WGU D320 - Managing Cloud Security (Pre-Assessment)
WGU D320 - MANAGING CLOUD SECURITY (PRE-ASSESSMENT)
NEWEST 2026/2027 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 80 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!!
1. An organization needs to store passwords in a database securely. The data
should not be available to system administrators.
Which technique should the organization use?
a. Encryption
b. Hashing
c. Encoding
d. Masking
b. Hashing
2. A company is looking to ensure that the names of individuals in its data in the
cloud are not revealed in the event of a data breach, as the data is sensitive and
classified.
Which data masking technique should the company use to prevent attackers from
identifying individuals in the event of a data breach?
a. Crypto-shredding
b. Degaussing
c. Anonymization
d. Randomization
c. Anonymization
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3. An organization needs to quickly identify the document owner in a shared
network folder.
Which technique should the organization use to meet this goal?
a. Labeling
b. Classification
c. Mapping
d. Categorization
a. Labeling
4. An organization plans to introduce a new data standard and wants to ensure
that system inventory data will be efficiently discovered and processed.
Which type of data should the organization use to meet this goal?
a. Structured
b. Semi-structured
c. Annotated
d. Mapped
a. Structured
5. An organization implemented an information rights management (IRM) solution
to prevent critical data from being copied without permission and a cloud backup
solution to ensure that the critical data is protected from storage failures.
Which IRM challenge will the organization need to address?
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a. Jurisdictional conflicts
b. Agent conflicts
c. Replication restrictions
d. Execution restrictions
c. Replication restrictions
6. Which phase of the cloud data life cycle requires adherence to export and
import restrictions, including Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the
Wassenaar Arrangement?
a. Create
b. Share
c. Use
d. Destroy
b. Share
7. Why is the striping method of storing data used in most redundant array of
independent disks (RAID) configurations?
a. It prevents outages and attacks from occurring in a cloud environment.
b. It prevents data from being recovered once it is destroyed using crypto-
shredding.
c. It allows data to be safely distributed and stored in a common centralized
location.
d. It allows efficient data recovery as even if one drive fails, other drives fill in the
missing data.
d. It allows efficient data recovery as even if one drive fails, other drives fill in the
missing data.
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WGU D320 - MANAGING CLOUD SECURITY (PRE-ASSESSMENT)
NEWEST 2026/2027 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 80 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!!
1. An organization needs to store passwords in a database securely. The data
should not be available to system administrators.
Which technique should the organization use?
a. Encryption
b. Hashing
c. Encoding
d. Masking
b. Hashing
2. A company is looking to ensure that the names of individuals in its data in the
cloud are not revealed in the event of a data breach, as the data is sensitive and
classified.
Which data masking technique should the company use to prevent attackers from
identifying individuals in the event of a data breach?
a. Crypto-shredding
b. Degaussing
c. Anonymization
d. Randomization
c. Anonymization
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3. An organization needs to quickly identify the document owner in a shared
network folder.
Which technique should the organization use to meet this goal?
a. Labeling
b. Classification
c. Mapping
d. Categorization
a. Labeling
4. An organization plans to introduce a new data standard and wants to ensure
that system inventory data will be efficiently discovered and processed.
Which type of data should the organization use to meet this goal?
a. Structured
b. Semi-structured
c. Annotated
d. Mapped
a. Structured
5. An organization implemented an information rights management (IRM) solution
to prevent critical data from being copied without permission and a cloud backup
solution to ensure that the critical data is protected from storage failures.
Which IRM challenge will the organization need to address?
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a. Jurisdictional conflicts
b. Agent conflicts
c. Replication restrictions
d. Execution restrictions
c. Replication restrictions
6. Which phase of the cloud data life cycle requires adherence to export and
import restrictions, including Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the
Wassenaar Arrangement?
a. Create
b. Share
c. Use
d. Destroy
b. Share
7. Why is the striping method of storing data used in most redundant array of
independent disks (RAID) configurations?
a. It prevents outages and attacks from occurring in a cloud environment.
b. It prevents data from being recovered once it is destroyed using crypto-
shredding.
c. It allows data to be safely distributed and stored in a common centralized
location.
d. It allows efficient data recovery as even if one drive fails, other drives fill in the
missing data.
d. It allows efficient data recovery as even if one drive fails, other drives fill in the
missing data.
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