WGU C918 UPDATED COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PROFESSIONAL
REVIEW SHEET
●● HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
Answer: this law improves the efficiency and effectiveness of the health
care system and protects patient privacy
●● FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act)
Answer: this law protects the privacy of students and their parents
●● SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley Act)
Answer: this law regulates the financial practice and governance of
corporations
●● GLBA (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act)
Answer: this law protects the customers of financial institutions
●● compliance
Answer: relating to an organization's adherence to laws, regulations, and
standards
,●● regulatory compliance
Answer: Regulations mandated by law usually requiring regular audits
and assessments
●● industry compliance
Answer: Regulations or standards designed for specific industries that
may impact ability to conduct business (e.g. PCI DSS)
●● privacy
Answer: the state or condition of being free from being observed or
disturbed by other people
●● The Federal Privacy Act of 1974
Answer: This act safeguards privacy through the establishment of
procedural and substantive rights in personal data
●● privacy rights
Answer: Rights relating to the protection of an individual's personal
information
●● PII (Personally Identifiable Information)
Answer: Information that can be used to identify an individual, and
should be protected as sensitive data and monitored for compliance
, ●● cryptography
Answer: the science of keeping information secure
●● Cryptanalysis
Answer: The science of breaking through the encryption used to create
ciphertext
●● cryptology
Answer: The overarching field of study that covers cryptography and
cryptanalysis
●● cryptographic algorithm (cipher)
Answer: The specifics of the process used to encrypt plaintext or decrypt
ciphertext
●● plaintext (cleartext)
Answer: unencrypted data
●● ciphertext
Answer: encrypted data
●● Caesar cipher
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PROFESSIONAL
REVIEW SHEET
●● HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
Answer: this law improves the efficiency and effectiveness of the health
care system and protects patient privacy
●● FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act)
Answer: this law protects the privacy of students and their parents
●● SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley Act)
Answer: this law regulates the financial practice and governance of
corporations
●● GLBA (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act)
Answer: this law protects the customers of financial institutions
●● compliance
Answer: relating to an organization's adherence to laws, regulations, and
standards
,●● regulatory compliance
Answer: Regulations mandated by law usually requiring regular audits
and assessments
●● industry compliance
Answer: Regulations or standards designed for specific industries that
may impact ability to conduct business (e.g. PCI DSS)
●● privacy
Answer: the state or condition of being free from being observed or
disturbed by other people
●● The Federal Privacy Act of 1974
Answer: This act safeguards privacy through the establishment of
procedural and substantive rights in personal data
●● privacy rights
Answer: Rights relating to the protection of an individual's personal
information
●● PII (Personally Identifiable Information)
Answer: Information that can be used to identify an individual, and
should be protected as sensitive data and monitored for compliance
, ●● cryptography
Answer: the science of keeping information secure
●● Cryptanalysis
Answer: The science of breaking through the encryption used to create
ciphertext
●● cryptology
Answer: The overarching field of study that covers cryptography and
cryptanalysis
●● cryptographic algorithm (cipher)
Answer: The specifics of the process used to encrypt plaintext or decrypt
ciphertext
●● plaintext (cleartext)
Answer: unencrypted data
●● ciphertext
Answer: encrypted data
●● Caesar cipher
