WGU C172 V3 Comprehensive OA |Objective
Assessment |Accurate Verified
Occupational Safety and Health Act - ANSWER-OSH Act
Occupational Safety and Health Administration - ANSWER-OSHA
National Fire Protection Association - ANSWER-NFPA;
creates standards and codes to help form safe environments and prevent accidents
Code of Federal Regulations - ANSWER-CFR
Emergency action plan - ANSWER-EAP
Fire prevention plan - ANSWER-FPP
Safety data sheets - ANSWER-SDS;
required documentation that identifies potential hazards;
formerly MSDS (material SDS)
Biometric Systems - ANSWER-Systems that measure and analyze specific
characteristics of the human body for the purpose of authentication
FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) - ANSWER-federal law that
requires all educational institutions to protect the privacy of student education
records
FISMA (Federal Information Security Management Act) - ANSWER-a federal law
that was developed to protect government information, operations, and assets
against security threats
GLBA (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act) - ANSWER-federal law that requires all financial
institutions to protect customer financial information data, to safeguard the
financial information against security threats, and to deny any unwarranted access
to financial data
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) - ANSWER-federal law
that requires all health-related agencies to protect the personally identifiable
information (PII) of patients
PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) - ANSWER-standard set
by the Payment Card Industry that holds banks and merchants accountable for any
credit card breach
,MOU (memorandum of understanding) - ANSWER-a formal agreement between two
or more parties to establish official service partnerships;
sometimes called letter of intent (LOI)
SLA (Service Level Agreement) - ANSWER-a formal agreement typically between a
service provider and a client or end user that defines the level of service expected
from the provider
MSA (master service agreement) - ANSWER-an overarching document that creates
a framework for multiple service level agreements;
facilitates the creation of future agreements
MLA (Master license agreement) - ANSWER-defines the owner rights, terms, and
conditions related to intellectual property
NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) - ANSWER-a legal agreement to bind a party or
parties to not disclose or share specific information
SOW (Statement of work) - ANSWER-a document often used in conjunction with an
MSA that contains all the specifics of the service;
includes deliverables, schedules, responsibilities
AUP (Acceptable Use Policy) - ANSWER-outlines the acceptable use of IT equipment
and related services
incident response policy - ANSWER-1. preparation
2. identification
3. containment
4. eradication
5. recovery
6. follow-up
privileged user agreement - ANSWER-establishes expectations for the conduct of
individuals granted privileged access to an organization's enterprise systems and
services
SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) - ANSWER-a procedure document that
describes routine operations accompanied by step-by-step instructions showing how
to perform routine activities;
ensures quality and consistency of operations
password policy - ANSWER-sets rules for computing passwords for an organization
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) - ANSWER-measures the system's reliability by
identifying the average time between failures
MTTF (mean time to failure) - ANSWER-predicts the equipment runtime before a
, failure requires the equipment to be replaced
MTTR (mean time to recover or repair) - ANSWER-measures the average time it
takes to bring a system back from failure
full backup - ANSWER-most complete type of backup, where all data is copied to a
designed backup location or medium
differential backup - ANSWER-includes all data that has changed since the last full
backup
incremental backup - ANSWER-only include data that has changed since the
previous backup copy;
takes the least time and the least storage space
HA (High Availability) - ANSWER-describes systems that are in continuous operation
for a long time, with minimal downtime
cold site - ANSWER-empty facility with only power and cooling, but no equipment or
racks
hot site - ANSWER-full-blown operational facility with power, cooling, and
equipment racked and powered up and connected to the network; a duplicate of the
current data center
warm site - ANSWER-a not-yet-operational facility with power, cooling, and rack
space; equipment is onsite but not racked or powered up
asset management (inventory management) - ANSWER-protect assets and prevent
misuse/loss of assets by establishing self-inventory that can be used in the audit
process;
from the procurement stage to assignment stage to disposal stage
core - ANSWER-An independent processing unit that is responsible for reading and
executing program instructions
cache - ANSWER-A block of memory set aside for temporary storage of information
Virtualization - ANSWER-A technology concept that involves creating a virtual
computer
virtual machine - ANSWER-VM, guest machine, guest VM
Host Machine - ANSWER-Another name for a physical machine or virtual host
Hypervisor - ANSWER-Software that is used for managing and controlling the
underlying physical hardware and associated virtual hardware
Assessment |Accurate Verified
Occupational Safety and Health Act - ANSWER-OSH Act
Occupational Safety and Health Administration - ANSWER-OSHA
National Fire Protection Association - ANSWER-NFPA;
creates standards and codes to help form safe environments and prevent accidents
Code of Federal Regulations - ANSWER-CFR
Emergency action plan - ANSWER-EAP
Fire prevention plan - ANSWER-FPP
Safety data sheets - ANSWER-SDS;
required documentation that identifies potential hazards;
formerly MSDS (material SDS)
Biometric Systems - ANSWER-Systems that measure and analyze specific
characteristics of the human body for the purpose of authentication
FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) - ANSWER-federal law that
requires all educational institutions to protect the privacy of student education
records
FISMA (Federal Information Security Management Act) - ANSWER-a federal law
that was developed to protect government information, operations, and assets
against security threats
GLBA (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act) - ANSWER-federal law that requires all financial
institutions to protect customer financial information data, to safeguard the
financial information against security threats, and to deny any unwarranted access
to financial data
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) - ANSWER-federal law
that requires all health-related agencies to protect the personally identifiable
information (PII) of patients
PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) - ANSWER-standard set
by the Payment Card Industry that holds banks and merchants accountable for any
credit card breach
,MOU (memorandum of understanding) - ANSWER-a formal agreement between two
or more parties to establish official service partnerships;
sometimes called letter of intent (LOI)
SLA (Service Level Agreement) - ANSWER-a formal agreement typically between a
service provider and a client or end user that defines the level of service expected
from the provider
MSA (master service agreement) - ANSWER-an overarching document that creates
a framework for multiple service level agreements;
facilitates the creation of future agreements
MLA (Master license agreement) - ANSWER-defines the owner rights, terms, and
conditions related to intellectual property
NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) - ANSWER-a legal agreement to bind a party or
parties to not disclose or share specific information
SOW (Statement of work) - ANSWER-a document often used in conjunction with an
MSA that contains all the specifics of the service;
includes deliverables, schedules, responsibilities
AUP (Acceptable Use Policy) - ANSWER-outlines the acceptable use of IT equipment
and related services
incident response policy - ANSWER-1. preparation
2. identification
3. containment
4. eradication
5. recovery
6. follow-up
privileged user agreement - ANSWER-establishes expectations for the conduct of
individuals granted privileged access to an organization's enterprise systems and
services
SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) - ANSWER-a procedure document that
describes routine operations accompanied by step-by-step instructions showing how
to perform routine activities;
ensures quality and consistency of operations
password policy - ANSWER-sets rules for computing passwords for an organization
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) - ANSWER-measures the system's reliability by
identifying the average time between failures
MTTF (mean time to failure) - ANSWER-predicts the equipment runtime before a
, failure requires the equipment to be replaced
MTTR (mean time to recover or repair) - ANSWER-measures the average time it
takes to bring a system back from failure
full backup - ANSWER-most complete type of backup, where all data is copied to a
designed backup location or medium
differential backup - ANSWER-includes all data that has changed since the last full
backup
incremental backup - ANSWER-only include data that has changed since the
previous backup copy;
takes the least time and the least storage space
HA (High Availability) - ANSWER-describes systems that are in continuous operation
for a long time, with minimal downtime
cold site - ANSWER-empty facility with only power and cooling, but no equipment or
racks
hot site - ANSWER-full-blown operational facility with power, cooling, and
equipment racked and powered up and connected to the network; a duplicate of the
current data center
warm site - ANSWER-a not-yet-operational facility with power, cooling, and rack
space; equipment is onsite but not racked or powered up
asset management (inventory management) - ANSWER-protect assets and prevent
misuse/loss of assets by establishing self-inventory that can be used in the audit
process;
from the procurement stage to assignment stage to disposal stage
core - ANSWER-An independent processing unit that is responsible for reading and
executing program instructions
cache - ANSWER-A block of memory set aside for temporary storage of information
Virtualization - ANSWER-A technology concept that involves creating a virtual
computer
virtual machine - ANSWER-VM, guest machine, guest VM
Host Machine - ANSWER-Another name for a physical machine or virtual host
Hypervisor - ANSWER-Software that is used for managing and controlling the
underlying physical hardware and associated virtual hardware
