FDNY Z51 EXAM 3 FINAL PREP 2026
COMPREHENSIVE MOCK ASSESSMENT WITH
SOLVED QUESTIONS AND EXPLANATIONS
◉ 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?
Encryption
Hashing
Encoding
Masking.
Answer: Hashing
◉ 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?
Crypto-shredding
Degaussing
,Anonymization
Randomization.
Answer: Anonymization
◉ An organization needs to quickly identify the document owner in
a shared network folder.
Which technique should the organization use to meet this goal?
Labeling
Classification
Mapping
Categorization.
Answer: Labeling
◉ 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?
Structured
Semi-structured
Annotated
,Mapped.
Answer: Structured
◉ 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?
Jurisdictional conflicts
Agent conflicts
Replication restrictions
Execution restrictions.
Answer: Replication restrictions
◉ A data center engineer is tasked with the destruction of data on
solid-state drives (SSDs). The engineer must ensure that the data is
not able to be retrieved.
Which data destruction action should the engineer take to meet this
goal?
Overwriting
Crypto-shredding
, Wiping
Degaussing.
Answer: Crypto-shredding
◉ An organization wants to gather and interpret logs from its cloud
environment.
Which system should the organization use for this task?
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Business Process Management (BPM)
Distributed System Management (DSM).
Answer: Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
◉ An organization with a Security Information and Event
Management (SIEM) system wants to minimize errors or missed
issues due to human log analysis.
Which SIEM policy should the organization use in this case?
Automated analysis of metadata
Automated analysis of data sets
Manually generated analysis of data sets
COMPREHENSIVE MOCK ASSESSMENT WITH
SOLVED QUESTIONS AND EXPLANATIONS
◉ 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?
Encryption
Hashing
Encoding
Masking.
Answer: Hashing
◉ 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?
Crypto-shredding
Degaussing
,Anonymization
Randomization.
Answer: Anonymization
◉ An organization needs to quickly identify the document owner in
a shared network folder.
Which technique should the organization use to meet this goal?
Labeling
Classification
Mapping
Categorization.
Answer: Labeling
◉ 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?
Structured
Semi-structured
Annotated
,Mapped.
Answer: Structured
◉ 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?
Jurisdictional conflicts
Agent conflicts
Replication restrictions
Execution restrictions.
Answer: Replication restrictions
◉ A data center engineer is tasked with the destruction of data on
solid-state drives (SSDs). The engineer must ensure that the data is
not able to be retrieved.
Which data destruction action should the engineer take to meet this
goal?
Overwriting
Crypto-shredding
, Wiping
Degaussing.
Answer: Crypto-shredding
◉ An organization wants to gather and interpret logs from its cloud
environment.
Which system should the organization use for this task?
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Business Process Management (BPM)
Distributed System Management (DSM).
Answer: Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
◉ An organization with a Security Information and Event
Management (SIEM) system wants to minimize errors or missed
issues due to human log analysis.
Which SIEM policy should the organization use in this case?
Automated analysis of metadata
Automated analysis of data sets
Manually generated analysis of data sets
