an asset), fabrication
(generating false data)
▶ Utility. Answer: How useful the data is to you (can be a spectrum, not
just yes or no)
▶ Possession. Answer: Do you physically have the data in question? Used
to describe the scope of a loss
▶ Identify the four types of attacks. Answer: interception, interruption,
modification, and fabrication
▶ Interception attacks. Answer: Make your assets unusable or unavailable
▶ Interruption attacks. Answer: cause assets to become unusable or
unavailable for our use, on a temporary or permanent basis
▶ Modification attacks. Answer: Tampering with an asset
▶ Fabrication attacks. Answer: Generating data, process, and
communications
▶ Define the risk management process. Answer: 1. Identify assets
2. Identify threats
, 3. Assess vulnerabilities
4. Assess risks
5. Mitigate risks
▶ Define the incident response process and its stages.. Answer:
Preparation
Detection and analysis
Containment
Eradication
Recovery
▶ Preparation in incident response. Answer: creating policies and
procedures
▶ Detection in incident response. Answer: Using tools and humans to
decide if an incident is an incident
▶ Defense in Depth. Answer: employing multiple layers of controls to
avoid a single point of failure
▶ Identify types of controls to mitigate risk. Answer: physical, logical,
administrative
▶ Identify elements of risk management in policies and procedures..
Answer: Development of robust policies
Identification of emergent recent
Identify elements of internal weakness
▶ Identify the layers of a defense-in-depth strategy.. Answer: External
network
Internal network
Host
Application
Data
▶ Define identification. Answer: The claim of who we/networks are
▶ Define identity verification.. Answer: Someone claims who they are and
you take it one step father and ask for ID
