WGU Course C836 - Fundamentals of Information Security
Final Pre- Assessment Exam with 200 Multiple Choice
Questions and Verified Correct Answers
1. Which cybersecurity term is defined as the potential for an attack on a
resource?
A Impact
B Vulnerability
C Risk
D Threat: D
2. Which security type deliberately exposes a system's vulnerabilities or re-
sources to an attacker?
A Intrusion detection
B Firewalls
C Honeypots
D Intrusion prevention: C
3. Which tool can be used to map devices on a network, along with their
operating system types and versions?
A Packet sniffer
,B Packet filter C
Port scanner
D Stateful firewall: C
4. Which web attack is a server-side attack?
A Clickjacking
B Cross-site scriptingC
SQL injection
D Cross-site request forgery: C
5. An organization employs a VPN to safeguard its information.
Which security principle is protected by a VPN?
A Data in motion
B Data at rest
C Data in use
D Data in storage: A
6. A malicious hacker was successful in a denial of service (DoS) attack
against an institution's mail server. Fortunately, no data was lost or altered
while the server was offline.
Which type of attack is this?
,A Modification
B Fabrication C
Interception
D Interruption: D
7. A company has had several successful denial of service (DoS) attacks onits
email server.
Which security principle is being attacked?A
Possession
B Integrity
C Confidentiality
D Availability: D
8. A new start-up company has started working on a social networking web- site.
The company has moved all its source code to a cloud provider and wantsto
protect this source code from unauthorized access.
Which cyber defense concept should the start-up company use to maintainthe
confidentiality of its source code?
A Alarm systems
B Account permissionsC
Antivirus software
D File encryption: D
9. A company has an annual audit of installed software and data storage
, systems. During the audit, the auditor asks how the company's most critical
data is used. This determination helps the auditor ensure that the proper
defense mechanisms are in place to protect critical data.
Which principle of the Parkerian hexad is the auditor addressing?A
Possession
B Integrity
C Authenticity
D Utility: D
10. Which web attack is possible due to a lack of input validation?
A Extraneous files
Final Pre- Assessment Exam with 200 Multiple Choice
Questions and Verified Correct Answers
1. Which cybersecurity term is defined as the potential for an attack on a
resource?
A Impact
B Vulnerability
C Risk
D Threat: D
2. Which security type deliberately exposes a system's vulnerabilities or re-
sources to an attacker?
A Intrusion detection
B Firewalls
C Honeypots
D Intrusion prevention: C
3. Which tool can be used to map devices on a network, along with their
operating system types and versions?
A Packet sniffer
,B Packet filter C
Port scanner
D Stateful firewall: C
4. Which web attack is a server-side attack?
A Clickjacking
B Cross-site scriptingC
SQL injection
D Cross-site request forgery: C
5. An organization employs a VPN to safeguard its information.
Which security principle is protected by a VPN?
A Data in motion
B Data at rest
C Data in use
D Data in storage: A
6. A malicious hacker was successful in a denial of service (DoS) attack
against an institution's mail server. Fortunately, no data was lost or altered
while the server was offline.
Which type of attack is this?
,A Modification
B Fabrication C
Interception
D Interruption: D
7. A company has had several successful denial of service (DoS) attacks onits
email server.
Which security principle is being attacked?A
Possession
B Integrity
C Confidentiality
D Availability: D
8. A new start-up company has started working on a social networking web- site.
The company has moved all its source code to a cloud provider and wantsto
protect this source code from unauthorized access.
Which cyber defense concept should the start-up company use to maintainthe
confidentiality of its source code?
A Alarm systems
B Account permissionsC
Antivirus software
D File encryption: D
9. A company has an annual audit of installed software and data storage
, systems. During the audit, the auditor asks how the company's most critical
data is used. This determination helps the auditor ensure that the proper
defense mechanisms are in place to protect critical data.
Which principle of the Parkerian hexad is the auditor addressing?A
Possession
B Integrity
C Authenticity
D Utility: D
10. Which web attack is possible due to a lack of input validation?
A Extraneous files
