WGU D487 SECURE SW DESIGN EXAM 2026
ACTUAL EXAM 2 VERSIONS (VERSION A AND
B) COMPLETE ACCURATE EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100%
CORRECT ANSWERS) /ALREADY GRADED A+
What are the two common best principles of software applications
in the development process? Choose 2 answers.
Quality code
Secure code
Information security
Integrity
Availability
Quality code
Secure code
"Quality code" is correct. Quality code is efficient code that is easy
to maintain and reusable.
"Secure code" is correct. Secure code authorizes and authenticates
every user transaction, logs the transaction, and denies all
unauthorized requisitions.
What ensures that the user has the appropriate role and privilege to
view data?
Authentication
Multi-factor authentication
Encryption
Information security
Authorization
Authorization
Authorization ensures a user's information and credentials are
approved by the system.
,Which security goal is defined by "guarding against improper
information modification or destruction and ensuring information
non-repudiation and authenticity"?
Integrity
Quality
Availability
Reliability
Integrity
The data must remain unchanged by unauthorized users and remain
reliable from the data entry point to the database and back.
Which phase in an SDLC helps to define the problem and scope of
any existing systems and determine the objectives of new systems?
Requirements
Design
Planning
Testing
Planning
The planning stage sets the project schedule and looks at the big
picture.
What happens during a dynamic code review?
Programmers monitor system memory, functional behavior,
response times, and overall performance.
Customers perform tests to check software meets requirements.
An analysis of computer programs without executing them is
performed.
Input fields are supplied with unexpected input and tested.
Programmers monitor system memory, functional behavior,
response times, and overall performance.
How should you store your application user credentials in your
application database?
Use application logic to encrypt credentials
Store credentials as clear text
Store credentials using Base 64 encoded
Store credentials using salted hashes
,Store credentials using salted hashes
Hashing is a one-way process that converts a password to
ciphertext using hash algorithms. Password salting adds random
characters before or after a password prior to hashing to obfuscate
the actual password.
Which software methodology resembles an assembly-line approach?
V-model
Agile model
Iterative model
Waterfall model
Waterfall model
Waterfall model is a continuous software development model in
which the development steps flow steadily downwards.
Which software methodology approach provides faster time to
market and higher business value?
Iterative model
Waterfall model
V-model
Agile model
Agile model
In the agile model, projects are divided into small incremental
builds that provide working software at the end of each iteration
and adds value to business.
In Scrum methodology, who is responsible for making decisions on
the requirements?
Scrum Team
Product Owner
ScrumMaster
Technical Lead
Product Owner
The Product Owner is responsible for requirements/backlog items
and prioritizing them.
, What is the reason software security teams host discovery meetings
with stakeholders early in the development life cycle?
To determine how much budget is available for new security tools
To meet the development team
To refactor functional requirements to ensure security is included
To ensure that security is built into the product from the start
To ensure that security is built into the product from the start
To correctly and cost-effectively introduce security into the software
development life cycle, it needs to be done early.
Why should a security team provide documented certification
requirements during the software assessment phase?
Certification is required if the organization wants to move to the
cloud.
Depending on the environment in which the product resides,
certifications may be required by corporate or government entities
before the software can be released to customers.
By ensuring software products are certified, the organization is
protected from future litigation.
By ensuring all developers have security certifications before
writing any code, teams can forego discovery sessions.
Depending on the environment in which the product resides,
certifications may be required by corporate or government entities
before the software can be released to customers.
Any new product may need to be certified based on the data it
stores, the frameworks it uses, or the domain in which it resides.
Those certification requirements need to be analyzed and
documented early in the development life cycle.
What are two items that should be included in the privacy impact
assessment plan regardless of which methodology is used?Choose 2
answers.
Required process steps
Technologies and techniques
SDL project outline
Threat modeling
Post-implementation signoffs
ACTUAL EXAM 2 VERSIONS (VERSION A AND
B) COMPLETE ACCURATE EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS (100%
CORRECT ANSWERS) /ALREADY GRADED A+
What are the two common best principles of software applications
in the development process? Choose 2 answers.
Quality code
Secure code
Information security
Integrity
Availability
Quality code
Secure code
"Quality code" is correct. Quality code is efficient code that is easy
to maintain and reusable.
"Secure code" is correct. Secure code authorizes and authenticates
every user transaction, logs the transaction, and denies all
unauthorized requisitions.
What ensures that the user has the appropriate role and privilege to
view data?
Authentication
Multi-factor authentication
Encryption
Information security
Authorization
Authorization
Authorization ensures a user's information and credentials are
approved by the system.
,Which security goal is defined by "guarding against improper
information modification or destruction and ensuring information
non-repudiation and authenticity"?
Integrity
Quality
Availability
Reliability
Integrity
The data must remain unchanged by unauthorized users and remain
reliable from the data entry point to the database and back.
Which phase in an SDLC helps to define the problem and scope of
any existing systems and determine the objectives of new systems?
Requirements
Design
Planning
Testing
Planning
The planning stage sets the project schedule and looks at the big
picture.
What happens during a dynamic code review?
Programmers monitor system memory, functional behavior,
response times, and overall performance.
Customers perform tests to check software meets requirements.
An analysis of computer programs without executing them is
performed.
Input fields are supplied with unexpected input and tested.
Programmers monitor system memory, functional behavior,
response times, and overall performance.
How should you store your application user credentials in your
application database?
Use application logic to encrypt credentials
Store credentials as clear text
Store credentials using Base 64 encoded
Store credentials using salted hashes
,Store credentials using salted hashes
Hashing is a one-way process that converts a password to
ciphertext using hash algorithms. Password salting adds random
characters before or after a password prior to hashing to obfuscate
the actual password.
Which software methodology resembles an assembly-line approach?
V-model
Agile model
Iterative model
Waterfall model
Waterfall model
Waterfall model is a continuous software development model in
which the development steps flow steadily downwards.
Which software methodology approach provides faster time to
market and higher business value?
Iterative model
Waterfall model
V-model
Agile model
Agile model
In the agile model, projects are divided into small incremental
builds that provide working software at the end of each iteration
and adds value to business.
In Scrum methodology, who is responsible for making decisions on
the requirements?
Scrum Team
Product Owner
ScrumMaster
Technical Lead
Product Owner
The Product Owner is responsible for requirements/backlog items
and prioritizing them.
, What is the reason software security teams host discovery meetings
with stakeholders early in the development life cycle?
To determine how much budget is available for new security tools
To meet the development team
To refactor functional requirements to ensure security is included
To ensure that security is built into the product from the start
To ensure that security is built into the product from the start
To correctly and cost-effectively introduce security into the software
development life cycle, it needs to be done early.
Why should a security team provide documented certification
requirements during the software assessment phase?
Certification is required if the organization wants to move to the
cloud.
Depending on the environment in which the product resides,
certifications may be required by corporate or government entities
before the software can be released to customers.
By ensuring software products are certified, the organization is
protected from future litigation.
By ensuring all developers have security certifications before
writing any code, teams can forego discovery sessions.
Depending on the environment in which the product resides,
certifications may be required by corporate or government entities
before the software can be released to customers.
Any new product may need to be certified based on the data it
stores, the frameworks it uses, or the domain in which it resides.
Those certification requirements need to be analyzed and
documented early in the development life cycle.
What are two items that should be included in the privacy impact
assessment plan regardless of which methodology is used?Choose 2
answers.
Required process steps
Technologies and techniques
SDL project outline
Threat modeling
Post-implementation signoffs
