WGU C836 FINAL EXAM UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS.
The Fabrication attack type most commonly affects which principle(s) of the CIA triad?
A. Availability
B. Integrity
C. Confidentiality
D. Integrity and Availability
E. Confidentiality and Integrity - ANS Integrity and Availability
The Interception attack type most commonly affects which principle(s) of the CIA triad? This
task contains the radio buttons and checkboxes for options. The shortcut keys to perform this
task are A to H and alt+1 to alt+9.
A.Integrity and Availability
B.Confidentiality and Integrity
C.Availability
D.Integrity
E.Confidentiality - ANS Confidentiality
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,Something that has the potential to cause harm to our assets is known as a(n) ________.
A.Threat
B.Impact
C.Risk
D.Vulnerability - ANS Threat
Controls that protect the systems, networks, and environments that process, transmit, and store
our data are called _______.
A.Logical controls
B.Administrative controls
C.Physical controls - ANS Logical Control
What is the first and arguably one of the most important steps of the risk management process?
A.Assess risks
B.Mitigate risks
C.Identify threats
D.Assess vulnerabilities
E.Identify assets - ANS Identify assets
Protects information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure,
disruption, modification, or destruction - ANS information security
A type of attack, primarily against confidentiality - ANS Interception
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,Something that has the potential to cause harm to our assets - ANS Threat
A weakness that can be used to harm us - ANS Vulnerability
The likelihood that something bad will happen - ANS Risk
An attack that involves tampering with our assets - ANS Modification attack
A model that adds three more principles to the CIA triad: possession or control, utility, and
authenticity - ANS Parkerian hexad
The physical disposition of the media on which the data is stored - ANS Possession or control
An attack that involves generating data, processes, communications, or other similar activities
with a system - ANS Fabrication attack
A multilayered defense that will allow us to achieve a successful defense should one or more of
our defensive measures fail - ANS Defense in depth
Sometimes called technical controls, these protect the systems, networks, and environments
that process, transmit, and store our data - ANS Logical controls
Controls that protect the physical environment in which our systems sit, or where our data is
stored - ANS Physical controls
The risk management phase that consists of all of the activities that we can perform in advance
of the incident itself, in order to better enable us to handle it - ANS Preparation phase
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, The risk management phase where we detect the occurrence of an issue and decide whether it
is actually an incident so that we can respond to it appropriately - ANS Detection and analysis
phase
The biometric characteristic that measures how well a factor resists change over time and with
advancing age is called __________.
A. Collectability
B. Acceptability
C.Universality
D.Uniqueness
E.Permanence - ANS E.Permanence
What type of authentication can prevent a man-in-the-middle attack? This task contains the
radio buttons and checkboxes for options.
A.Multifactor
B.Mutual
C.Something you know
D.Something you are
ESomething you do - ANS B.Mutual
An authentication mechanism in which both parties authenticate each other - ANS Mutual
authentication
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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS.
The Fabrication attack type most commonly affects which principle(s) of the CIA triad?
A. Availability
B. Integrity
C. Confidentiality
D. Integrity and Availability
E. Confidentiality and Integrity - ANS Integrity and Availability
The Interception attack type most commonly affects which principle(s) of the CIA triad? This
task contains the radio buttons and checkboxes for options. The shortcut keys to perform this
task are A to H and alt+1 to alt+9.
A.Integrity and Availability
B.Confidentiality and Integrity
C.Availability
D.Integrity
E.Confidentiality - ANS Confidentiality
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,Something that has the potential to cause harm to our assets is known as a(n) ________.
A.Threat
B.Impact
C.Risk
D.Vulnerability - ANS Threat
Controls that protect the systems, networks, and environments that process, transmit, and store
our data are called _______.
A.Logical controls
B.Administrative controls
C.Physical controls - ANS Logical Control
What is the first and arguably one of the most important steps of the risk management process?
A.Assess risks
B.Mitigate risks
C.Identify threats
D.Assess vulnerabilities
E.Identify assets - ANS Identify assets
Protects information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure,
disruption, modification, or destruction - ANS information security
A type of attack, primarily against confidentiality - ANS Interception
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,Something that has the potential to cause harm to our assets - ANS Threat
A weakness that can be used to harm us - ANS Vulnerability
The likelihood that something bad will happen - ANS Risk
An attack that involves tampering with our assets - ANS Modification attack
A model that adds three more principles to the CIA triad: possession or control, utility, and
authenticity - ANS Parkerian hexad
The physical disposition of the media on which the data is stored - ANS Possession or control
An attack that involves generating data, processes, communications, or other similar activities
with a system - ANS Fabrication attack
A multilayered defense that will allow us to achieve a successful defense should one or more of
our defensive measures fail - ANS Defense in depth
Sometimes called technical controls, these protect the systems, networks, and environments
that process, transmit, and store our data - ANS Logical controls
Controls that protect the physical environment in which our systems sit, or where our data is
stored - ANS Physical controls
The risk management phase that consists of all of the activities that we can perform in advance
of the incident itself, in order to better enable us to handle it - ANS Preparation phase
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, The risk management phase where we detect the occurrence of an issue and decide whether it
is actually an incident so that we can respond to it appropriately - ANS Detection and analysis
phase
The biometric characteristic that measures how well a factor resists change over time and with
advancing age is called __________.
A. Collectability
B. Acceptability
C.Universality
D.Uniqueness
E.Permanence - ANS E.Permanence
What type of authentication can prevent a man-in-the-middle attack? This task contains the
radio buttons and checkboxes for options.
A.Multifactor
B.Mutual
C.Something you know
D.Something you are
ESomething you do - ANS B.Mutual
An authentication mechanism in which both parties authenticate each other - ANS Mutual
authentication
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